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Uber goes on the offensive, claims it will create 15 000 jobs in South Africa

It seems popular e-hailing company Uber is playing the carrot against the stick, betting on its role as a job creator to ward off…

App Annie December 2014 data shows rise in security and selfie apps

App Annie, the intelligence company and analyst firm, has released data on what apps people downloaded in December 2014. Interestingly, apps in two categories…

Netflix prepares for global expansion [Update: it’s coming to South Africa]

The joys associated with streaming Arrested Development or House of Cards at the same time as the rest of the world, will soon be within your reach….

Google invests $1 billion in SpaceX as 21st century Space Race heats up

Solar-powered drones, laser beams, internet satellites and a city on mars. These all might sound like something from a Star Wars movie, but they’re…

Memeburn appoints new editor

Cape Town — eNCA’s Tech Report creator and former Bloomberg journalist André-Pierre du Plessis has joined the Burn Media group of sites as Memeburn.com’s…

What Twitter’s ZipDial buy tells us about mobile in emerging markets

The chirpy blue bird has just acquired India’s ZipDial, which is a popular mobile marketing and analytics platform for emerging markets. TechCrunch estimates the…

Is Facebook about to set up a Johannesburg office? [Updates]

If a job posting on LinkedIn is anything to go by, then Facebook is about to open up operations in Johannesburg. The social network…

Apple kills drone warning app

Let’s level for a moment. Armed military drone attacks are terrifying. So you can see why someone might want to know exactly when one…

Obama on using Reddit: ‘not bad’

US president Barack Obama took to Reddit yesterday evening for an hour-long session of the “Ask Me Anything” series. In the process, he became…

Get paid to tweet, for real

Ever wished you could tweet for money? Well now you can. And you don’t have to become a social media manager either. A new…

Twitter ads: now targeted to your interests

So you might notice something a little different about your Twitter stream from here on out. Well, if you pay attention to the promoted…

Election Insights: Facebook and CNN’s real-time display tool

Facebook and international news outfit CNN have unveiled Facebook-CNN Election Insights, following their partnership earlier this month to bring a “uniquely social experience” to…

Facebook group strips down for Prince Harry

This is pretty interesting. We’ve all been inundated with tabloid and other news agent snippets about Prince Harry’s now infamous Las Vegas commando picture….

Samsung goes all Rocky, vows to keep fighting

Looks like Samsung’s had “Eye of the Tiger” playing on repeat ever since the jury ruled against it in its landmark trial against Apple….

Nedbank quietly launches Android app

Nedbank has quietly made its first mobile app public, just over a month after announcing that it was making the entire app suite available…

No more via stamp for Twitter web client

If you use a third-party client like Tweetbot or Twitterfic then your tweets are about to start looking a little different. Well on the…

IBM doles out US$1.3bn for HR software company Kenexa

Looks like Big Blue is going into Human Resources. This morning IBM announced that it was ready to pay US$1.3-billion for HR software company…

Apple stock surges to new record high after trial victory

Boom. If you’ve got Apple stock then its court victory against Samsung should have had you fist pumping at your desk. This morning, the…

Spotify clone Simfy now live in South Africa

German-based Spotify clone Simfy is now live for users in South Africa. That means that anyone in the country can now try out the…

App.net gets first mobile client in form of Hooha

Subscription-based social network App.net has its first third-party mobile client in the shape of Hooha, available now on the Google Play Store. According to…

Samsung claims innovation high ground in wake of Apple trial result

While Apple’s lawyers and top brass are likely still to wake up from their victory hangovers, Samsung’s still standing pretty much where it was…

Google: Samsapple has nothing to do with Android

Looks like Google is doing its outright damnedest to distance itself from the recently ended Samsapple trial. The internet giant claims that “most” of…

SA domain names about to get pricier with tougher rules

If you own a website, your domain name is vital. Without it, you’re just a series of dots and numbers. And if you’re a…

Partnerships in the Spotlight as Everlytic Celebrates 15 Years

Opera Mini Helps South Africans Stay on Top of Every Game

High End Devices Unlock Superior Mobile Experiences in South Africa

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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