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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…

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…

Tech heavyweights get behind teaching kids to code

There’s a greater need for people who can code than will be ever be fulfilled. That’s the message behind a new organisation that has…

India: Apple’s next big market?

Apple is trying to crack the Indian market for the iPhone in a bid to challenge Samsung’s dominance in the emerging market giant. It…

App.net opens up free invite-only tier, allows following of up to 40 people

Crowd-funded social play and versatile web platform App.net has opened up a free version of its service. Access to the free service requires an…

Tencent to open US office to push WeChat

Tencent, maker of the popular WeChat messaging app, is to open an office in America this year as the Chinese company focuses on taking…

Apple to compensate parents whose kids go app crazy

If your kids have been racking up massive bills on their iDevices then there may be some relief in sight. The company says it…

As Nook sales slip, Barnes and Noble are expected to report more losses

Things aren’t going too well with Barnes & Noble’s digital aspirations. The book retail giant is expected to announce that revenue from its Nook…

Kickstarter-funded project wins at the Oscars

Well this is pretty cool. A Kickstarter-funded documentary made history by winning Best Documentary Short at the Academy Awards on Sunday. As a validation…

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…

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