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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…

Watch the opening monologue of The Daily Show with new host Trevor Noah

Last night, South African comedian Trevor Noah took the reins as host of American news satire show, The Daily Show. Though the show appears…

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…

Facebook’s Early Adopter Club set to reignite mobile experimentation

This is interesting. Facebook has opened up a limited beta club, which will see some Android users given the ability test out features before…

Dropbox shows its ambitions with Mailbox acquisition

Cloud storage specialist Dropbox today bought out Orchestra, the company behind the much-hyped email app Mailbox. The acquisition is widely thought to be a…

Samsung to roll out mobile health centres across Africa

Samsung recently launched its solar powered health centre model in Cape Town, marking the start of what it says will be a large-scale medical…

Samsung to give SA users free Wi-Fi for a year

If you had any doubts as to Samsung’s desire to stay top of the smartphone pile, check this out. The South Korean electronics giant…

More wood gets cleared as Google axes Reader, Cloud Connect

Google today announced as second wave of spring-cleaning that will see it consign a number of products to the graveyard including Reader, Google Voice…

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…

OPPO A6 Pro 5G launches in South Africa with bigger battery and tougher build

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