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3D SpongeBob SquarePants is either super bizarre or pure blasphemy

When a pirate attacks Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob SquarePants (with his trusty starfish, squirrel and crab companions) goes on a mission to the world where…

Internet.org gives millions of Zambians free Facebook, Google on their phones

It’s made headlines with its seemingly crazy unconventional project to bring internet access to the developing world with drones and lasers, but now it…

IDEO’s Tom Kelley, Ogilvy UK’s Rory Sutherland to headline Digital Edge Live

Digital Edge Live, the annual digital marketing conference organised by Native VML, has lined up a couple of heavyweight headline speakers for its 2014…

You can now 3D print your own asteroids, satellites thanks to NASA

Okay okay, you won’t actually be able to 3D print an actual satellite or an asteroid, but if you have a 3D printer you…

Struggling to wade through ‘Ulysses’? Maybe this VR version will help

If you’ve ever tried to read James Joyce’s Ulysses, you’ll know that getting through it can be, well, challenging to say the least (I…

Ukraine turns to YouTube as it pins Malaysian air crash on pro-Russian separatists

The Ukranian government has uploaded an audio recording to YouTube which it claims definitively proves that Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shut down by…

Facebook announces App Centre, just like everyone else

Facebook has been has been big on apps for a little while now. It’s a little surprising therefore that it’s taken it so long…

22seven opens to public

With all the hype and drama surrounding the launch of personal finance app 22seven, it’s hard to believe it’s been in beta all this…

Storm warnings: the next big Kenyan mobile innovation?

Some pretty impressive mobile innovations have come to the world’s attention after Kenyan success. MPesa and Ushahidi come to mind immediately. Now a couple…

Abe Lincoln Facebook story likely hoax

So we all know Abraham Lincoln was a pretty badass president. He reunited a country torn apart by civil war, helped end slavery and…

FNB launches GeoPayments, officially this time

When First National Bank (FNB)’s GeoPayments service leaked earlier this week, we were fairly impressed. Now the banking giant has officially gone live with…

8 things you might not know about the internet in South Africa

The number of internet users in South Africa is growing massively. That’s a good thing. After all, the World Bank reckons that every 10%…

MXit launches its own geo-fenced payment system

Think First National Bank’s Geo-payments is cool? Well it’s not the first. Apparently MXit has been doing it for a while. According to the…

Twitter brings mobile web version up to scratch

Most of us are now used to the ‘new new Twitter’ which launched late last year. Anyone who accesses the social network from a…

FNB adds Geo-payments to mobile app, ignores NFC for now

South African banking giant FNB has added a new feature to its app that allows users to make and receive payments when they’re in…

Google+ Hangouts on Air now available to all

Google Plus introduced Hangouts On Air last year to a limited number of broadcasters, which allowed them to “hangout” with many of their fans…

Facebook’s Yahoo! dodge: The best move in tech history?

When Facebook’s IPO goes into full swing next week, the company is expected to be valued at around US$100-billion. Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg…

Rocket Internet to launch price-comparison clone across SE Asia

Rocket Internet is set to launch a price comparison site in South East Asia called PricePanda. The German-headquartered startup incubator has made something of…

Evernote to build data centre, expand Chinese presence

Evernote wants to expand its Chinese presence in a bid to crack what chief executive Phil Libin calls “the hardest” market. The company behind…

Adobe CS6 ships today, Creative Cloud later this week

Digital creatives delight. Adobe has announced that Creative Suite 6 is available as of today, with Creative Cloud to follow later this week. The…

FHM model of the year angers Twitter with K bomb

It seems FHM model, Jessica Leandra dos Santos got a little too vocal on Twitter recently. The self described “glamorous blonde of Mediterranean nationality”…

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Aura Edition Review: A Sleek, AI-Powered Ultrabook for the Work-Anywhere Era

WeThinkCode_ and South Cape TVET College Bring Software Engineering Training to Rural SA Youth

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

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

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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