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Facebook trialling VIP app for celebs

Facebook’s apparently working on a new app, but you probably shouldn’t worry about it…unless you’re famous. The app, which AllThingsD reports is currently being…

Don’t hold back the crazy ones, Hyperloop already battling haters

Elon Musk has come through on his promise and released the details of his Hyperloop which I doubt I’m alone in saying is the…

Twitter buys open source training outfit Marakana, launches ‘Twitter University’

Twitter has acquired open source training company Marakana, as it launches Twitter University — its programme for providing extra training for its engineers. “As…

Sina Weibo now claims 50m active users a day

China’s Twitter equivalent and social networking super power Sin Weibo claims that it now has around 50-million active users a day. The figure, which…

Ster Kinekor app hits a million downloads

One-million downloads in less than a year. It’s not a bad mark for any app to hit, and is an even better one when…

Telkom to give 60 minutes free Wi-Fi a day to South Africans

Fixed line operator Telkom isn’t exactly what you’d call well-liked in South Africa, where it pretty much has a monopoly on the space. The…

Check out the man behind Obama’s online campaign live in South Africa

It’s no secret that US president Barack Obama’s campaigns have used online and social media pretty damn well. And now South Africa will have…

Steve Jobs biography tops Amazon’s 2011 best-seller list

Despite being a late entry into this years book market, the 630 page authorised biography of Steve Jobs has emerged as Amazon’s most bought…

YouTube for Schools stops kids watching cat videos, unless they’re educational

The world’s most popular video-sharing platform has rolled out a school-friendly version in an attempt to ensure that learners don’t get “distracted by the…

‘Find My Face’: Google+ rolls out facial recognition

Internet giant Google is rolling out a new feature on its social network, Google+, called “Find My Face”, that allows users to find themselves…

Indonesia threatens a BlackBerry blackout

Picking on a bug-bear a number of other nations have also felt it necessary to carp about, Indonesian communication authorities have recently threatened to…

Top Chinese official urges ‘more forceful’ online controls

China needs to be “more forceful” in the way it manages the web. That’s according to one top government official, as the country attempts…

Student wins international award for generator built from used hard drives

A student from the University of Cape Town (UCT), a prominent South African tertiary institution, has won an international innovation award for a wind…

Twitter relaunch a quest for ‘simplicity’, says Twitter Platform Chief

So the “new, new Twitter” has rolled out and there are the lovers and haters. But what does Twitter say about the rollout? Ryan…

Spotify launches ‘Spotify radio’ to its 2.5-million paying subscribers

Daniel Ek, CEO of online music service Spotify took the stage at LeWeb in Paris to announce ‘Spotify Radio’ a new app for the…

TweetDeck ditches Adobe, launches new HTML 5 Twitter apps

Coinciding with the launch of a new Twitter interface, TweetDeck has also undergone a drastic redesign. Along with the redesigned desktop version of the…

Online auction site Bidorbuy launches app for iDevices

Online auction site Bidorbuy has launched an app designed to work across a range of Apple’s iDevices. The South African-based site, which claims to…

New Twitter ‘great for brands’, enables easy tweet embedding for websites

Twitter has rolled out a slew of changes. Included in the changes are a redesign and features which the social network claims will make…

Samsung’s Australian Christmas wish against Apple granted

Just in time for the integral Christmas sales period, despite Apple’s claims of copyright infringement, courts have ruled that Samsung can sell the contentious…

Google+ draws Gmail, Contacts into its circle

Google is integrating features of its nascent social effort, Google+, into Gmail and contacts. The new features allow people to grow their circles, filter…

Facebook fixes bug that gave access to private photos

Social networking giant Facebook has fixed a bug in its photo sharing system. The bug allowed users to view pictures that other users, including…

The future is social, local, mobile, says Google’s Eric Schmidt

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt says that all the “interesting applications” of the future are going to be a combination of social, local and mobile….

Acer’s New Nitro AI Gaming Gear Is Here—But Is It Worth It for South Africans?

R19,000 for Bass? Sony Tests South Africa’s Audio Appetite

Tech Stocks Tank – Can SA Survive a Global Meltdown?

SA Business Confidence: Fintech Lula Sounds Alarm on SME Reality

Why MVNOs are gaining ground — and how Huge NXTGN is accelerating the shift

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

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV

L2 charging and the power of dwell time

Tires and tariffs