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Wiki Loves Monuments to launch world’s largest photography comp in SA

The world’s largest photography competition, Wiki Loves Monuments, is being launched next month in order to capture South Africa’s heritage. Besides the theme, the…

ANN7 gaffe videos removed from YouTube, is it prepping for online war?

A number of YouTube videos highlighting gaffes by the anchors of newly launched South African news channel ANN7 have been removed, apparently over copyright…

Ballmer departure may have been more sudden than Microsoft let on

Steve Ballmer’s retirement may have been more sudden and a lot less smooth than Microsoft suggested when it made the announcement on Friday. According…

Pakistan set to end year-long YouTube blockade

For the past year, people in Pakistan have been unable to watch YouTube videos. But that looks set to change after officials in the…

Steve Ballmer to retire from Microsoft within the year

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will retire within the next 12 months, the company announced today. The Redmond-based giant says Ballmer, who has been CEO…

Read Steve Ballmer’s farewell letter to Microsoft’s employees

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today announced that he would be retiring from the company within the next year. In an internal memo to the…

Linux geeks rebuild entire internet in garage

This is pretty insane. A group of Silicon Valley-based Linux hackers are crafting a new operating system, not for personal computers, or smartphones, or…

Twitter calls Google’s update ‘bad for the internet’

Twitter has slammed Google’s latest search update, which includes a fair amount of social features. The microblogging platform, which partnered with Google until 2011,…

Google+ integrated into search with ‘Search plus Your World’

Google has announced the integration of of its social networking platform, Google+, into its core product — the search engine. The internet giant announced…

Tech spending projected at more than $1 trillion in 2012

Smartphones and tablet computers will help push worldwide consumer electronics spending to more than US$1 trillion this year though growth is sluggish compared to…

Bangladeshi man to be prosecuted for Facebook post

A Bangladeshi high court has ordered police to prosecute a student for sedition after he wished for the death of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…

Kanye West to ‘pick up where Steve Jobs left off’

Renowned rapper Kanye West launched a rant of epic proportions on Twitter. His 86 tweet dispatch covered a number of topics including his love…

Engineer reveals Facebook Timeline was mostly built in six months

Since its announcement, Timeline has been one of Facebook’s most talked about new features. You might think, therefore, that it was probably in development…

Google+ still ‘growing much faster than Facebook’

Think Google+ is in decline? Think again. According to internet research firm Experian Hitwise, Google’s largest social effort to date is experiencing massive growth….

International websites banned in Belarus

Residents of Belarus, an eastern European country, are now forbidden from accessing foreign websites. Any citizen who breaks the new law is liable to…

CES 2012 will be Microsoft’s final booth, keynote speech

Earlier this week, Microsoft stated that it would be unceremoniously pulling out of the spotlight at the Las Vegas CES. The mastermind behind Windows…

Steve Jobs to receive Grammy for ‘transforming’ music

This year the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences will honour tech legend, Steve Jobs, with a technical Grammy for his contributions to…

Apple buys Israeli startup for $400m

Apple has finalised an acquisition deal for Israeli flash memory maker Anobit. The deal was widely reported by Israeli news services and is thought…

Facebook told to clarify privacy policy for international users

The data commissioner in Ireland has told Facebook to make its privacy policy easier to understand. It also told the world’s largest social network…

Indian non-profit launches app to help fight sexual harassment

An innovative smartphone app that allows women to immediately alert friends and family if they feel threatened launched in the Indian Capital, Delhi. The…

‘The Hobbit’ trailer generates massive online buzz

The release of an official trailer to Peter Jackson’s long-awaited return to Middle Earth has caused enough online buzz to briefly become a trending…

Kim Jong Il death trends on China’s weibos

The recent death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il trended globally on Twitter. It was also, however, the most talked-about topic on China’s…

‘Radical’ female Bahrain blogger freed, refuses to leave prison

Zainab al-Khawaja, a female blogger from Bahrain who was arrested for anti-establishment comments on Twitter, has been released on bail. Unfortunately for Bahraini authorities,…

New awards platform wants to spotlight Africa’s unsung tech heroes — applications now open

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

M-KOPA named one of Africa’s fastest growing companies

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

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

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV