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ShowMax now lets eBucks users subscribe using vouchers

Naspers-owned ShowMax on Sunday announced a deal with FNB, which will allow eBucks users to subscribe to the video-streaming service using prepaid vouchers. According…

Spotify streamed over 28.5 million songs in 2015

Spotify recently announced its annual numbers and statistics on its dedicated 2015 page, and it makes for impressive reading. Among the numbers are the…

IAB: Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill ‘places excessive limitations on online freedoms’

IAB SA, the non-profit association which looks after the interests of the South African digital advertising and publishing space, has come out in opposition…

Facebook introduces live video streaming, photo collages features

Facebook has introduced its own live video and photo collages features to take on the likes of Periscope and Meerkat. The social media giant…

Uber introduces ‘Ride Request Button’ for third party apps

Uber has launched a ‘Ride Request Button’ that will allow developers to add an Uber button in their apps. The button is in a…

Google Search now allows you to star, bookmark images

Google Search is receiving a new feature. As it matures, it can only get better, and Google appears to be committed to seeing this…

MWEB announces big FTTH price cuts

The South African Fibre to the Home (FTTH) space is getting very interesting very quickly. Not so long ago, there was just a handful…

Take a virtual tour of the autobahn on Facebook with Opel

For the average petrol-head, Germany’s autobahn sounds like heaven: no speed limits and miles of smooth highway. Now you can make that dream a…

Warner Bros taken to court by Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat creators

The memes are striking back. Warner Bros is being taken to court for using Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat in a game without their…

Check out the preview for Windows 8 Skype video messages

Microsoft today announced the preview release of Skype video messaging for Windows 8, which means that anyone using the Metro side of the OS…

Track this SA team’s bid to make the fastest film ever made online

A good, feature-length takes time. The path from concept to writing, filming and theatrical release can take months, sometimes years. But what if you…

Twitter to journos: the hacking won’t stop until you take action

Twitter has sent out a memo warning journalists that the high-profile hacks currently plaguing the industry are unlikely to stop any time soon. The…

Microsoft meshes Skype into the heart of Outlook.com

Look out Gmail, Outlook.com just got a little more interesting. Microsoft has announced that it’s baking Skype into the email service. The service is…

Google Now arrives on iOS

It’s official: Google Now is available on iOS. The news comes after the internet giant effectively let the cat out of the bag with…

Efemr: this tweet will self-destruct in 5, 4, 3, 2….

Ever wished your tweets would self-destruct after a set period of time? No? Well apparently some people do and that’s where Efemr comes in….

New study finds big brands, celebs are buying Twitter followers

Bigger is best… when it comes to your following that is, and buying followers on Twitter seems to be the name of the game…

NASA launches 3 Android phones into orbit: awesomeness ensues

NASA recently rocketed three HTC Nexus One smartphones into orbit and the stuff they’re sending back is pretty damn cool. The phones were launched…

IBM chief tells staff the company has to think fast, move faster

IBM chief executive Virginia Rometty has rebuked her company’s employees after the tech giant posted weak financials last week. The company, she says has…

Yahoo! strikes exclusive deal to host Saturday Night Live content

Yahoo! has struck an exclusive deal with Broadway Media to feature Saturday Night Live content across its sites. In an official blog post, CEO…

Street View now live in 50 countries after adding Lesotho, Hungary

Google Street View is now live in 50 countries after taking the product live in Lesotho and Hungary today. That’s not bad going for…

Google Now could be on your home page soon

If you were a fan of iGoogle, this might pique your interest. Google looks set to bring Now, its contextual search assistant, to its…

Tech industry offers support for victims of Chinese quake

The recent 7.0 magnitude earthquake that left more than 200 people dead or missing, 11 800 injured and around 100 000 homeless in Sichuan,…

Life after Andrew Mason: Groupon’s stock up 40%

Things haven’t been easy for Groupon since it went public in 2011. The company tanked after its most recent quarterly earnings report, losing nearly…

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