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Twitter introduces new data dashboard to help you monitor and manage your account

Twitter, of late, has been beset with problems. First its CEO left and then the rumours that Twitter might be bought reared their ugly…

Gumtree adds new tech to better secure P2P payments

Spend enough time online and you’ll come across more than a few horror stories around online classified sites. In a bid to cut down…

Donald Trump accidentally tweets Nazi soldiers in campaign poster

If you imagine a campaign poster for any 21st century presidential candidate with some Nazi soldiers on it, alarm bells would probably go off….

Amorphous New Media parts ways with Times Media Group

Digital agency Amorphous New Media has parted ways with the Times Media Group, which it has been a partially owned subsidiary of since 2007….

Social rideshare service Zaparide offering lifts to Oppikoppi

Social ride-sharing service Zaparide has launched a separate section especially for people looking for a lift to Oppikoppi. The service allows both drivers and…

Microsoft: Windows 10 launch will honour people who ‘do great things’

Microsoft has something different planned for the launch of Windows 10. Sure the slick keynote and stage presentations will still be there, but the…

Microsoft confirms date for scuppering Windows Live Messenger

Microsoft’s been pretty open about the fact that it’s scuppering its Windows Live Messenger Service in favour of Skype but now we have some…

Google calls truce, drops patent claim against Microsoft

Xbox users around the world can now rest easy and without fear that Google will take away their video-streaming. The Mountain View giant has…

Waze hit 34m users in 2012, expects to double that this year

It looks like there may well be something to this collaborative mapping lark after all. Social mapping and traffic tool Waze says it hit…

4Chan takes disturbing to new levels, gets Bieber fans cutting themselves

If you ever doubted that 4chan was where the internet’s hopes and dreams go to die, this should put them to rest. Members of…

Star Trek goes AR with Paramount and Qualcomm [CES]

I’m not sure how the Trekkies are going to feel about this one. The marketing machine for the upcoming JJ Abrams vehicle Star Trek…

China’s gaming market was worth US$9.7bn in 2012

Gaming in China is getting to be seriously big business. In fact, it brought in an estimated US$9.7-billion in revenue last year, rising 35.1%…

Apple App Store has a record December, hits 40-billion all time downloads

Well, Apple had a good festive season. The company announced today that it had a record-breaking December, with more than two billion iOS apps…

China to hit 800m internet users by 2015

China already has the world’s largest online population but that doesn’t mean its growth is about to slow down any time soon. In fact,…

John McAfee: anti-virus pioneer, escaped murder suspect… master spy?

Think you could do with an extra dose of crazy in your life? The latest John McAfee episode should do you just fine. Apparently…

Google’s FTC deal may not stop Microsoft and Apple suit

Google’s two-year showdown with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may have reached an agreement last week but that may not be the end of…

Rovi to sell online movie store, previously known as CinemaNow, after just two years

US tech corporation Rovi has announced that it will be selling its Rovi Entertainment Store, formerly known as CinemaNow, which it bought just two…

File-sharing group member gets five years for uploading movies

Turns out law enforcement officials are taking those “you wouldn’t steal a handbag” anti-piracy ads seriously. According to Wired, Jermiah Perkins — a leader…

Facebook tests voice calling in Messenger

This is interesting. Facebook has begun testing a feature in its Messenger app that will allow people to make free voice calls using Wi-Fi…

Google to settle with FTC on patent misuse

US regulators could settle with Google over antitrust allegations as soon as tomorrow. According to Bloomberg, the internet giant has agreed to voluntarily change…

Is Apple about to buy Waze?

Apple is really trying to up its maps game. Rumour has it that the tech giant is attempting to acquire Waze, says Mike Butcher…

Opera Mini Data Campaigns Reshape Mobile Access in South Africa

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Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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

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