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Times Media Group’s Vidi brings video-on-demand to South Africa

Call it the Netflix of South Africa, but Times Media Group’s Vidi video-on-demand service goes live today and hopes win over those who can’t…

Analysts: Apple will sell more than 10 million iWatches in its first year

Along side other iDevices, the long-awaited iWatch (name unconfirmed) will apparently be unveiled by tech giant Apple later today. Even though the device is…

Twitter confirms it’s testing a ‘buy now’ button

In what is probably the least surprising piece of news of the year so far, Twitter has confirmed that it’s testing a “buy now”…

Facebook goes past 100m African users

Everyone wants a slice of Africa. That’s hardly surprising given its young population, fast-growing economies massively high mobile penetration. And given Facebook’s domination of…

Facebook wants you to know it’s rocking video, adds view counts

Facebook is killing when it comes to video and it wants you to know it too. The social media giant announced that it now…

Facebook finally rolls out Privacy Checkup for a universal audience

We’re in the midst of a social media privacy boom, where users of various online platforms are more concerned with their content and shared…

Vice Media lands $500-million in investments: what’s it doing right?

Vice, the once free indie punk mag from Montreal, Canada is today valued at more than US$2.5-billion. While everyone’s looking at what the young…

$1.5bn Undersea cable to link BRICS by 2014

Investors including the likes of Google are reportedly mulling a massive undersea cable that will link all of the BRICS countries. The US$1.5-billion cable…

AFP claims first with Arabic iPad app

Global news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) has launched an Arabic version of its iPad app. It claims it is the first of the major…

Naspers shutters Indian online classifieds in OLX consolidation move

Naspers has dumped its Indian classifieds platform TradusAds in favour of the internationally renowned OLX, the world’s largest free classified site with over 130…

Is Facebook about to let the kiddies in?

Facebook is reportedly developing new technology that would allow children under the age of 13 to use it. According to The Wall Street Journal,…

Salesforce goes social with Buddy Media buy

Business software company Salesforce has confirmed that it will buy Buddy Media for nearly US$700-million in cash and shares. According to The Next Web,…

Sina Weibo drives censorship on Tiananmen Square anniversary

Twenty three years ago today, the Tienanmen Square Protests were put down in bloody fashion by Chinese authorities. Given that the government refuses to…

Nando’s ad banned by SA national broadcaster

A Nando’s ad which seeks to remind South Africans that they’re all foreigners has been pulled by South Africa’s national broadcaster. The South African…

Innovative #CloseTheTap campaign ends 10k tweets later

Only 2.5% of all the water on Earth is fresh and only half of that is available for us to drink. It’s a scarce…

All hail King Chrome: Google’s browser celebrates first month on top

We saw it coming. Chrome’s been destined to take the lead in the browser wars for some time now. A couple of weeks ago,…

Google wants the .lol domain name. Yes, really

Haha. Sorry, but it seems that Google thinks that .lol has “interesting and creative potential” — which is why the search giant has applied…

Foursquare teases new maps, major redesign

Foursquare is changing. Okay, that might be a little dramatic, but it is promising a major redesign. The first of those changes is set…

Bing rolls out social search redesign, US gets it first

Someone’s been a busy boy haven’t they Microsoft? Just a day after launching the latest preview of Windows 8, the Redmond-based software giant rolled…

Facebook powers up Pages with admin roles and scheduled posts

Facebook has just beefed up it Pages offering. The latest attempt to do so has seen it offering admin roles and scheduled posts, features…

24.com claims social sharing app a success

Africa’s largest online publisher 24.com claims that its recently released Facebook app has resulted in a massive spike in referrals from the social network…

Space X Dragon to return to earth today

Attention, earthlings: the Space X Dragon capsule is on its way home. Well, if by ‘way’ you mean hurtling through the atmosphere and ‘home’…

Baidu set to launch Android ROM

Baidu is taking its smartphone push into full gear with the release of a ROM that takes Google’s full suite of Android services and…

Mobile World Congress 2025: A Glimpse into the Hyperconnected Future

$4 Trillion Gone: Unpacking the US Stock Market Turmoil and Its Ripple Effect

Lenovo at MWC 2025: AI-Powered Laptops, Sustainable Concepts, and a Glimpse into the Future

Injini Accelerates EdTech Revolution in SA with New Mastercard Foundation Fellowship Cohort

Preferental: The Startup Transforming South Africa’s Rental Market with AI

Verto Launches Global Business Award to Fuel African Startup Expansion

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

G63 AMG is a better build with Grabber AT3s

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

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