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10 of our favourite snaps from the blood-red #SuperMoon eclipse

Stargazers from the Americas, Europe and Africa were over moon this weekend, as they stared through their phones’ screens to capture and share a…

Google plans to roll-out WiFi to 400 train stations across India

It comes as little surprise that Google plans to provide public WiFi in 400 train stations across India. Right now, India is a fast-growing…

Watch the first mini-doc shot in 4K using iPhone 6s Plus [video]

Apple’s latest flagship smartphones, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, have only been on sale to the public for about a week, yet photographers…

Tech4Africa looking for established dev teams to join Random Hack of Kindness

A little while ago, we told you about the return of the hackathon to Tech4Africa. Unlike past iterations, this year’s hackathon sees the conference…

Instagram community grows to more than 400m, sharing 80m photos daily

Instagram, the photo and video sharing app, has announced that its community has grown to more than 400 million users with more than 80…

Gareth Knight: Tech4Africa 2015 to concentrate on local stories

Tech4Africa 2015, in its new home at the FNB stadium in Johannesburg will concentrate on telling local stories rather than those of international tech…

Groupon shuts down offices around the globe, SA safe for now

Daily deals giant Groupon has announced plans to shut down offices around the globe, resulting in thousands of job losses. The company, once the…

Netflix goes social, launches Facebook partnership

Online video content platform Netflix has introduced a social element to its site. The company announced today that users can now see what their…

Conclave elects new pope: watch it live

The papal conclave, a short while ago, sent out white smoke from a chimney in the Vatican indicating that it has chosen a new…

Pinterest launches analytics tools for brands, plans to monetise soon

Popular online scrapbooking platform Pinterest has decided to introduce new analytics tools that will inform and allow businesses to track visitors to its site….

LinkedIn set to dole out more than $50m for maker of newsreader Pulse

Professional social network LinkedIn is getting ready to buy the company behind newsreader app Pulse say people familiar with the matter. The deal, reports…

YouTube rolls out new ‘One Channel’ design

YouTube has officially rolled out a new version of its new channel design called One Channel. The update, which is part of a bid…

Google expands StreetView in the EU, including 200 new Russian cities

Google today announced that it had expanded its European Street View imagery in what is says is a bid to make it “easier than…

Facebook News Feed redesign: more content specific, bigger ads, photos

When Facebook unveils its redesigned News Feed tomorrow we can expect something that is more content-specific as well bigger photos and adverts. According to…

Samsung doles out US$112m for 3% stake in Sharp

Sharp has confirmed that it has agreed to a deal which will see South Korean electronics giant Samsung pay US$112-million for a three percent…

The Pirate Bay’s North Korea claims are likely a piece of masterful satire

Things are never boring in the world of the Pirate Bay. After Sweden’s Pirate Party discontinued its hosting of the site, it was apparently…

Google set to take on Amazon Prime with ‘Google Shopping Express’

Google is apparently set to take on Amazon Prime, with its own service called Google Shopping Express. Amazon Prime gives shoppers free two-day shipping…

Opera’s new Webkit browser arrives on Play Store in beta

Less than a month after formally announcing that it had ditched Presto, the rendering engine that had until then powered Opera web browser, in…

Meet the government WordPress site that cost R140m to build [Update]

If you were overcharged the last time you needed a website built, check this out: The Free State provincial government in South Africa reportedly…

SA music legend Miriam Makeba gets her own Google doodle

Google today marked what would have been songstress Miriam Makeba’s 81st birthday in the way it does best: with a doodle. Nicknamed Mama Africa,…

Google+ Hangouts get sign language app, new shortcuts for disabled users

Google has introduced a couple of new features aimed at making Google+ hangouts more easily accessible to the disabled. Its sign language app allows…

Opera Mini Data Campaigns Reshape Mobile Access in South Africa

Affordable 5G Phones Could Accelerate Digital Inclusion

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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

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