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Telkom reveals FreeMe: 6 rather attractive mobile data plans

Telkom Mobile has announced the launch of its FreeMe mobile plan, offering six tiers of pricing. The pricing itself seems reasonable, but there are…

#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes takes Twitter by hilarious, misquoted storm

The unfortunate truth for celebrities or the US presidency’s presumptive nominees’ wives is that practically any instance of folly will be outlined, dissected and…

Twitter remembers Gugu Zulu as an inspiration, South African role model

South African racing driver, Gugu Zulu, died early Monday while attempting to climb Mount Kilimajaro, the continent’s tallest peak. Zulu, who was taking part…

South African race car driver Gugu Zulu has died climbing Kilimanjaro

South African race driver Gugu Zulu has died before the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Zulu and wife Letshego were taking part in Trek4Mandela, an…

Weekend News in Tweets: Turkey coup, Taylor Swift vs Kanye West & more

News moves at the speed of social media in today’s world, and that’s especially the case on the weekend. Take a look at the…

Japan’s SoftBank to acquire chip designer ARM in $31bn deal

Fresh off its spin-off of game developer Supercell, SoftBank Group (SBG) has announced plans to buy chip designer ARM Holdings for a gargantuan US$31-billion…

Cheapflights lets users search flights using emoji, because World Emoji Day

Emojis are everywhere, aren’t they? Don’t believe us? Well, now internet users can search for flights using them. Cheapflights, a flight search and deals…

NSA secretly broke into Yahoo! and Google’s data centres

The US’ National Security Agency (NSA) has secretly been infiltrating the communications links that connect Google and Yahoo!’s global data centres. That’s according to…

Games dominate mobile app revenue as emerging ‘growth markets’ catch up

MEF together with app analytics group Distimo today released a mobile analytics report focusing on the global trends across the Apple App Store and…

Galaxy Round is most ‘naturally curved’ smartphone… says Samsung

There it is! Samsung just released an ad of the so-called Samsung Galaxy Round — a smartphone that has a curved display. This comes…

Twitter to take 70m shares to market for between $17 and $20

The puzzle pieces of Twitter’s IPO are starting to come together and form a complete picture. The latest piece of information is that the…

Windows Phone fans rejoice: Instagram set to arrive in ‘coming weeks’

This should have Windows Phone users jumping up and down in their seats with excitement. Instagram is officially coming to the platform, with its…

Snowden denies ever helping out foreign secret agents

Whistleblower Edward Snowden remains adamant that Russian and Chinese intelligence officials did not compromise any classified documents he took with him when he fled…

Twitter IPO latest: will file as ‘TWTR’ on New York Stock Exchange

We’re getting increasingly close to a complete picture of what Twitter‘s initial public offering (IPO) will look like. The social network has filed an…

Ireland re-examines its status as tech tax haven

Over the past few years Ireland’s managed to attract serious investment from international companies, especially in the tech sector, thanks to its relaxed tax…

Massive malware breach sees SA banks lose tens of millions of Rands

South Africa’s banks have reportedly lost tens of millions of Rands after a piece of Malware known as Dexter infected point of sale (POS)…

Apple brings in Burberry CEO as new retail head

Apple products have always blurred the line between consumer technology and fashionable lifestyle accessories. It makes a fair amount of sense then that the…

Netflix getting ready to play with the big boys with possible US cable deal

Netflix is currently in talks with a number of US Pay TV providers, including Comcast and Suddenlink Communications, to make its app available on…

Brazil to roll out secure email system in bid to protect citizens from PRISM

Want your emails safe from the prying eyes of the US security apparatus? Then maybe you should consider relocating to Brazil. The Latin American…

Twitter rolls out new Windows Phone app, Vine coming soon?

If you’re a Windows Phone user, you’re probably used to being a little behind some of the bigger mobile trends. Twitter’s latest update to…

Microsoft calls it quits on WP YouTube app, reverts to web player

It looks like Microsoft has given up on being able to build its own YouTube app, reverting back to the basic web player. Things…

QR Codes Are Powering a New Kind of Accessibility in South Africa’s Malls

The Era of the Device-Scroller Is Officially Here

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

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