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Can this website make a dent in South Africa’s rampant corruption rates?

There’s no doubt that corruption is a massive problem in South Africa. According to the 2014 Transparency International Corruption Index, the country ranks 67th…

Facebook sees a billion users in one day

More than one-billion people used Facebook on Monday. Yup, that’s right, nearly one-seventh of the world’s population logged on to the big blue social…

Instagram ditches square-only photo format

Instagram is freeing its users from the constraints of the square. Yup, the photo filtering and sharing social network has officially announced that users…

CliffCentral app lands on app stores

The CliffCentral smartphone app has launched and is available for download on iOS and Android. The app, which launched ahead of schedule, allows listeners…

Student hackers figure out how to stop gym cheats

If you’re one of those people who checks into gym, has a cup of coffee, and leaves just to get your medical aid points,…

Facebook launches M, its AI powered personal assistant within Messenger

If its innovations to enhance user experience in the app are anything to go by, the Messenger team at Facebook must hardly sleep. Today…

Julius Akinyemi: Africa needs to harness big data to really innovate

Africa needs to start using big data to solve its issues. But before this can happen, it needs to understand how to leverage this…

AOL officially adds gadget review site gdgt to the family

After some speculation it seems the rumours are true: AOL has added gadget review site gdgt to its list of online properties for an…

Apple is not impressed by ‘silly sideshow’ of a lawsuit by investors

You’d think that as CEO, Tim Cook would be seriously concerned if Apple shareholders sued the company. But it seems that Cook is downplaying…

Amazon meets with Indian officials in bid to relax strict ecommerce laws

Representatives from Amazon have met with Indian officials in a bid to get them to relax strict laws which stop foreign ecommerce companies entering…

Google could land $5-billion from tablets in 2013

Tablets will generate Google around US$5-billion in revenue this year. No, it won’t be from sales of the Nexus 7, but from advertising. According…

Holocaust survivors to have their stories preserved through 3D holograms

This is a very cool and potentially very important application of 3D hologram technology. A selection of Holocaust survivors will have their stories preserved…

Given a little more energy Steve Jobs would’ve built an Apple car

This is interesting. Tucked away in Nick Bilton’s New York Times article about Apple potentially building an iWatch is a revelation that Steve Jobs…

Apple set to launch R&D centre in Israel

This is big news for the Israeli tech scene. Apple is set to open up a research and development centre in the country. According…

HP’s new rules are set to tackle Chinese factories using child labour

In an attempt to address the on-going problem of underage workers in electronic factories in China, HP has taken a strong new stance against…

Twitter search now pulls in posts older than a week

Looks like Twitter’s on a bit of an update streak. The dust had barely settled on the updates to its Android and iOS apps…

Google gets crowdsourcing with Indian mapathon

Google’s had a penchant for crowdsourcing elements of mapping service for some time now. Its Map Maker volunteers even made North Korea a little…

‘Bang With Nobody’ rips off Bang With Friends, gets international attention

This is hilarious. If you spend as much time hanging out online as we do, you’ve probably heard of Bang With Friends, the Facebook…

Twitter revamps its mobile apps to make it easier to discover on the go

Twitter’s mobile presence just got a careful restyle to make it easier to spot important updates and trends in the endless stream of random…

Biz Stone: Twitter founder, serial entrepreneur and film director?

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has a new project. Unlike the social network, or Blogger or Medium however, this one isn’t an online tool meant…

GoDaddy’s Super Bowl ads may have raised eyebrows but they raked in cash

Controversial domain company GoDaddy is at it again. Its recent Super Bowl commercial with super model Bar Rafaeli kissing “nerd” Jesse Heiman seems to…

US lawmakers want to promote a ‘global internet free from government control’

A recent UN conference held in Dubai has ratified efforts by certain players against an open and free internet. According to Bloomberg, a joint…

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