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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…

Meet Mixbit, the new video-sharing app from YouTube founders Hurley and Chen

Look out Vine, watch your back Instagram Video, there’s a new player trying to steal your mantle. It’s founders know a think or two…

Twitter suspends Archbishop Tutu’s account for ‘aggressive following’

Twitter has suspended the official account of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, apparently for aggressive following. The 82-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate only joined Twitter…

Web’s red light district ‘.xxx’ opens for business

Following a concerted decade-long campaign, proponents of an online “red light district” — a specific domain for adult entertainment sites — can finally celebrate…

Indian minister proposes screening online posts, says ‘not censorship’

The government of India has asked some of the world’s largest online players to assist it in blocking out any material it deems offensive…

Memeburn going Solomo at LeWeb

LeWeb Founder Loïc Le Meur speaks at a previous conference in 2009 LeWeb is a special place for Memeburn. The site was founded at…

Millions of Chinese vent online over Beijing smog

Millions of Beijing residents are going online to vent their anger over thick smog that has blanketed the Chinese capital in recent days. Conditions…

Gowalla is at Facebook

Surprisingly not through a check-in at Facebook’s Palo Alto office, founders of location-based service Gowalla announced that they are winding down the location-sharing service…

New Study: Facebook, Twitter played no role in UK riots

A new study has revealed that Facebook and Twitter played no significant role in organising riots that rocked cities across the UK earlier this…

Assange granted legal lifeline as deportation order stayed

Julian Assange has been given another lifeline in his fight to not be extradited to Sweden, with British courts ruling that he may take…

BlackBerry shareholders bail as stock slumps to seven year low

It would seem the raft of new services and product offerings are either yet to bear fruit or have been pointless; because despite all…

Farmville creator Zynga looks to go big with IPO

Social gaming giant Zynga is finally ready to take its stocks public. The San-Francisco-based company reportedly plans to raise around US$1.15-billion in an initial…

Russian sites hit by massive hack amidst elections

A group of websites which were reportedly set to expose widespread fraud in Russia’s legislative elections have been targeted in a massive hacking attack….

Chrome overtakes Firefox, gains on Explorer in browser wars

Google’s Chrome web browser has overtaken open-source darling Firefox as the world’s second most popular browser. That’s according to web analytics company StatCounter. The…

YouTube revamped: new look, simpler design

Google has rolled out a series of changes to its video sharing platform, YouTube, which it hopes will make sharing and watching videos easier…

Smartphone addicts’ new excuses to take sick days

With the rising popularity of smartphones, and more people coming down with conditions such as “text-thumb injury” or “text-neck”, it would seem bosses the…

MIH kills group-buying site Dealify

Another day, and another Groupon clone bites the dust. After a whirlwind gold-rush to emulate the incredible success of Groupon, there has been nothing…

Memeburn, Gearburn relaunch on new shiny platforms

Memeburn and Gearburn have been refreshed, improved and relaunched, with a slicker user experience across multiple devices, a streamlined back-end for faster page loads,…

Nando’s chickens out of dictator ad amidst Zim threats

Nando’s has decided to pull its massively popular “Last Dictator Standing” advert from television. The ad attracted global attention and has been pulled because…

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