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Rare Nintendo game sold for R403 736

Nintendo nostalgia is at an all time high as a rare NES game sold for US$35 100 (approximately R403 736). Titled “Factory sealed 1987 Nintendo…

Watch this hungry, hungry hippo torpedo after a speedboat [video]

Hippos are the classic stereotypes of fat and lazy. Find them by the lake during an African Safari, and you’ll see their round bodies…

Elon Musk reveal latest plans for Hyperloop, including student pod racer competition

We haven’t heard much about the Hyperloop since Elon Musk first confirmed he was working on the concept back in August 2013. That’s hardly…

BBC.com comes onboard as IAB Digital Summit sponsor

BBC.com, the global online presence of the British state broadcaster has come onboard as the headline sponsor for the 2015 IAB DigitalSummit, in conjunction…

Google launches Classroom mobile apps for Android and iOS

Google’s Classroom education initiative launched its own set of mobile apps yesterday. The initiative has been around for six months but only on the…

Bitcoin price is lowest in two years, here are 4 possible reasons why

Bitcoin’s price continues to drop as it cruises past the US$200 mark — US$180 less than one month ago and the lowest we’ve seen…

Samsapple: jury finds in favour of Apple

The nine-strong jury in the Apple/Samsung patent war delivered a decisive victory to Apple when it found in its favour after days of deliberation….

Lance Armstrong quits fighting USADA, sends shockwaves around the web

Seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will be stripped of all his titles and banned from cycling for life. This in the…

Check out Tim Cook’s Samsapple victory memo

So Apple’s taken victory in the massive patent trial between it and Samsung. And if you thought it was going to celebrate the victory…

Naspers, Tiger Global throw $150m into Flipkart

Boom, money time. Naspers and Tiger Global have invested US$150-million in Indian ecommerce giant Flipkart in its latest round of funding. While Naspers is…

Chinese video giants Youku, Tudou complete $1bn merger

This is big. Chinese online video monoliths Youku and Tudou have announced the completion of their billion dollar merger, with the latter set to…

Extra vanity URLs roll out on Google+

If you’re a brand or a verified individual, Google+ just got a little more appealing. A new batch of custom URLs has just gone…

Kill me now! ‘Lolz’, ‘Ridic’ & ‘Mwhahaha’ now in the Oxford Dictionaries Online

It’s official, we are all going to hell and lexicographers are leading the way. The geniuses at Oxford Dictionary decided a while ago that…

Meet Microsoft’s first new logo in 25 years

Ahem. The emperor has new clothes. This time though they’re really there and a lot more sleek and modern. Microsoft has revealed its first…

Facebook revamps iOS app from the ground up

Looks like Facebook’s rolling out the changes. It’s just launched a fresh version of its iOS app after earlier revamping the Android version and…

The Oatmeal’s not the only one crowdfunding Tesla’s legacy

We recently told your about The Oatmeal’s efforts at raising money for a museum dedicated to Nikola Tesla. Well it turns out it isn’t…

Twitter cuts off Tumblr, one engineer dissents

Go on to Tumblr right now and have a look at the “Find People You Know” option. Notice anything different? Yup, Twitter’s no longer…

Facebook Messages becomes more like your inbox, Android app gets update

Look, Facebook’s had a thing for email for quite a while now. It was perhaps inevitable then that Facebook Messages would start looking and…

Facestagram deal goes through for $747m

When Facebook first announced plans to buy Instagram it made headlines around the globe. Rightly so too, this was a billion dollar deal. Except…

Amazon launches Indian Kindle store

Well now, looks like Amazon’s presence in India just grew in a big way. The tech giant today launched a localised version of its…

Samsapple: Apple & Samsung make their last stand

It’s been a long road getting here. Here is the skinny if you have been living under a rock: Apple claims that Samsung “slavishly”…

Rocket internet mulling shutdown of China operations

International ecommerce cloning giant Rocket Internet is reportedly on the verge of shutting down its operations in China. According to The Next Web, the…

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