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King James, Gloo@Ogilvy, Native VML dominate Bookmarks shortlist

The IAB South Africa has announced its shortlist for the 2016 Bookmarks Awards, to be held on 3 March in Newtown, Johannesburg. Now in…

No Facebook, Elon Musk was not an ‘illegal immigrant’

By now second guessing stuff on the internet should come naturally. A Facebook post — that’s been shared nearly 25 000 times — claims…

India bans Facebook free internet services

The world’s largest democracy has finally taken a stance on free internet services. This comes after the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on…

Reach Trust launches mobile tool to ‘fast-track’, reward learning

The Reach Trust, an NGO which was birthed out of Mxit and holds all of the once might mobile social network’s remaining IP, this…

You can now safely Uber with small kids

If you’re of a certain age, you might only think of Uber as a safe way to get around after a raucous night out,…

Slack releases diversity report, records an increase since last report

In its latest diversity report, Slack, the team collaboration app, reveals stats on its own efforts towards a diverse company structure. The company’s efforts…

Popcorn Time is back, promises to stay up

A couple of years ago, when Popcorn Time exploded onto the scene, it seemed unstoppable. Billed as the “Netflix you always wanted”, the service…

NSA to launch inquiry into whether whistleblower Snowden had China ties

The US’ National Security Agency (NSA) is set to investigate whether Edward Snowden, the man who unveiled its complex spying programme, had ties to…

Twitter launches #FollowMe, sums you up in a movie highlight reel

Twitter announced its second partnership with Portland startup Vizify today. It’s called #FollowMe and it collects standout messages, images and video clips from your…

Twitter opens up its analytics to the public… sorta

This is interesting. It seems that Twitter has quietly opened up its analytics metrics so it can give users a better understanding of their…

WhatsApp hits new record, processes 27bn messages in 24 hours

WhatsApp today announced that it had processed 27-billion messages in 24 hours, a new record for the mobile messaging service. It’s also significantly up…

SA Reserve Bank says ‘financial refugee’ Shuttleworth could ruin the economy

The bid by internet billionaire Mark Shuttleworth to reclaim some R250-million (US$24.5-million) from the South African Reserve Bank and have its system of exchange…

StopWatching.Us: Mozilla’s anti-surveillance campaign

Privacy and surveillance have been hot topics on the web and all media over the past week, and chances are it’s going to carry…

Google, Facebook, Microsoft asks NSA to let them prove innocence on PRISM

When you’re implicated in a massive government scandal involving security breaches and privacy, you’re going to want to do whatever if takes to prove…

Google Drive, Docs now in Afrikaans, Amharic, Swahili, and Zulu

Google has expanded the number of the languages available on Drive, its cloud storage product. The internet giant announced today that you can now…

Google confirms Waze acquisition

Google has announced that it has acquired Waze, the Israeli-based crowd-sourced navigation app, as everyone expected it would today. “…we’re excited to announce we’ve…

SA, Aussie panel turns to crowdfunding for ComiCon trip

This is pretty interesting. The publishers of Velocity, a platform designed to provide South African and Australian comic book artists and writers a place…

Mark Shuttleworth takes SA gov’t to court over exchange controls

Ubuntu founder and South African-born tech billionaire Mark Shuttleworth is set to take the South African government to court in a bid to have…

Africa Gathering: hands on with Africa’s disruptive thinkers

Africa’s meteoric rise in the tech space is showing not signs of stopping. That’s a good a thing. The continent is moving fast to…

Watchdog group says Wikimedia cares less about Chinese users

Chinese online watchdog group Greatfire has come out against the Wikimedia foundation, arguing that it holds Chinese users in less regard than others from…

Washington Post sat on NSA whistleblower info, went to gov’t with it

The Washington Post has revealed that it sat on the revelations of Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who sparked allegations that tech giants such as…

Google, Waze deal seems more likely by the day

Google is very close to inking a deal to acquire crowd-sourced navigation app Waze. Rumours have been flying about for the last couple of…

Want to watch Apple’s WWDC keynote? Here’s how

Apple’s keynote at WWDC, its annual developers’ conference, is one of tech’s most hotly anticipated events. It makes sense therefore that a tech-savvy reader…

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

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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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