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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…

6 of our favourite trailers from Comic-Con 2015

Movies, TV shows, comics, games and cosplay. Comic-Con International is most known for two things: meeting your favourite actors in all-panel glory and getting…

New ttrumpet feature lets your friends, family follow your trips

Over the top (OTT) messaging service ttrumpet has joined a growing list of apps that allow people’s family and friends to follow them on…

SA’s EWN starts pushing out news via WhatsApp

Are chat apps the future of news? There are more than a few very influential people who think they are. Publishers are coming onboard…

Facebook’s floating video player lets you scroll through News Feed while watching videos

Facebook has long been telling us that its video plans are not to be scoffed at. In the latest bid to prove this point,…

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…

Ubuntu joins the mobile OS party

Open source geeks of the world rejoice! Ubuntu will soon be available for smartphones courtesy of Canonical, the company founded by entrepreneur and space…

Say hello to Twitter archives: users can now download and explore their tweets

It seems Twitter has decided to make sure you never lose a tweet. The microblog has introduced Twitter archive, a function that allows users…

After legal threats, the UK Pirate Party shuts down its Pirate Bay proxy

It seems that a group of music labels have achieved their objective to shut down avenues to access The Pirate Bay in the UK….

Migrating to Flickr? Freethephotos saves your pictures from Instagram

Instagram’s slightly disconcerting and perplexing new terms of use upset a fair few users yesterday, because the update could theoretically allow their images to…

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