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Facebook wants to let people ask if you’re single or not

So you’ve hidden your relationship status on Facebook? That’s understandable; between the expectations of elderly relatives and the creepy strangers messaging you to say…

YouTube looks set to dole out $1 billion for Twitch.tv

How much would you be willing to pay for a service that allows you to watch other people play video games? Well if you’re…

Glass gets travel friendly as Foursquare, Tripit, Opentable get apps

If you’re a Google Glass explorer and you think that the device hasn’t really, well, allowed you to properly explore the world then the…

Move over Dogecoin, Madibacoin is here

Forget Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Hashcoin and Litecoin. The new cryptocurrency hotness is Madibacoin (not Madiba-bacon, calm down) which will function in the exact same manner as…

Julian Assange to headline Net Prophet

Wikileaks founder and one of the most divisive people in tech, Julian Assange, is set to headline Net Prophet, the annual technology and trends…

Silence at last: Twitter adds a mute button for iOS and Android

We’ve all experienced it: the fellow Twitter user we love following, but who occasionally overshares from an event or gets involved in the kind…

Mozilla is definitely introducing sponsored tiles in its new-tab page

If you were one of the many hoping that Firefox would be making a retreat from sponsored tiles on its new new-tab page, then…

Facebook is giving you more of your data, how nice

Facebook has decided that it will allow users to download more of their private data. This, it claims, will allow them to back up…

StumbleUpon joins the Facebook Timeline party

Web users the world over love StumbleUpon as a procrastination tool. Now the social discovery engine has become the latest big name to launch…

Facebook post lands KFC in hot water

Wow. Giant fast food chains just can’t seem to get social media right. First McDonald’s had its nightmare badtag run and now KFC is…

China to spend 350bn online by 2015

Half a billion internet users and an economy which, although not immune to international economic pressures, is still on the up means that China…

Indonesian earthquake leaves Twitter shaken, tsunami fears subside

An 8.7 magnitude earthquake has hit the off the coast of the Indonesian island Sumatera in the Indian Ocean. At first details were scant…

What should we make of a model that strips for Facebook likes?

Using Facebook likes to make a billboard’s beard is one thing, but using them to make a model strip? Well that’s a whole new…

Google gives Google+ a makeover

There are those who think Google’s approach to its social effort Google+ was wrong from the start. It was rushed, they say, a desperate…

Chinese web powers vow to clamp down on rumours

Three of China’s biggest online players are vowing to clamp down even further on false rumours being spread online. Search giant Baidu, along with…

Iran denies internet shutdown

With reports that Iran is set to restrict access to the internet by August, equally fervent denials are beginning to circulate. According to news…

‘Iran-ternet’ reportedly set to roll out fully by August

Iran plans to completely block its citizens from accessing the web by August. By then it hopes to restrict access to its own sanitised,…

Instagram for Android goes past 5m downloads in six days

Twitter may have been abuzz with users claiming they were ready to leave Instagram after it was bought out by Facebook but it might…

Facebook doles out $1bn for Instagram

Just days after Instagram launched an Android version of its immensely popular app, Facebook has bought the photo-sharing social network. Facebook is estimated to…

Twitter expresses betrayal at Facebook Instagram deal

To say that Twitter’s reaction to Facebook buying out Instagram has been mixed would be an understatement. A massive understatement. Many users reacted to…

Memeburn gets exclusive sneak preview of new Daily Maverick site

Memeburn has caught an exclusive sneak preview of the Daily Maverick’s new website. From what we can see, the new site is part of…

Hello Google Glasses, bye bye Siri?

It’s official, Google’s Project Glass is here. This follows months of speculation about the project and what it would entail. In an official statement,…

YouTube gets serious about 3D

YouTube is going 3D in a big way. The world’s most popular video-sharing site has added automatic 3D conversion for short-form videos uploaded in…

LG’s New 100-Inch QNED TV Is a Game-Changer for Home Entertainment in South Africa

ASUS Taps Into South Africa’s AI Obsession With Smarter Devices

HONOR 400 and 400 Pro Redefine AI Smartphone Innovation for South African Users

SA SMBs are AI-Ready – ASUS Report Shows Local Businesses Are Already Seeing Real ROI

Ocellics Reinvents Fund Factsheets with Automation-Driven Platform for Investment Managers

AWIEF 2025 Awards Nominations Now Open

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

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves