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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…

Do you live in one of Joburg’s six new ‘fibrehoods’?

Fibre to the home provider Vumatel has announced that it will be rolling out its offering in six new Johannesburg suburbs. According to a…

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…

Opera doles out $155m for rival browser maker Skyfire Labs

Things are hotting up at Norwegian software company Opera. Just a couple of days after announcing that it would be moving to the WebKit…

Dropbox in talks with banks, could file an IPO in 2013

The rumour mills are spinning again in Silicon Valley and this time all eyes are on popular file storage service Dropbox. According to people…

One for the books: Chinese copycat clones another Chinese app

Usually we hear about stories of Chinese copycats aping foreign tech products, and examples of that aren’t hard to find. But thanks to Twitter…

‘The Internship’: the movie starring Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson and Google

Silicon Valley is pretty mainstream these days. If you want proof look no further than the offerings that have our come to our screens…

Oscar Pistorius allegedly shoots girlfriend, sends Twitter into shock

News that renowned paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius had allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend Reva Steenkamp sent Twitter into shock this morning. The man…

Opera ditches Presto, moves to WebKit

Norwegian software company Opera has ditched Presto, the rendering engine that currently powers Opera web browser, in favour of WebKit. WebKit powers the Apple…

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