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First four Game of Thrones season 5 episodes leak online, HBO plants facepalm

The latest episode of one of the world’s most watched series have just premiered after a year’s long, long wait. While television broadcasters may…

Standard Bank debuts South Africa’s first Biometric Banking App feature

Standard bank has launched South Africa’s first Biometric mobile banking solution for clients. The new feature enables you to sign into the bank’s app…

Bitcoin Africa conference confirms Erik Wilgenhof Plante as guest speaker

Internationally recognised speaker Erik Wilgenhof Plante has been confirmed as one of the keynote speakers at the Bitcoin Africa Conference to be held in…

NASA to host global hackathon aimed at fixing life on Earth and in space

NASA and IBM’s Bluemix cloud services are sponsoring a worldwide hackathon, The Space App Challenge. The hackathon aims to challenge participants to produce relevant…

Twitter stock rises amid Google takeover rumours

Where there is smoke, there is fire, the saying goes. And it holds any truth, fresh rumours of a Twitter acquisition may have more…

Digital marketing event Online Tuesday set to make its SA debut

Online Tuesday, the monthly digital marketing event pioneered in Amsterdam, is set to make its South African debut on 14 April. Opening proceedings will…

Yelp on the look-out for dodgy reviews

If you’re the kind of business owner that’s posts fake reviews on consumer advice sites, you’d best watch out. They’re upping their game. You…

Twitter makes first local account block against German hate group

Back in January Twitter announced that it would be blocking tweets on a country-by-country basis. Now the policy has been implemented for the first…

Mugabe and Mandela to compete for top honours at the Bookmarks

The Bookmarks, a digital award showcase which aims to recognise excellence in digital, has announced the finalists for this year’s awards. The awards are…

Pirate Bay heads into the cloud, this time seriously

When the Pirate Bay announced that it would be sailing its servers across the seven skies, we called its founders out for trolling the…

Mobile overtakes desktop internet in China

When it comes to accessing the internet, mobile has a lot of advantages over traditional desktop PCs, particularly in emerging markets. Top of that…

Privacy — not that far off from piracy? Google CEO does a good juggling act

A lot has been said recently about Google’s privacy policy, after the internet giant was told by French-based Commission Nationale de l’Informatique (CNIL) that…

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: Governments need to step in to stop patent wars

This probably isn’t going to sit well with advocates of business without government interference. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos things that governments need to step…

Google told to change its privacy policy, give users more control… or else

Google’s questionable new privacy policy is in the spotlight again, after an investigation ordered by European Union data collection authorities has asked the company…

Microsoft bets big on Surface: Orders 3-5 million for Q4, opens preorders

Microsoft really wants Surface to work. After being left behind in the tablet market, it needs something to give it serious clout in the…

Foxconn confirms underaged children worked in its factory in China

It seems that when it comes to Foxconn, good PR is hard to find. The tech giant (that manufactures devices like the iPhone, iPad,…

Yahoo! nabs top Google exec as new COO

Let the poaching begin! If you thought Marissa Mayer was just going leave Google and its employees behind, you are grossly mistaken. The company…

Google expands Gmail, Google Drive results in Search box trial

This is pretty nifty. You can now sign up to view results from your Gmail inbox using the search bar on the front page…

Felix Baumgartner: The record-breaking jump by the numbers

After Felix Baumgartner’s record fall from the sky, we decided take a quick look at some of the numbers that accompany this amazing feat….

Goodbye Zune: Microsoft launches Xbox Music to take on iTunes and Spotify

So long, Zune… hello Xbox Music. Microsoft has been slowly retiring its Zune brand over the past year, making way for its next attempt…

Kindle users could be entitled to e-book refunds

On Saturday 13 October, Amazon sent emails to owners of Kindle ereaders that they could possibly receive refunds of between US$0.30 and US$1.32 for…

Opera Mini Data Campaigns Reshape Mobile Access in South Africa

Affordable 5G Phones Could Accelerate Digital Inclusion

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

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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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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