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Elon Musk’s SpaceX finally launches DSCOVR satellite into deep orbit

Scanning through Elon Musk’s Twitter feed seems like something out of Interstellar‘s transcript with Matthew Mcconaughey rocketing through space, giving status updates as he…

Whoops! YouTube discovers hidden porn in Irish language videos

In the last few years, YouTube has taken a serious stand against pornography. As its community guidelines clearly state: YouTube is not for pornography…

This Namola app is like Uber for SA’s metro police

A new app that helps South Africans alert the nearest police using their GPS-enabled smartphones has been launched by Ever Africa — which is headed…

Spider-Man is finally swinging his way onto the Marvel stage

Sony Pictures and Marvel today announced a deal that will see Spider-Man finally swing and crawl alongside the popular superheroes we’ve grown so fond…

Here are 10 awesome #MugabeFalls memes made by Memeburn readers

After forcing journalists to delete pictures and suspending 27 of his body guards, Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe’s fall, or just #MugabeFalls, blew up in…

Japan to get robo-staffed hotel

Depending on where you stand when it comes to robots and artificial intelligence, the following piece of news will either make you giddy with…

Reuters TV app brings innovation to the confines of a news bulletin

Reuters believes you want to build your own newscast and be your own executive producer. That’s partly why it’s released a new iPhone app called…

Google search gets a dose of Kevin Bacon

This is awesome. Google’s just added a brilliant new tool to its search arsenal. You can now search according to the Bacon number. The…

iPhone 5 to hit China’s grey market for US$1 500

Combining Tao Te Ching levels of “WTF” and “Meh, I’m not really surprised,” China’s finest smugglers are preparing to sell the newly-unveiled iPhone 5…

What’s new with iOS 6 on the iPhone 5? Not much really

Apple has launched the iPhone 5. About time. With it comes a slightly larger, 4-inch display and iOS 6. At the launch Apple’s senior…

Android unseats BlackBerry in Indonesian stronghold

This is big. Android has overtaken BlackBerry as the top OS in Indonesia, one of the Canadian manufacturer’s biggest markets. According to the latest…

Chinese undercover reporter builds iPhone 5, describes ‘nightmare’ factory

On the eve of the eagerly anticipated iPhone 5 launch, concerns about the conditions under which it’s made have resurfaced. A Chinese reporter has…

New GM for Burn Media division, incorporating Memeburn

Memeburn has announced the creation of new division Burn Media, to be headed up by its recently-appointed General Manager Hendri Lategan. Memeburn’s relatively young…

The conflict coverage revolution: tech, transparency beyond the Arab Spring

Technology is playing a pivotal role in media coverage from conflict zones and the these technologies are driving transparency. This in turn is changing…

YouTube’s new iOS app hits the App Store for the first time

Apple users, welcome to the future of YouTube on your iPhone or iPod touch: Google has just announced that its new iOS app is…

11 years on: Twitter remembers 9/11

People in America and around the world will spend today remembering where they were today 11 years ago. Memorials have gone up across social…

Groupon deal sees movie chain sell 30k tickets in 11 hours

This is pretty cool. A deal for movie tickets on the South African iteration of group-buying deals site Groupon has set new sales records…

Chrome Time Machine: see the history of the world’s favourite browser

Google just announced its Chrome Time Machine, a website which takes you through the dynamic changes and developments of Chrome from 2008 up until…

Tencent’s WeChat hits 200m users, doubles in six months

Over at the China Internet Conference earlier today, Pony Ma, CEO and co-founder of Tencent (HKG:0700) took to the stage to talk about all…

Pinterest users complain of mass hacks

It was bound to happen. Pinterest users claim the social network has been hacked, with many noticing that their friends and followers were pushing…

Apple IDs: Antisec didn’t hack the FBI… no one did

Well this is awkward… Antisec didn’t hack an FBI laptop: it seems the US government agency in fact had nothing to do with it….

Anonymous member claims responsibility for taking down GoDaddy

A member of hacker group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for taking down the website of GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain registrar and hosting company…

Bridezilla to bashtag: Collins dictionary gets 86 new crowdsourced words

A while back we told you about a campaign HarperCollins was running to crowdsource words for the next version of the Collins dictionary. Turns…

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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