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Google Photos update lets you free up space, downgrade photos

Out of Google’s annual event this year, Google Photos, bundled out of the underwhelming Google+ was an impressive innovation. Over the months since its…

10 of Africa’s most innovative apps of 2015 you should know about

Pan-African competition AppsAfrica has concluded earlier this week, announcing the continent’s ten most innovative mobile applications of 2015. With entries stretching from Nigeria to…

How Africa’s 1bn+ population will transform telecoms sector

Africa has earned itself many titles over the years and one of which is that it is the untapped market, with much potential. During…

Facebook, Airtel launch Free Basic services in 17 African countries

Facebook and telco provider Airtel on Tuesday announced a partnership that will see two companies launch Free Basics in 17 African countries. Free Basics,…

Activist group Anonymous vows to wipe ISIS out from the web

Activist hacker group Anonymous has declared war on terrorist organisation ISIS. This follows the recent attacks in Paris last Friday where a total of…

The Ericsson Mobility Report sheds light on Sub-Saharan Africa connectivity

The Ericsson Mobility Report is out, painting a rosy, albeit distant, future of 5G networks in the Sub-Saharan Africa region and other markets. The…

Google Voice Search now understands superlatives, times and more complex questions

Google has announced that its search engine is getting better at understanding the way people speak and what they say. Google says that the…

Sina Weibo follows Twitter’s lead, introduces cards

Cards are seriously important to Twitter. They’re what lets you see a video or summary of an article from a tweet and what Instagram…

FNB banking app gets more tablet friendly

First National Bank (FNB) today launched a revamped version of its banking app, tailored specifically for tablets. The bank was the first in South…

Reality star Giuliana Rancic is ‘uh-bsessed’ with Gyft

Entertainment/celebrity journalist and E! Entertainment front woman Giuliana Rancic told her fans via Facebook that she is “mildly uh-bsessed” with gift card app Gyft….

Chinese scammers exploit Apple to turn fake iPhones into real ones

Apple has been taking quite a bit of stick over the last month for its after-sales service practices in China, and perhaps rightfully so….

Bitcoin exchange suffers DDoS attacks, claims it’s a victim of its own success

Massive online trading website, Mt. Gox, experienced a serious crash yesterday. The site is the largest online trading website of digital currency and trades…

Zuckerberg nemeses the Winkelvoss twins are big into Bitcoin

Forget Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg’s athletically built nemeses the Winkelvoss twins are now into Bitcoins. According to the New York Times, the two apparently hold…

LinkedIn officially welcomes Pulse to the family after paying $90m

LinkedIn has officially bought the company behind new reading app Pulse for US$90-million, a month after reports emerged that a deal was set to…

Twitter adds trends in 160+ new locations, will launch music app

Twitter has introduced trends to 160 new locations and is today set to launch a music app. Trends are one of the most important…

Facebook buys stealth mobile startup Osmeta

Facebook Home shows that the social network is on a serious mobile mission. Its latest purchase though indicates that the feature may have been…

EU competition commissioner to test antitrust complaint against Google

The European Union’s Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, has received another complaint about Google — this time with regards to how it runs its mobile…

Absa launches its app, becoming the last big South African bank to do so

Absa has officially launched its smartphone banking app, making it the last of South Africa’s major banks with such an offering. The app, which…

1 688 examples of people doing awesome stuff on the web

The web is dead. Except it’s not. It’s just constantly changing. There’s still tons of space for innovation in and around it. That’s why…

Google kept all the social data when it sold travel guide Frommer’s

This is interesting. When Google sold travel guide Frommer’s earlier this month, people were left scratching their heads. After all it had only bought…

eNCA launches online presence

Television news broadcaster eNCA (formerly the eNews channel) has announced the launch of its online presence, a little over a year after Memeburn revealed…

Intel unveils new Thunderbolt, will be 4X as fast as current USB 3.0

At twice the speed of its original, Intel today unveiled the new Thunderbolt interface which theoretically runs at 20 Gbps in both forwards and…

Google gives Play Store a makeover

Google has given its Play Store a redesign, featuring a cleaner look, a simple interface and an emphasis on quick discovery. According to Google,…

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HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

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