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EU says yes to Facebook’s Whatsapp acquisition

Facebook is one step closer to officially owning WhatsApp after EU regulators approved the US$19-billion purchase. The regulators decided that the two were not…

Failure to launch: Germany’s Rocket Internet goes public, shares drop 14%

Massive German startup factory Rocket Internet went public today and reactions haven’t exactly been enthusiastic. Shortly after its shares first started trading, the company’s…

Get the Popcorn: The ‘Netflix of torrents’ is finally available on iOS

Popcorn Time, the popular entertainment platform that makes watching torrented movies and series a seamless experience has finally launched on iOS, making the so-called,…

Pay back the money: SA Reserve Bank ordered to return R250m to Shuttleworth [update]

The South African Reserve Bank has been ordered to pay back R250-million to billionaire Mark Shuttleworth by the court of appeal following months of…

Mark Shuttleworth will donate R250m to help Africans being screwed over

After more than a year’s worth of legal battles concerning exchange controls in South Africa, news today came out that billionaire Mark Shuttleworth won…

Reddit plans cryptocurrency for its community after $50m investment

This is exciting. Reddit is planning on sharing 10% of its equity with its army of 3-million strong users. It’s like taking an IPO…

Google makes Maps for Android available offline

Google Maps is cool, but it does have its limits, as anyone who’s ever travelled anywhere even vaguely remote will tell you. Now the…

YouTube, IOC to livestream Olympics to Asia, Africa

Before you start reading this post take a moment and watch the beach scene from Chariots of Fire. If that doesn’t get you in…

Rocket Internet’s Nigerian Amazon clone blasts off

German cloning giant Rocket Internet has officially launched Kasuwa, its Nigerian Amazon-style ecommerce site. The company made its first big forays onto the continent…

On your marks, get set, get IPv6

We are at the dawn of a new online era, but you probably won’t notice. Than again, that’s sort of the point. Today marks…

Chinese online video ad revenue hits $330m, spikes 218%

China’s online video advertising market is now worth US$330-million, up nearly 25% from the last few months of 2011. More impressively, it represents 218%…

Google buys Quickoffice, looks to integrate into app suite

Looks like the acquisitions team at Google has been given free reign over the company cheque book. Just one day after the internet giant…

100k apps published on Windows Phone store

Over 100 000 apps have now been published on the Windows Phone store at a rate of 313 a day, with nearly 10 000…

Airtime: Napster team launches video-based social network

Napster founder Sean Parker has launched a video based social network called Airtime, which connects people based on their Facebook interests. The social network…

DStv, etv join SABC in refusal to air Nando’s ad [Update]

South African digital satellite TV service DStv has joined the country’s national broadcaster, the SABC, in refusing to air a Nando’s ad on the…

China’s Renren signs deal with Japanese mobile gaming company DeNa

Chinese Facebook clone Renren and Japanese mobile gaming company DeNa have signed a deal in what seems to be a bid by the latter…

Google acquires Meebo — will we see adverts in Google+?

In the latest round of acquisitions to hit the tech scene, chat service Meebo has announced that it will soon be part of Google….

$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,…

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HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

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