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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…

Job ads suggest Spotify’s set to go public

A recent set of job ads suggests that music streaming service Spotify could be preparing for an initial public offering, which would value the…

Could an Apple device detect your next heart attack?

If Google wants to stop people ageing, then it looks like Apple wants to help prevent some of the maladies that come with age….

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…

FBI requests Google help after failing to unlock pimp’s cellphone

Here’s one for the books. A US judge has approved request from the FBI that Google give up information on a pimp’s Android phone…

Anonymous-OS goes live, download if you dare

Hey, remember when Anonymous created its own um… anonymous social network? Well the lovable hacktivist scamps behind it seem to have made another go…

Facebook, Google benefit most from Pinterest shares

We know Pinterest is great for driving traffic to sites, but who’s actually benefitting the most from the up-and-comer’s surge in popularity? Logically, it should…

Over a third of China’s online population are mobile-only users [Report]

China has the world’s largest online population, topping out at over 500-million users. That’s interesting enough in its own right. More interesting though, is…

Russian billionaire Yuri Milner steps down as chairman of Mail.ru

Russian entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Yuri Milner, has stepped down as chairman of the board of directors of Mail.ru, one of the largest internet…

Your car is getting smarter

Nevermind talking on your cell phone while driving – soon your smartphone could be so integrated into your car that you could be doing…

SA Gmail users get free SMS…at last

Gmail users in South Africa are reporting that they can now send free SMSes from Google chat. The reports are coming through even though…

TED launches initiative to bring ‘lessons worth sharing’ to high schoolers

TED, the organisation behind the popular conference series with the same name, launched a new initiative that aims to bring TED-like video content to…

How influential is your company on social? Brandometer thinks it knows

How do you know how well your brand’s doing on social media? Awards are one way, but they tend to be chosen by industry…

Highlight: the app that lets you know who’s nearby

A brand new iPhone app has been released that alerts people when they’re near someone they share a connection with. Actually the app, called…

Facebook announces ‘next wave’ of Timeline apps

Facebook has announced a slew of new apps for Timeline including ones from Foursquare, Nike, The Onion, VEVO, Fandango, Viddy, Endomondo and RootMusic. The…

Yahoo! confirms intent to sue Facebook

Yahoo! has confirmed that it will be suing Facebook for patent infringements. At present, details are scant on exactly what patents the troubled internet…

Kony 2012: The most viral video in history

Invisible Children wanted to make Joseph Kony’s name known around the world. Well the organisation has succeeded. The 30-minute documentary “Kony 2012” is now…

The Era of the Device-Scroller Is Officially Here

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Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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