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Google’s on a quest to kill sexually explicit content on Blogger

If you use Blogger to post dirty pictures or smutty video, your days are numbered. The Google owned blogging platform will no longer allow…

From LEGO to Star Wars, Oscars 2015 celebrates all things geeky

Neil Patrick Harris opened the Oscars last night with a tribute to some of the greatest movies of all time — mostly Disney-owned movies…

These were the biggest Oscar moments on Twitter

The 2015 Academy Awards were, as we’ve already written, probably the geekiest in history. It should hardly be surprising then that they also attracted…

Bookmarks 2015: pixels, penguins and politics

The 2015 edition of the Bookmarks Awards, which aim to recognise the best work in digital media and marketing, took place tonight in Newtown,…

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…

iPhone 5 opening weekend: 5m sold, factory workers riot

Apple announced that it sold five-million iPhone 5s on its opening weekend in retail stores, signalling its most successful iPhone launch ever. The announcement…

US parents relying on mobile devices to entertain their kids [Survey]

It’s official, not only are mobile devices part of our every day lifestyle they are helping raising America’s children, according to a new survey…

BlackBerry confirms EMEA outages, restores services

Jeez, RIM can’t catch a break. The beleaguered Canadian manufacturer earlier today confirmed that the servers running its BBM messaging service and BES enterprise…

Facebook launches ‘Share Activity’ plugin: allows you to control app privacy

Facebook has launched a new Shared Activity plug-in, a tool that allows users to manage who sees what they are doing on Facebook-connected apps….

Google shutters China-only music service

Google has shuttered its three-year old music China-only music service, admitting that things haven’t worked out quite as well as it hoped. In a…

Irish government joins Apple Maps haters brigade

Oh man, the guys at Google will be hosing themselves when they see this one. The Irish government has sent a request to the…

The patent war continues: Samsung will soon strike at Apple

We knew the patent battle between Samsung and Apple in the United States wasn’t over, we just wished they’d take a reprieve. Since before…

Microsoft tries to convert Safari users to the Bing side

Microsoft is urging Safari users to switch from Chrome to Bing. If you find yourself suppressing the urge to burst out laughing at that…

SA, UK hacker team wins big at international event

A team of South African and UK hackers has won big at the Mobile Pwn2Own competition in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The team, comprising four…

Google updates Android Maps, hints at alternative for iOS users

When Apple’s iOS 6 launched yesterday, it marked the official death of Google maps as a native feature on Apple devices. Like a jilted…

US tech giants form lobbying group in bid to curb online regulation

US online giants including Facebook, Google, and Zynga have banded together to form a lobbying alliance. The aim of the alliance is to prevent…

Yahoo! sells 17% of its Alibaba stake

Yahoo has inked a deal to sell a portion of its stake in Chinese internet powerhouse Alibaba. The deal, which comes just months after…

Samsung to open Silicon Valley R&D centre

Korean tech giant Samsung looks set to open a research and development centre in Mountain View, California. If you’re wondering why that sounds familiar,…

Facebook expands ‘pay to promote’ test, lets more users highlight posts

If you feel like your Facebook posts aren’t getting enough attention, a solution may be at hand. The biggest blue social network is expanding…

German gov’t warns against IE: Microsoft promises fix

The German government has issued a warning, urging the country’s people not to use Internet Explorer. No, it’s not because it thinks Microsoft’s stock…

400 million people are now on Google+

Think no one is using Google+? Think again. It seems the social network is reporting record growth. Apparently 400-million people have signed up to…

Monitors Are the New Power Move in Africa’s Gaming Boom

Three South African Schools Win Global Recognition in Robotics Innovation

Temu Chooses Nigerian Startup Dellyman To Power Nationwide Deliveries

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 brings RTX 50 Series gaming laptops to South Africa with next gen AI performance

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