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‘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,…

IAB UK CEO, Vinny Lingham to headline IAB SA Digital Summit

IAB SA has announced South African-born Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor Vinny Lingham and Guy Phillipson, the CEO of IAB UK, as the headline…

Alibaba buys Hong Kong’s SCMP, may be a blow to editorial independence

Chinese internet giant Alibaba has acquired SCMP, the Hong Kong-based media house behind 103-year-old newspaper the South China Morning Post. While Alibaba has pledged…

#ZumaMustFall: South Africans voice concern, frustration after Nene axing

Twitter is filled with tweets voicing people’s concern and frustration over South Africa’s future. This comes after the surprise announcement by President Jacob Zuma…

Smart cities will use 1.6b connected things by 2016

According to Gartner, smart cities will use 1.6 billion connected things by the year 2016. This is an increase of 39% from 2015. By…

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…

The Weirdest CES 2026 Tech People Might Actually Use In South Africa

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AI Literacy Is Quietly Becoming a Job Requirement in South Africa

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

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

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

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