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Flipagram, the photo story app, is now available on Microsoft’s Lumia devices

Flipagram, the photo-cum-video story app, has today been launched for Lumia devices. The app, previously available on iOS and Android only, allows users to…

Calling all young designers: Facebook wants you for its first Africa hackathon

Facebook is really gearing up its activities in Africa. The social network will host its first Creative Shop Hackathon in Africa as part of…

With Twitter Analytics, everyone can now see how their tweets perform

Twitter is opening up Twitter analytics to everyone, yes everyone. First announced by Twitter engineer, Ian Chan, everyone can now start accessing the social…

Facebook making ads easier for emerging markets with bandwidth targeting

Facebook is kicking things up a gear with its ad targeting capabilities. The social network announced today that is rolling out bandwidth targeting globally….

5 examples of Hyperlapse turning everyday moments into smooth exciting time lapses

Photo-editing company Instagram, has just launched a new app called Hyperlapse. This is the second standalone app released by the Facebook-owned mobile photo company…

Snapchat’s latest investment round means it’s now worth $10bn

Hey, remember when we all thought Snapchat was completely mad for turning down Facebook’s US$3-billion buyout offer? Yeah, that’s starting to seem a lot…

Thuli Madonsela takes to Twitter, schools ANC on constitutionalism

South Africa public protector Thuli Madonsela today took to Twitter to rebut accusations made by the African National Congress (ANC) surrounding her investigation into…

Eskimi: A social network for feature phones crosses 7m user mark

Mobile social networks have a habit of thriving in emerging markets. You only have to look at the likes of Mxit from South Africa…

Facebook launches camera app that’s totally different to Instagram, promise

It takes great photos that you can instantly share, comes with a range of cool-looking filters and is owned by Facebook. But it’s not…

China hits 1 billion mobile phone users

Yes, there are over a billion mobile phone users in China. Considering the population of the country is around 1.3-billion, that means that more…

Mullenweg: Future of WordPress is ‘shorter, simpler, faster’

WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg reckons that the platform he founded is going to have to radically evolve if it’s going to succeed on tablets…

FC Barcelona, Worldreader to send one million e-books to African children

Footballing giant FC Barcelona is teaming up with non-profit company Worldreader in a campaign aimed at getting people to send one-million e-books to school…

Yahoo! Axis is actually pretty cool

Yahoo!’s newly launched Axis web exploration and search tool isn’t what you’d expect from a company that’s been in corporate turmoil over the past…

Google CEO Larry Page spotted rocking Project Glass glasses [Video]

Yes, really. When Google co-founder and current CEO Larry Page stepped on stage to speak at Google Zeitgeist 2012, he wore a pair of…

Awesome Google doodle honours synth pioneer

Today’s Google doodle is more kinds of awesome than we could count with the collective number of fingers and toes in the office. The…

IBM bans Siri over fears that she spills secrets

When IBM revealed that it had banned its workers from using Siri, it could easily have been a throwback the halcyon days of its…

FHM model brags about bribing cop in tweet

Oh dear. Another FHM model, another ill-advised tweet. This time though it wasn’t anything racist, just a boast about bribing a cop. According to…

Orange looks to reward social tech entrepreneurship

Innovative tech can do great things for communities when it’s used effectively. That much is obvious. But people aren’t going to keep innovating unless…

Google finally closes Motorola deal, brings in new CEO

Last year Google announced that it had acquired Motorola Mobility for “a total of about US$12.5-billion”. The deal had punters speculating about whether it…

Are Apple and Samsung about to end their legal wars?

Apple and Smasung have fought each other in courts all over the world, from the US and South Korea to Australia and Germany. Soon…

Zuma ‘Spear’ painting vandalised: Social media stirs

A recently displayed painting of South African president Jacob Zuma with his penis out has polarised certain sections of that country. Now the painting…

Tech dominates brand survey as Apple comes out top

Um…this should come as a surprise to approximately no one. Apple is the world’s most valuable company. The Cupertino-based tech giant topped research company…

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Mastercard and enza Join Forces to Supercharge Fintech Innovation in Africa

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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JLR channels its Camel Trophy history