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YouTube Kids debuts next week to focus on family entertainment, elearning

With a new app in the pipeline, YouTube is gearing up to tap into the online family entertainment sector, which is reportedly showing four…

District 9’s Neill Blomkamp will direct the next sci-fi horror Alien film

South African / Canadian filmmaker Neill Blomkamp — the director behind sci-fi jaw-droppers District 9, Elysium and soon-to-be-released Chappie — announced that he’ll direct the…

WorldRemit raises $100-million in funding to drive its global growth

WorldRemit, an online money transfer service, is making a vigorous entry into the African mobile money service market. The service has completed a funding…

Vodacom launches e-school portal aimed at giving learners access to curriculum content

African cellular giant Vodacom has launched an e-school portal which will enable any learners who are Vodacom subscribers to access curriculum content through their…

HTTP is getting its first upgrade since 1999. Here’s what you can expect

While the web has gone through a lot of changes since it first came into existence in the early 1990s, the fundamental tech behind…

New technology sections introduced in Business Day and WSJ: here’s why

Most probably by coincidence, both South Africa and Wall Street’s most authoritative business newspapers introduced brand-new dedicated technology sections to their newspapers today. Times…

Liquid Telecom secures $150m funding for Africa-wide fiber network expansion

Independent data, voice and IP provider Liquid Telecom Group has announced it has secured additional funding totalling US$150-million to finance the expansion of its…

Nifty new Gmail feature lets you search attachments

Look, there are a couple of reasons Gmail is so many people’s email service of choice. One of those reasons is the features it…

Peugeot claims world first with socially driven 208 launch

This is interesting. French car maker Peugeot has launched its 208 with what it is calling a world first for digital campaigns. The launch…

Judge lifts ban on Galaxy Tab 10.1

It seems Judge Lucy Koh has had a change of heart and is lifting the ban on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the…

Facebook tells advertisers to forget the clicks

Forget the clicks, they only tell half the story. That’s the message Facebook is preparing to send out to advertisers as it unveils new…

Iran: You can have Gmail, but YouTube’s still a no no

Iran has lifted its restrictions on Gmail less than a week after implementing them but reportedly to place even stricter curbs on YouTube. AFP…

Baidu to pump 25% of R&D budget into mobile

Looks like Baidu is taking its promise to dominate the Chinese mobile space pretty damn seriously. The Chinese internet giant announced that it would…

Russia’s Yandex joins the browser wars

Yandex owns the Russian search market and now it’s looking to stake a claim in the browser wars. The company today announced the launch…

Tim Cook apologises for Apple maps disaster

So Tim Cook is sorry. The Apple CEO issued a public apology to consumers for the company’s less than perfect maps app in iOS…

Microsoft strengthing social search with a stake in Klout

It seems Klout isn’t stupid after all… at least, Microsoft doesn’t seem to think so. The software giant has inked a deal with the…

RIM shows minor gains amid wider losses

It might have produced a completely kick-ass video for its developers, but things still don’t look great for the Canadian smartphone manufacturer. In its…

Facebook goes in for social gifting

Facebook is set to roll out a social gifting service, which allows you to send real, yes real, gifts to people over the social…

US pirates face potential lifetime internet ban

US-based ISP MediaCom has announced a three-strike rule for Digital Pirates which will result in a lifetime ban from its network. Online Piracy makes…

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt slams the patent wars

In between learning how to dance Gangnam style and launching the Nexus 7 in Korea, Google chair Eric Schmidt found time to point out…

Google Docs to ditch Office 1997-2007 format (.doc, .xls, .ppt) on 1 October

Google made announcements to upcoming changes to its popular Google Docs system this week which will affect its ability to export documents to older…

Bad Piggies on track to repeat Angry Birds success

Following up a hit is never easy, but it looks like Rovio’s going to do just fine with its latest title Bad Piggies. The…

LG joins Samsung patent suit brigade

Just when you think Samsung has its hands full enough fighting off Apple in court, LG decides to join the fray. The South Korean…

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