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SA’s Dimension Data named Tour de France technology partner

South African IT solutions giant Dimension Data was today announced as the official technology partner for the Tour de France. The five year deal…

24.com steps into the SAPA void, launches news agency

24.com, the digital arm of Media 24, has announced the launch of its own news agency. The new service, which is set to launch…

ISIS targets Jack Dorsey and Twitter employees over its terms of service

That escalated quickly. Last night ISIS supporters rallied behind an anonymous post online calling for jihadists to attack Twitter over removing the Islamic State’s messages on…

First World Trader, Angel Shack, Blue Strata named SA’s top innovators #AccentureIC2015

With a vision of promoting and recognising some of the country’s top game-changers, The Accenture Innovation Conference has revealed South Africa’s top innovators in…

Google Play increases free music storage limit by 30k songs

Google’s done its music-loving users a big favour. This week, the company increased its storage limit locker for Google Play Music from 20 000…

Vodacom, Tigo come together, allow each others’ mobile money offerings to play nice

So much has been written about the good that mobile payments have done in Africa, that it’s easy to forget that the various offerings…

Samsung adds the iPhone 5 to its patent suit against Apple

Yes, the new iPhone may have only hit the market just over two weeks ago, but that’s long enough for Samsung to analyse the…

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…

South Africa’s EV Shift Gets a Major Boost

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