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The internet has now thrown a billion dollars at Kickstarter

Kickstarter has given us a lot of very cool things: the Pebble smartwatch and an Oscar-winning documentary short for instance. The cumulative cost of…

Netflix’s new hack pauses your favourite show when you fall asleep

There are few things in life as good as falling asleep in front of the TV. The only thing that sucks is when you…

Roll out the red carpet: Webfluential launches Africa’s first continent-wide blogger awards

South African startup Webfluential, a platform that aims to connect South Africa’s most influential web users, is launching Africa’s first blogger awards. The startup…

Reddit decides to give citizen journalism a proper go with Liveupdate tool

It may not be great at rooting out terrorists, but Reddit reckons that its massive and active user base could be a serious force…

Naspers’ Bekker steps down as company shifts ecommerce strategy

Naspers CEO Koos Bekker is stepping down, the emerging markets media and internet giant today revealed. In an official press release posted to the…

Candy Crush Saga maker King latest to join IPO queue

Looks like it’s tech IPO season folks. The latest company set to go public is King Digital Entertainment, maker of the highly addictive Candy…

UK student arrested for racially offensive Muamba tweets

The on-field collapse of Bolton Wanderers striker Fabrice Muamba saw Twitter respond with an outpouring of support. One tweeter, however, is in hot water…

Apple launches $10bn share buyback programme

Apple has released a few more details on what it plans to do with its giant pile of cash. As was expected, even prior…

Samsung takes its CES experience on the road

Samsung’s stand was definitely among the biggest and most varied at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Now the Korean Electronics giant…

Apple conference call to detail plans for massive cash reserve

Apple is set to hold a conference call detailing precisely what it plans to with near US$100-billion in spare cash it has lying around….

Muamba collapse sends shockwaves through Twitter [Update]

The sudden collapse of Bolton Wanderers player Fabrice Muamba in this evening’s FA Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur has sent shockwaves across Twitter. Muamba…

Kony 2012 director, Jason Russell hospitalised after irrational behaviour

One of the filmmakers behind the viral Kony 2012 film, Jason Russell, was hospitalised following alleged irrational behaviour. A man was found in his…

Spammers target Pinterest, take over boards

There’s no doubting Pinterest’s popularity — it flew past the 10-million unique visitors a month mark in near record time. There’s also no doubting…

Groupon given three months to turn its act around

Groupon is in trouble. We’re not talking about its easily replicated business model or its shaky IPO either. The group-buying giant is being taken…

PayPal’s new mobile card reader targets Square, world domination

PayPal is going after mobile payment service Square in big way. The ecommerce giant announced that it is looking to go global with its new payment…

Tweet your way to cheaper pizza

Everyone loves a good pizza — but what people love more is a discount. Pizza outlet Col’Cacchio has just launched its “Slice the Price”…

Pinterest rolls out redesigned profile pages

Up-and-coming social player Pinterest has gone live with the first major update to its profile pages since launching a couple of years ago. The…

Anonymous-OS is fake, ‘wrapped in trojans’

When we found out about Anymous-OS, we had our suspicions that it might not actually be from everyone’s hacktivist group. The worse-than-usual English was…

Tencent set to expand into search, other markets

Chinese internet giant Tencent is already a dominant player in the online space. It owns a number of chat properties, microblogging sites, social networks,…

TED brings ‘ideas worth spreading’ to Android

This is very cool, if a little long in the making. TED, the organisation behind the renowned conference series of the same name, has…

What Firefox has planned for 2012

Last year, Mozilla managed to get Firefox back on track. While the long delay of Firefox 4 gave competitors like the up-and-coming Google Chrome…

Google claims it’s winning the war on bad ads

Google is at war. This time it’s not with Facebook, Apple, or any of the other tech giants. No, this time its target is…

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