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Could South Africa’s new drone regulations kill businesses, innovation?

The South African Civil Aviation Authority has released the new regulations for flying drones in public. Drone usage has become an important part of…

The first trailer for Michael Fassbender’s Steve Jobs is out

Universal Studios has finally released the first trailer for its Steve Jobs biopic. The controversy surrounding this film has built as much interest about…

Uber, Discovery Health brings SA on-demand flu vaccinations for the winter

What do you get when you add on-demand lifting app Uber and South African insurance company Discovery Health? Free flu vaccines on 22 May…

Facebook launches Internet.org in Malawi

The Internet.org project by Facebook is now available in Malawi through the TNM and Airtel Malawi. The project is an initiative by Facebook to…

Sunrise calendar introduces Meet, the fastest way to schedule a one-to-one

Gone are the days of diaries and scheduling things with a pen. Let’s face it, a calendar that sends you a notification when your…

Google Fit receives an update, now estimates distance and calories burned

Google Fit has received an update and can now estimate distance and calories burned. The LG Health has this feature so Google Fit is…

Israel strikes on Palestine spark mass hack attacks

Isreal’s strikes on Palestine have provoked mass hacks on the country’s government websites. According to Reuters, some 44-million hacking attempts have been made on…

Facebook and Yahoo! are discussing a search deal… or not?

Yahoo! chief Marissa Meyer has reportedly been in talks with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg over how the two companies can work more closely. According…

Nintendo Wii U lets its users wait a little bit too long for out-the-box update

It would seem that the launch of Nintendo’s latest gaming console, the Wii U, had a few hiccups. After exemplary sales, with some stores…

Google reportedly readying iOS Maps app for release

Google is reportedly getting ready to roll out an iOS version of its maps app to the public. According to the Wall Street Journal,…

Sina Weibo hits 400m users, thanks Olympics

Sina Weibo is in rude health. The Chinese social network revealed that it had gone past the 400-million user mark thanks, in part, to…

Twitter announces new tweaks, lets you email tweets from the web

If Twitter was a car, it would never go anywhere because it’s constantly being worked on. The social network today announced its most recent…

Facebook expands gifts, rolls out to millions more users

Facebook has announced that it will be rolling out Facebook Gifts to tens of millions of users, allowing them to give gifts to people…

iPhone 5, Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note added to Samsung, Apple lawsuit

If you were even remotely thinking that the Apple vs Samsung battle could be simmering down, especially after the HTC and Apple friendship hugs…

Anonymous fights to keep Gaza connected as Israel attacks

Hacker collective Anonymous has sworn to keep Gaza connected as Israel undertakes a series of attacks against Palestinian resistance movement Hamas. Over the past…

Steve Ballmer: Android is wild, ‘uncontrolled’, Windows 8 just right

There are no good guys in the war between Android and Apple. At least that’s the impression Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave in his…

eBay has another go in China, this time with luxury clothes

US online auction giant eBay has made a return, in a very low-key but stylish way, to the China market. It recently launched a…

Android kills in China: now owns 90% of the smartphone market

Android is absolutely dominating the Chinese smartphone market, claiming just over 90% of it. The scary thing is that the figure may actually be…

Swapping paper for pixels: Kenya aims to digitize school curriculum by 2015

Kenya’s education minister has announced that his ministry is planning to digitize the entire school curriculum by 2015, a move that will see the…

China asks businesses to help it censor the web

Chinese authorities have roped in businesses to help them stiffen their stranglehold on online information. According to The New York Times, Web police units…

Big Brother? Gov’t user data requests to Google nearly double in three years

Governments who want to know about their citizens are increasingly turning to the company that knows you better than anyone else. Google says it…

Nokia’s new mapping service is HERE and set to hit iOS and Android

Maps are important, just ask Apple. There is superior mapping software though, and it belongs to Nokia. Nokia’s new mapping product HERE is not yet…

Acer Rolls Out Student-Focused Tech in South Africa Ahead of New Term

South African Businesses Face Growing Legal Risks as AI Adoption Soars

MTN Pumps R300 Million into Gauteng to Strengthen Digital Infrastructure

Cape Town VC firm HAVAÍC secures $25m second close to power next wave of African tech startups

Binance Pay Unlocks Everyday Crypto Spending in South Africa

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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