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Joburgers can now order electric Ubers

If you’re in Johannesburg, your next Uber ride could be in an electric car. That’s thanks to a partnership between the private ride-hailing service,…

UJ students use tech to strike a blow against tender corruption

A group of four University of Johannesburg (UJ) students have struck a blow against corruption in the tender space with an app developed as…

Watch the first trailer for Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s story is just begging for a biopic of sorts. A former intelligence operative on the run from a vengeful government and hiding in…

Twitter continues harassment fight with new tool

Twitter has already gone a long way to helping users battle cyber-bullying and harassment. Now, the company is continuing this trend with a much-needed update….

SA rounds out top ten for Game of Thrones piracy

The season premiere of Game of Thrones has finally aired, and predictably there’s been huge demand for illegal streaming and downloading the episode. In fact,…

Cell C launches super-fast LTE-Advanced in SA

It’s fair to say that Cell C had a reputation for years as the network with decent prices but terrible coverage, but things have…

Don’t want to support Uber? Another cab service has (re)launched in SA

Looking for an alternative to the likes of Uber and Unicab? Well, Taxify has become the latest smart cab service to launch in South…

Rape Crisis launches Mxit portal to provide information, access to justice

This could be important. Rape Crisis, an NGO that aims to empower rape survivors and support them in finding justice, has launched a Mxit…

Instagram now lets you upload clips saved on your phone

So you think Instagram video’s pretty cool, but what about all those awesome video clips you have saved on your phone? Well now those…

Samsung CEO: we want Tizen on everything

This is interesting. Over the past few years, Samsung has come to dominate the global Android and, to a lesser extent, smartphone space. But…

Yahoo! set to unveil new logo after ’30 days of change’

Yahoo! is finally ready to follow the path tread by the likes of Microsoft and eBay by giving its logo a makeover. Except it’s…

Flipboard gets the Great Firewall treatment in China

It looks like Flipboard has become the latest victim to fall prey to the Great Firewall, the state-run system of censorship and surveillance that…

BBM hits Android with Samsung Galaxy phones in Africa

I guess the wait is over for all you BlackBerry Messenger lovers. Well if you are on Android and own a Galaxy device, that…

Read Jeff Bezos’ letter to his new Washington Post employees

It’s understandable that news of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos buying the Washington Post has been dominating the tech press today. After all, he’s a digital…

FNB moves further into tech, launches uncapped ADSL, seriously…

In a bid to take over everything digital in South Africa, fan favorite bank First National Bank today announced its Uncapped ADSL offering, with…

The Meffys, global mobile awards, celebrates 10th birthday in the Valley

MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, has launched its 10th annual awards. To celebrate a decade of the prestigious awards, the…

Google finally brings out tool to help you find your lost Android

This has been a long time coming. Google is set to release a series of updates that will help you find your lost or…

WeChat getting serious with games and payments

WeChat, the Chinese popular messaging app sweeping through the emerging markets, has introduced mobile payments, a game center, and a sticker store in its…

Wikipedia to roll out HTTPS by default on some time in August

If you think that Edward Snowden’s various acts of whistle-blowing aren’t changing the web in any way, take a look at this. The Wikimedia…

Bitcoin and Thailand: what’s really happening?

On 30 July, there was news that Thailand’s national bank had ruled Bitcoin illegal. Of course, this came in as a shock to many…

Edward Snowden granted a year’s asylum in Russia

Edward Snowden has left Moscow airport and is now in the wild. Well not the literal wild, but the former NSA contractor turned whistle-blower…

Mxit: now with live South African soccer games

This is pretty cool. Anyone using the mobile social network Mxit can now get real-time information on games from South Africa’s Premier Soccer League…

Facebook rolls out new features including ‘on this day’, embedded posts

Facebook seems to have been on a bit of a mission over the last few hours, introducing a couple of new features namely, the…

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