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Google’s FASTER joins Japan, US with 60Tbps undersea cable

The ocean — yes, that big puddle on our planet’s surface — plays a pivotal part in our Facebook and Instagram selfie obsessions. Every…

Mark Zuckerberg’s new Hawaiian wall is pissing off locals, probably Trump too

Step aside Trump, because Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has a bigger, taller and more annoying wall than you. According to an Hawaiian newspaper report,…

South African students win supercomputing competition in Germany

Six South African students have won a major supercomputing competition in Germany this week, beating 11 other teams to claim top honours. The team was…

Acting SABC CEO Jimi Matthews announces resignation on Twitter

Acting SABC CEO Jimi Matthews has taken to Twitter to publicly announce his resignation, uploading the letter in question as well. Matthews posted the resignation…

Confirmed: Tencent acquires majority stake in Supercell

Tencent has acquired a majority stake in Supercell, creator of the popular Clash of Clans mobile title, in a deal valuing the studio at…

I had fuck-you money and didn’t care – Minecraft creator

Marcus ‘Notch’ Persson has been in hot water recently over various comments made on Twitter. Last month, the Minecraft creator took umbrage (to say the…

Dropbox’s new productivity tools foster simplicity, collaboration and data safety

Dropbox has introduced a number of new productivity tools which include simplifying workflows, creating unified workspaces and improving data security. According to the company,…

Microsoft set to buy Nokia for €5.4 billion

This is big. Microsoft is set to buy Nokia’s devices and services division for €5.4-billion (US$7.1-billion). The move, confirmed by both parties, will see…

Read Ballmer and Elop’s open letter on the Microsoft, Nokia deal

It looks like Steve Ballmer and Stephen Elop anticipated that people might be a little shocked at Microsoft’s decision to buy out Nokia for…

Does Yahoo!’s local site closure signal that it’s given up on China?

The few people who bother to visit the Yahoo China homepage will notice something different today. A couple of weeks after Yahoo! shuttered its…

George Bush Snr accidentally emails Mandela death statement

The office of former US president George HW Bush has been left red-faced after it accidentally posted that South African statesman Nelson Mandela had…

Latest Snowden dump reveals NSA pays tech companies for access to networks

The US’ National Security Agency (NSA) pays big tech companies hundreds of millions of dollars a year for access to their networks. That’s according…

China’s Tencent goes all in, gives users 10TB free cloud storage

Boom. Chinese internet giant Tencent just gave its competitors a serious wake up call. You see, while the likes Baidu and Qihoo 360 have…

Skype plans to add 3D calls in the near future

If you thought 3D was just going to retreat to the headache-inducing cave it came out of, hopefully never to emerge again, we’re sorry…

Twitter rolls out controversial new conversations view

This is going to be a serious bug bear for some Twitter users. The social network has rolled out updates to its iOS and…

Facebook spammers net $200m a year just from posting scam links

If you’ve ever wondered how anyone could benefit from posting those spammy links that end up clogging up your Facebook news feed, prepare to…

Smithsonian acquires first piece of code for design collection

Can a piece of code ever be art? Maybe not, but it can apparently be the kind of design worthy of a place in…

Facebook no longer requires 3rd party apps to run competitions, promotions

Some social media managers will be rejoicing at this news, while other might have a few big reservations. Facebook has changed the rules governing…

Is your life ‘powered by the web’? Google could give you $25k

Okay so you spend a lot of time on the web, but does it actually power your life? If the answer is “yes, holy…

Google looking to add Swahili, Igbo, Zulu to Translate roster

Google is looking to add a number of African languages, including Hausa, Igbo, Zulu and Swahili to Google Translate. A post on Google Africa’s…

Facebook launches new photo colab feature

This is an idea so obviously good that you’ve got to wonder why it took Facebook so long to come up with it. The…

Wiki Loves Monuments to launch world’s largest photography comp in SA

The world’s largest photography competition, Wiki Loves Monuments, is being launched next month in order to capture South Africa’s heritage. Besides the theme, the…

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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

OPPO Reno15 Series Lands In South Africa With Big Cameras And Bigger Battery Ambitions

OPPO Reno15 Series Brings Flagship-Level Hardware Logic to the Mid-Tier in South Africa

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

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