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Google refreshes, reinforces its user privacy and security settings

Google has rolled out two improvements to its privacy and security tools in a bid to give users more flexible options. There’s now a…

Uber updates app for deaf drivers

Uber is at it again – behaving like a company which got way too big way too fast and now needs to cover too…

Online publication Quartz Africa launches in mission to cover the ‘next billion’

Renowned US publisher Quartz launches its second international chapter in Africa today, reiterating a ripple of international interest in the region which is said to…

Controversial Google, Oracle case could put future API usage in jeopardy

Both Google and Oracle are tech giants and their technology is ingrained into our everyday lives. The latter company owns the Java platform, which…

YouTube turns ten, throws itself an epic birthday party [video]

Any other 10-year-old would have their parents organise a birthday party, invite friends, and hire a jumping castle. Not YouTube. On its tenth birthday…

Will crucial partnerships help drive Android Pay’s ecosystem?

Android Pay has officially introduced at Google’s I/O conference in San Fransisco. While the “simple and secure” mobile payment solution has been in the…

Uber reveals plans for awesome new HQ in San Fransisco

Apple and Facebook are not the only two conglomerates boasting massive plans for their headquarters. Popular cab-hailing company Uber is building itself a new…

Facebook gets 72 hours to remove paedophile monitoring page

A Northern Irish man, who is a convicted sex offender, has won a court order, forcing the removal of a Facebook page designed to…

Tit for tat: China claims Cisco is aiding US spies

Hey, remember when Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE were deemed security threats by the US? Well that tit has been met with tat…

Syria vanishes from the web

Syria has disappeared from the internet. That’s not an exaggeration either, nearly the entire Middle Eastern country has been cut off from the web….

Online community rallies to free Ethiopian blogger

In July 2012 an Ethiopian journalist and blogger was sentenced for 18 years after writing a blog post critical of the government’s anti-terrorist laws….

Andrew Mason may be fired as Groupon CEO

Oh wow. According to “sources familiar with the matter” Groupon’s board of directors are considering axing the group buying service’s founder and CEO Andrew…

Samsung ordered to remunerate former employee for his patents

Samsung’s woes never seem to end. In another form of patent “war”, the Seoul Central District court has ruled that the South Korean electronics…

RIM renames BlackBerry App World, launches $10k developer programme

BlackBerry today announced a series of updates in the run up to the launch of BlackBerry 10 on 30 January. Speaking at a BlackBerry…

Tour the Okavango Delta with Google Street View

Anyone who’s a fan of nature documentaries knows that Botswana’s Okavango Delta is one of the world’s most unique wildlife regions. Now you can…

Samsung gets sued again, this time by Ericsson

Samsung appears to be surrounded on all fronts in the smartphone patent wars. The latest company to take issue with South Korean tech giant…

Apple axes Maps head in wake of customer backlash

Looks like Scott Forstall wasn’t the only one to get the chop for Apple’s disastrous maps fiasco. The Cupertino-based giant has also axed the…

Emerging markets, ecommerce give Naspers big revenue boost

Emerging markets internet and media giant Naspers has announced revenues of R23-billion (US$2.6-billion) for the six months leading up to 30 September. That represents…

Is the internet poised to get an owner?

Who owns the internet? Anybody will tell you that no-one owns the internet. It consist of about 40 000 networks interconnecting with some 425…

Elon Musk wants to go to Mars… you can go too

Billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk, has his sights firmly set on Mars. Yes you read that correctly. After the very successful…

Shoprite Checkers claims world first with mobile coupons app

Popular South African retail outlet Shoprite Checkers has announced the launch of its mobile coupon app Eezi Coupons, which enables consumers to get shopping…

Mobile HIV service to launch on World Aids Day

Aids kills millions of people around the world every year, many of whom don’t know that they’re HIV positive. Others do know their status…

Tajikistan government officially outlaws Facebook in the country

In an order given yesterday by the Tajikistan Office of Telecommunications, all internet service and mobile providers have blocked public access to Facebook. This…

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