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Facebook’s Internet.org, Praekelt Foundation team up to launch Free Basics incubator

Facebook’s Internet.org on Monday announced a partnership with the Praekelt foundation that will see the two launch an incubator for the Free Basics platform….

Zomato now lets you order food online from your favourite restaurants

Restaurant listing service Zomato has introduced online ordering capability to its app and web for its users in South Africa. The online ordering capability…

Uber, Wesbank team up in R200m car-rental deal

Uber South Africa has teamed up with car-financing giant Wesbank in a deal designed to give Uber drivers easier access to cars. The deal,…

FNB app gets mobile vouchers, coupons

FNB on Friday announced a couple of new features on its app which sees the bank getting into the mobile voucher and coupon space….

incuBeta merges with DQ&A in massive R1.5bn deal

incuBeta, the South African-based digital marketing group, on Thursday announced a merger with the Netherlands-based DQ&A in a deal worth more than R1.5-billion. Founded…

Lenovo looks set to buy IBM’s x86 server business

Computing giant IBM is apparently set to sell part of the server side of its business to Chinese PC manufacturer Lenovo. According to the…

Lumia sales solid but Nokia still misses with Q1 results

Nokia today reported its Q1 results for 2013 and while things look good for its Lumia range of smartphones, the company still has some…

LinkedIn goes native with its smartphone apps

This is interesting. LinkedIn has completely revamped it smartphone apps, following Facebook’s lead in abandoning HTML 5 for native efforts. Officially the professional social…

Footage emerges of the Texas fertiliser plant explosion

A fertiliser plant near the Texas city of Waco has exploded. While its unclear how many people have died at this stage, reports suggest…

LinkedIn set to establish SA presence with Graylink partnership

Professional social networking giant LinkedIn is getting ready to launch a South African presence through partnering up with recruitment software specialist Graylink. Graylink provides…

Publishing startup Matter is now part of Medium

In a blog post published today, publishing startup Matter announced that it has now become part of content creation platform Medium. Both companies rely…

‘iSteve’ is the 80-minute Steve Jobs comedy we’ve waited for

Funny or Die, comedian and actor Will Ferral’s comedy website, today launched iSteve, the free 80-minute long “autobiographical” spoof of the late Steve Jobs….

Anonymous ‘brandjacks’ Westboro Baptist Church, builds parody FB page

A Facebook page purporting to be that of the Westboro Baptist Church today appeared to have been taken over by hacker movement Anonymous. The…

Microsoft Surface set to land in South Africa in late 2013

South Africans brace yourselves. It seems Microsoft is finally taking the Surface to Africa. That’s according to a tweet from the company’s South African…

Facebook hires fired Apple Maps exec

This is interesting. Facebook has hired Richard Williamson, the man who led the development of Apple Maps, widely criticized for its inaccuracies and bizarre…

Facebook Home goes global as Chat Heads arrive on iOS

If you’ve been longing for Facebook Home but live outside the US, you can rest your FOMO aside. The app is now available to…

WhatsApp is now bigger than Twitter

There have been tons of mobile instant messaging services over the years, but few have had the kind impact WhatsApp’s managed to gain since…

YouTube launches bombings video page in wake of Boston explosions

YouTube has launched a new page spotlighting video surrounding the bomb attacks which rocked the city of Boston yesterday. The explosions took place near…

Nedbank launches ‘Bank of the Future’ concept, targets business solutions

Nedbank is aiming to compete with FNB’s dotFNB stores — a kind of cashless branch that operates as part bank, part retail experience —…

Twitter sends its thoughts to Boston — #prayforboston

Twitter is frantic with news of the explosions in Boston during the city’s historic marathon. According to reports two people have died from the…

Eyewitness footage emerges of Boston Marathon explosions

The Boston Globe has released eyewitness footage of the explosions which today rocked the city’s famous marathon. The bombs, which went off among the…

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