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Pinterest just hired its first-ever Head of Diversity

Pinterest has hired its first ever Head of Diversity, Candice Morgan. The appointment, reported by the Wall Street Journal, is symbolic, as diversity has…

Netflix officially live in SA at $7.99 a month

South African internet users can now access Netflix without having to resort to the semi-legal methods they’ve used to date. The world’s biggest video-on-demand…

Prominent tech ed Duncan McLeod caught up in racist social media row, charges laid [Update]

Crimen injuria charges laid against tech journalist over social media racism saga involving Chris Hart, Penny Sparrow McLeod had defended Hart’s tweets on the…

Estate agent calls black people ‘monkeys’ in racist Facebook post

Penny Sparrow, a white estate agent, has raised the ire of South African social media with a Facebook post comparing black people to monkeys….

Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors to set up office in South Africa

Major US automotive and energy storage company Tesla Motors plans to set up shop in South Africa, the birthplace of its CEO Elon Musk….

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’: what the world thinks so far

Geeks around the world have been anticipating this day with a mix of fear and trepidation ever since Disney announced its acquisition of Lucas…

ShowMax introduces download functionality for offline viewing

This is interesting. Naspers-owned video streaming service ShowMax has updated its Android app to include downloads for offline viewing. It’s a potentially important move,…

Microsoft’s dominance is over: Mark Shuttleworth closes Ubuntu bug no.1

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has officially declared an end to Microsoft’s dominance. The innovator and entrepreneur, who carries the tongue-in-cheek label of Self-Appointed Benevolent…

Wikimedia serves up location-based Wikipedia articles with ‘Nearby’

This looks pretty cool. The Wikimedia foundation, the charitable organisation behind Wikipedia and its affiliates, has launched Nearby, a service that surfaces Wikipedia articles…

Netflix’s Arrested Development sees 100k illegal downloads in 24 hours

Fans of Arrested Development may be immensely grateful to online video service provider Netflix for resurrecting the show, but apparently not enough to stop…

Apple looking to buy more companies [D11]

What is it with tech giants? It seems acquisitions and acqui-hires are all the rage in Silicon Valley. Speaking at the AllThingD’s D11 conference…

Samsung sets up a US patent office to protect its intellectual property

When Apple takes you to the cleaners, you get prepared it seems. Korean tech giant Samsung has announced a US$25-million venture to set up…

Another possible acquistion for Yahoo! as it sets its sights on Hulu

Seriously? How much money does Yahoo! have? It’s seems everyone’s favourite ailing internet giant has its sights set on premium video site Hulu, reports…

Online cosmetics shopping to heat up with Red Square’s ecommerce play

You know what’s cool? Being able to shop for stuff like perfume online. Ecommerce is becoming a major play for most emerging market retailers….

Google facing yet another antitrust probe, this time for display ads

Oh Google, what are we going to do with you? The internet giant is facing yet another antitrust probe over its display advertising business…

Twitter adds two-step verification to beef up security

Twitter finally announced the rollout of a two-step verification security feature. We have seen this coming for a long time now. The feature allows you…

Yahoo! buys gaming infrastructure company

Yahoo! is buying things like a boss. Following the Yumblr! deal it seems everyone’s favourite ailing internet giant is spending some of that awesome…

Amazon taking over the world with Kindle Fire HD in 170 countries

Its all up and up for Amazon, today the retailer/hardware maker has announced that its Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9” products…

The South African police’s website was hacked… and they didn’t even know it

The latest major victim of a malicious online attack? That would be the South African Police Service. According to a report by eNCA, the…

Amazon wants to build its Seattle workers a massive biosphere

This is bound to raise more than a few eyebrows. Amazon plans on building a massive biosphere for the workers in its Seattle offices….

GIF creator gets lifetime achievement Webby, reveals true pronunciation

Of all the world’s file formats, GIF (or Graphics Interchange Format) is probably the one that resonates most with web users and last night,…

Yahoo officially buys Tumblr for $1.1billion, as its users defect

Yahoo has officially announced its acquisition of blogging platform Tumblr for US$1.1-billion cash. The news was first broken on Twitter by the Wall Street…

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