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M&C Saatchi PLC acquires independent digital player Creative Spark

M&C Saatchi, the London-based agency network, on Friday announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Creative Spark — the five-year-old digital agency…

Report: Naspers’ Showmax to take on Netflix with global expansion plans

According to reports, South Africa’s media and internet giant Naspers is set to expand its recently-released video-on-demand (VoD) offering, ShowMax, to reach more than 15…

Deezer Family plan lets multiple users enjoy one music account

Deezer, the music streaming service, has announced a new family subscription plan. The new plan is called Deezer Family and can have up to…

Google’s ‘Star Wars’ Easter egg is totally amazing

Can you tell that the folks at Google are excited for Star Wars: The Force Awakens? We’ve already told you about the Google app…

iCaptcha aims to make the web Safer by teaching South Africans new languages

CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) codes have a long history of being used for good, having been…

Pushbullet finally monetises its service

We always knew it couldn’t last forever, sooner or later Pushbullet would have to start making money. This week we found out exactly how…

Multiple users report mass Twitter outage [update]

Update: Twitter connectivity has been restored for us at least in South Africa, including Twitter.com and Tweetdeck. If you’re still experiencing issues, drop us…

India’s Vserv.mobi teams up with Yahoo! to target South East Asia

Indian mobile ad network Vserv.mobi has announced a strategic partnership with Yahoo! that will see the two companies attempting to conquer South East Asia….

Facebook Home has 500k+ installations a week after launch

A week after its release onto the Google Play Store, Facebook Home has been downloaded more than 500 000 times. That’s not the best…

Reddit faces outages in midst of DDoS attack

Reddit is experiencing intermittent outages apparently due to a malicious DDoS attack. People trying to access the site, which labels itself “the front page…

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…

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