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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…

Google acquires Jibe Mobile, a leading provider of Rich Communication Services

Google has acquired Jibe Mobile, a startup that is a leading provider in Rich Communication Services. Google is in the process of implementing RCS…

Half-a-billion-dollar satellite launches to beam broadband to Australia’s most remote areas

A rocket carrying a satellite worth an estimated half-a-billion Australian dollars (around US$350-million) has successfully launched from French Guiana today. The aim? To bring…

Tshwane citizens can now use free Wi-Fi to do good

Over the past couple of years, we’ve written fairly extensively on the City Of Tshwane’s efforts at rolling out free Wi-Fi in conjunction with…

Android is now used by 1.4 billion people worldwide

At last night’s Google Nexus event, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Android now has more than 1.4-billion active users. That’s 400-million up from…

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…

Nokia asked to pay $383-million over tax evasion claims in India

Nokia’s budget Asha series may be winning over consumers by the droves in emerging markets, but now the manufacturer has got something other than…

Windows phone is outselling iPhone, but only in a few countries

On Wednesday, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of corporate communications Frank Shaw wrote a blog post detailing some of the Microsoft’s progress across a number…

Path joins the hashtag party

Path has apparently decided to jump on board the hashtag bandwagon, joining the likes of Twitter, Facebook (possibly), Instagram and Flickr. The latest update…

Facebook finally allows you to reply to comments

This is pretty cool. Facebook has finally rolled out a facility that allows you to reply to comments on your posts. Among other things,…

Reddit co-founder calls out ‘fellow geeks’, tells them to behave better

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has called out his “fellow geeks’, for the DDoS attacks, crude responses and death threats they sent to Adria Richards…

Your Couch is About to Become a Stadium: TCL’s QD-Mini LED Arrives in SA

TikTok Tightens the Reins: New Parental Controls and Digital Well-Being Tools Rolled Out

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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