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Instagram plagiarism scandal: Skye Grove apologises, deletes herself off internet

Amid a barrage of criticism and a bit of support on social media on Tuesday, top South African Instagrammer Skye Grove has literally deleted…

News24 to close down comments section because of ‘hate speech’

Today, popular South African news website News24 announced its closure of their comments system because of “hate speech.” The announcement came in the form…

You can now get free WiFi when you fill up your car

If you can’t stand the idea of not being connected for the few minutes it takes to fill up your car, we’ve got some…

WhatsApp goes past 900m monthly active users

There is no stopping WhatsApp. The ad-free instant messaging service today passed the 900-million monthly active users mark. The announcement came via a Facebook…

Early-warning asthma prediction device secures top spot at SA Innovation Summit

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) Inventors Garage competition awarded PhD student Moses Kebalepile for his prototype, called the Asthma Grid, at the SA Innovation…

Instagram beefs up messaging capabilities, adds emojis

Instagram has announced changes to its direct message capabilities. Yes, one can now message people directly on Instagram as an alternative to WhatsApp, Messenger,…

Google unveils sleek new logo, pushes it out on home page right away

Internet search giant Google has just unveiled a new logo, marking the biggest change to the famous six letters since 1999. Looking back 17…

Instagram might not be coming, natively, to BlackBerry 10 after all

So if you’ve got a BlackBerry 10, or are waiting for one to arrive, chances are you were sold on the promise that all…

Zendesk got hacked: Twitter, Pinterest and Tumblr feel it

Customer support service Zendesk says it has been a victim of a hack and three of its social clients have been affected: Twitter, Pinterest…

Oscar Pistorius outstrips Lance Armstrong, Tiger on Google search

Searches for Oscar Pistorius, who stands accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of 14 February, have outstripped those for…

Yahoo! launches new homepage, calls it more intuitive

We’ve been waiting for Marissa Mayer to really make her impact felt at Yahoo! since taking over CEO. The new homepage does that and…

Ballmer: Surface won’t own PC sales but it is a ‘real business’

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that his company’s range of Surface tablets isn’t likely to dominate the personal computing market. He does however…

Is one site to blame for all the recent hacks on big tech companies?

Everyone’s getting hacked these days: Apple, Twitter and Facebook have all been breached in recent days. And while we knew that the same group…

Sina says WeChat will dig into Weibo usage, but reckons it has critical mass

Sina has admitted that competition from Tencent’s increasingly popular WeChat app is cutting into the time people spend on its Sina Weibo microblogging platform….

Apple hit by same hackers who took down Facebook

It’s not often that Number One Infinite Loop admits to weaknesses, but today Apple admitted that hackers had breached its employees’ computers. The hackers…

Russia’s Yandex on the up and up: 42% profit increase in 2012

Things are looking good for Russian search and internet services giant Yandex. The company, which controls around 60% of Russia’s search market, posted some…

Outlook.com passes 60m users, exits preview mode

When Microsoft announced that it was killing Hotmail in favour Outlook.com geeks around the world sighed with relief. A few months on, the service…

Ex Google China chief Kaifu Lee invites 30m weibo fans to join him on Twitter

Never one to shy away from controversy, former Google China head Kaifu Lee has called upon his 30-million Sina Weibo followers to join him…

Mxit claims social network world first with ‘A Lucky Man’ premiere

This is very cool. Africa’s largest mobile social network Mxit is getting its own full-length feature film. The film, called A Lucky Man, tells…

90% of China’s daily deals go through just 10 sites [report]

This is interesting. The wave of Groupon clones that hit China a few years back have consolidated to the degree that 90% of the…

Africa Gathering: the rise of makers and disruptive thinkers in Africa

Technology in Africa is on the rise and mobile is leading the charge. The disruptive tech and the makers on the continent are getting…

Another Naspers company bites the dust: Mocality calling it quits

Kenyan small business directory Mocality is calling it quits after four years of operation, saying “all good things must come to an end”. The…

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

MTN MoMo’s R10-a-Day Smartphone Offer Aims to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Acer Rolls Out Student-Focused Tech in South Africa Ahead of New Term

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

Cape Town VC firm HAVAÍC secures $25m second close to power next wave of African tech startups

Binance Pay Unlocks Everyday Crypto Spending in South Africa

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

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel