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Facebook adds doodle photo editing tool to mobile app

Apart from living in a world obsessed with emojis, we also live in a world where people like to doodle. And now we can…

Facebook, Eutelsat to provide satellite internet to Africa

Facebook has inked a deal with French satellite giant Eutelsat which will see the two partnering to provide internet services to under-served areas across…

Tech brands dominate the top 10 spots in Interbrand global brands list

Interbrand, the world’s leading brand consultancy firm, puts together an annual best global brands report, in which it details the 100 most valuable brands…

New BBC Horizons series covers how far tech has come in past 5 years

The latest series of BBC World News show Horizons has kicked off and it looks like it could be a goodie for tech lovers….

Skype voice translator finally starts rolling-out to Windows users

On the back of experiencing some down time last week, online communication service Skype now has real-time voice translation for all Windows PC and…

Can data predict who’ll win the Rugby World Cup?

We saw how much Germany benefited from number-crunching during the 2014 Fifa World Cup, but could data and analytics predict who’ll win the 2015…

Code4CT wants girls to rock WordPress during Africa Code Week

As part of its Africa Code Week celebrations, running from 1 to 10 October, non-profit organisation Code4CT will be hosting various workshops with the…

Abuse, rape claims roll in against TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington

TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington appears to be in increasingly hot water. After Gawker unearthed allegations that the blogger and businessman beat his girlfriend and…

Google in possible talks to buy WhatsApp

Google may be in talks with WhatsApp to purchase the mobile chat platform for up to US$1-billion. That’s according to rumours reported by Digital…

40m of WeChat’s 300m users live outside China

Yesterday at Boao Forum For Asia 2013, Tencent’s President Martin Lau revealed on stage that WeChat has over 40-million overseas users. That’s out of…

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos invests in Business Insider

This is interesting. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has invested in US-based business and technology news website Business Insider. Business Insider editor-in-chief Henry Blodgett today…

Twitter releases new Android app, updates mobile web and iOS versions

Twitter has released a new version of its Android app as well updates to its iOS and mobile web versions. In an official blog…

Baidu confirms it’s working on Eye, China’s answer to Google Glass

Google Glass, meet Baidu Eye. Yep, the Chinese internet giant has confirmed that it is working on a wearable device prototype that features speech…

Skype users now spend 2bn minutes connecting with each other every day

Two-billion minutes. It’s a long time. More than 3 800 years. It’s also apparently the amount of time Skype users spend connecting with each…

Anonymous says it hacked North Korea’s intranet (but it probably didn’t)

The worldwide hacker collective Anonymous has announced that it has hacked North Korean web servers and, among other things, the China-based North Korean propaganda…

It’s all in the cards as Twitter goes for mobile app deep-linking

Twitter has announced that a major revamp to its cards function, including much deeper app integration. Cards have been important to Twitter for a…

Google engineers can now filter robocalls just like Gmail filters spam

This is very interesting. A couple of Google engineers have figured out how to filter out robotic callers the same way as Gmail filters…

Game of Thrones rules the piracy roost

If you’ve been in a steel re-enforced bunker over the last few years and don’t understand why everyone around you’s been making “Winter is…

Twitter for business relaunches, comes with new look, extra content

Twitter has relaunched its Twitter for Business site, giving it a new look as well as extra content. One of the most obvious changes…

Forget about a Bitcoin bubble, analyst calls price surge ‘a perfect storm’

When prices start soaring in tech, it’s inevitable that you’ll start hearing the term “bubble” bandied about. It happened with dot-com in the late…

Investec pips Absa to the smartphone banking app post

This is interesting. We’ve just received a media invite to the launch of Investec’s smartphone banking app. The fact that the South African-founded banking…

eBay may have led $50m investment in India’s SnapDeal

Pocketing US$50-million is no joke, so hopefully this one is not inspired by April Fool’s Day. According to Indian tech blog NextBigWhat, eBay has…

Absa finally ready to launch banking app

Absa has announced that it’s finally ready to launch a smartphone banking app, sometime after its competitors. The bank, which is a subsidiary of…

SA’s AI Future Depends on One Thing: Skills

Epson Survey Reveals Surge in Demand for Projectors as Home Cinema Trend Takes Off

Opera Mini Brings Free AI to South Africa, Tackling Data Costs and Boosting Digital Inclusion

Outcomes-Based Funding Delivers Real Jobs for SA Youth – A New Model for SME-Led Growth

Umvuzo Health Turns 21 with a Tech-Driven Medtech Model That’s Redefining Corporate Healthcare

Kazang Brings Card Payments to Spaza Shops, Driving Fintech-Fuelled Financial Inclusion

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV