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Is Imgur overtaking Reddit as the front page of the web?

Imgur is all grown up. The community photo sharing/meme site announced this week that it now sees 100-million monthly unique users. This puts Imgur…

Amazon launches ‘MayDay’: a Skype-like tech support for Kindle

Amazon may have launched new Kindle versions but it seems the most exciting part of the launch is cool new feature called MayDay. The…

iMessage app for Android removed after security concerns

An app that lets users send and receive messages using Apple’s iMessage service on Android devices sounds cool right? But it’s also very fishy….

A first for internet TV: Netflix wins at the Emmys with House of Cards

A first for online television, streaming video site Netflix has walked away with an Emmy for David Fincher for his work on the popular…

Several Twitter accounts suspended in connection with Kenya attack

Several Twitter accounts claiming responsibility for the attack on a Nairobi shopping mall have been suspended after providing running commentary of the attack via…

Google makes new logo, navigation bar official

We recently told you about an apparent new Google logo hidden in the latest update of Chrome Beta for Android. Well it’s real and…

Google+ brings HD to all Hangouts

You’ve been able to use HD video-calling on publicly broadcast Hangouts on Air for a while now, but you haven’t been able for private…

Cher death hoax trends on Twitter

Rumours of legendary singer Cher’s death have surfaced on Twitter. The topic “RIP Cher” became a globally trending topic and remained so, even after…

Google+ lets in teens, beefs up safety

Google’s nascent social effort, Google+, has opened up to teenagers and beefed up its safety features. The move is widely believed to be a…

New financial management tool 22seven crashes on launch day

A few hours after its beta launch, new financial management tool 22Seven crashed under the weight of users visiting the site. The new startup…

Major new online player set to enter SA market

The eNews channel, which is part of the multi-billion rand terrestrial broadcasting company Sabido, is cooking up plans to roll out a brand new…

Angry Birds set to smash into Facebook

Rovio’s hit franchise Angry Birds is set to smash beak first into Facebook come Valentine’s Day. According to Asia Tech News, the company is…

Symantec releases ‘hotfix’ for Anonymous hack

Symantec has released a “hotfix” for customers affected by an Anonymous hack that targeted its pcAnywhere software. The fix comes after the security company…

Facebook halts trading in secondary markets, IPO to follow?

Facebook has reportedly halted trading in secondary markets, possibly indicating that the world’s largest social network may finally be ready for its long-awaited IPO….

Twitter opens up translation for right-to-left languages

Twitter has added languages written from right-to-left to its Twitter Translation Centre. The languages available for volunteers to translate are Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew and…

Google+ ‘doesn’t give a damn’ about real names, just don’t use pseudonyms

Ever since it launched, Google+ has been criticised for strictly enforcing a real name policy. You couldn’t just use your gamer tag or other…

Like it or not, you’re getting Facebook Timeline

Some people love Facebook’s new Timeline feature. Others have been less certain. In fact, scam artists and spammers capitalised on some users who were…

McDonald’s ‘badtag’ hashtag campaign brings the hate

Twitter campaigns walk a tightrope between being incredibly successful or horribly, irrevocably flawed. The new hashtag campaign from fast food giant McDonald’s, called “#McDStories”…

Apple posts record Q1 results, promises ‘exciting new things’

Just days after its market value briefly went past the $400-billion mark, Apple released its financial results for the first quarter of 2012 revealing…

YouTube offers big cash prize to budding filmmakers

Everyone’s got a story to tell, so the old saying goes. It seems YouTube believes it too. The world’s most popular video-sharing site is…

Facebook, Twitter & Myspace remind Google, ‘Don’t Be Evil’

Engineers from Facebook, Twitter and Myspace took matters into their own hands after being excluded from Google’s new social search. Search Plus Your World,…

Indian PM joins Twitter

Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has joined Twitter, reportedly as part of an attempted bid to boost his communication with the country’s young…

Obama to follow State of the Union with Google+ Hangout

US President Barack Obama’s administration is renowned for its use of social media. His election campaign relied heavily on Facebook and Twitter, and the…

Opera Mini Data Campaigns Reshape Mobile Access in South Africa

Affordable 5G Phones Could Accelerate Digital Inclusion

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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