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Google’s ‘Star Wars’ Easter egg is totally amazing

Can you tell that the folks at Google are excited for Star Wars: The Force Awakens? We’ve already told you about the Google app…

iCaptcha aims to make the web Safer by teaching South Africans new languages

CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) codes have a long history of being used for good, having been…

Pushbullet finally monetises its service

We always knew it couldn’t last forever, sooner or later Pushbullet would have to start making money. This week we found out exactly how…

Multiple users report mass Twitter outage [update]

Update: Twitter connectivity has been restored for us at least in South Africa, including Twitter.com and Tweetdeck. If you’re still experiencing issues, drop us…

YouTube finally launches offline video feature in South Africa

The world’s largest online video platform boasts over a billion users watching hundreds of millions of hours everyday. Countries with limited data connectivity however…

Google Photos update lets you free up space, downgrade photos

Out of Google’s annual event this year, Google Photos, bundled out of the underwhelming Google+ was an impressive innovation. Over the months since its…

10 of Africa’s most innovative apps of 2015 you should know about

Pan-African competition AppsAfrica has concluded earlier this week, announcing the continent’s ten most innovative mobile applications of 2015. With entries stretching from Nigeria to…

Outlook.com now lets you chat with your Google friends

This is interesting. Outlook.com users will now be able to chat with their Google friends from within the webmail service. Since launching its revamped…

Google set to go sensor crazy at I/O, will track air quality, noise levels

Anyone attending this year’s Google I/O developers’ conference is set to be part of a massive experiment from the internet giant’s Cloud Platform Developer…

Forget Trojan horses, social media is your biggest security threat

Scared about your online identity being compromised through Facebook or Google’s clingy online presences? You’d probably be less happy about those you don’t know…

Google appears to have shut down SMS search, without telling anyone

There goes all the information at your fingertips, says every feature phone owner who uses Google’s SMS search. According to reports, the search giant…

Kickstarter: Zach Braff, Veronica Mars have brought in $400k to other projects

Kickstarter’s founders Charles Adler, Perry Chen and Yancey Strickler have taken to the company’s blog to address controversy surrounding big-name projects on the platform…

Memeburn finalist in Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards 2013

Memeburn has officially been announced as a finalist in the Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards 2013 and is pitted against the BBC and CNBC…

Google, Time launch Timelapse showing planetary changes over 25 years

Google, Time Magazine, NASA and the US Geological Survey (USGS) have teamed up to create a portal showing how much the planet has changed…

Social traffic app Waze rumored to be Facebook’s next big buy

Facebook is rumored to be lining up another billion dollar buy with social traffic app Waze the target this time around. According to a…

LinkedIn news section gets magazine-style revamp

LinkedIn has made another step toward being a serious player in the online media space with the revamping of its news section. The refreshed…

Microsoft uses TV whitespaces to take broadband to Tanzanian universities

TV whitespaces are playing an increasingly important role when it comes to providing broadband to emerging market countries. The latest project to use the…

Indian gov’t now monitoring texts, emails, social media

Privacy advocates are up in arms after India the country’s government began stealthily rolling out a central monitoring system that will allow it to…

Google doodle pays video tribute to graphic designer, filmmaker Saul Bass

Today’s Google doodle is one of the best we’ve seen in a while. It’s a video celebration of graphic designer and filmmaker Saul Bass…

India is watching double the online video it did in 2011

The people of India are watching double the number of online videos they were two years ago. New research from comScore suggests that the…

Windows 8 goes past the 100m mark as SkyDrive hits 250m users

Microsoft has sold more than 100-million installs for Windows 8 since it became generally available and claims to have over 250-million users on its…

Israel claims Google’s recognition of Palestine undermines peace efforts

Israeli authorities have lodged a request urging Google to reconsider its decision to list Palestine among its selection of localised search pages. By listing…

Gun nuts’ dreams come true as first 3D-printed gun fired on video

Defense Distributed has successfully fired its 3D-printed gun on video, just days after announcing its existence to the world. The handgun, which the non-profit…

Your Couch is About to Become a Stadium: TCL’s QD-Mini LED Arrives in SA

TikTok Tightens the Reins: New Parental Controls and Digital Well-Being Tools Rolled Out

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

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