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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke calls Spotify, Rdio unfair to artists, pulls albums

Streaming audio services such as Spotify and Rdio are deeply unfair and “bad for new music”. That’s the view of Radiohead front-man Thom Yorke…

Spidey suit set to get MP3 capabilities in upcoming film

As is the case with most established superheroes, Spiderman’s suit has become an institution in its own right. There are certain things you just…

Nigerians should be able to shop online regardless of perception

Nigeria’s internet legacy seems to have left a complicated problem for citizens wanting to get into the technological age. In the last decade Nigeria…

Type Konami Code into Vogue UK site, get raptors!

This is insanely cool. Type the Konami Code (↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A) into glossy mag Vogue UK’s site…

Microsoft reveals new ‘one strategy’ corporate vision

Microsoft has just announced what appears to be a massive shift in its corporate strategy, which it claims will allow it to “innovate with…

Guilty! Judge rules against Apple in price fixing scandal

This is interesting. A federal judge has issued a ruling saying that Apple plotted to raise the retail prices of e-books in order to…

The Bookmarks Awards strike gold, although few golds awarded

The fourth rendition of South Africa’s digital awards, the largest and most glamorous yet, awarded just eight golds, more than 35 silvers and many…

Julius Malema axed from ANCYL, Twitter reacts

Julius Malema, upstart leader of South Africa’s ANC Youth League (ANCYL) today faced the music for his multiple political indiscretions. Of the rulings, one…

RIM denies renewed reports of BlackBerry smartphones going down

Barely a month after BlackBerry suffered its widest service failure, there are fresh reports that users are again experiencing service failures. BlackBerry parent company…

Facebook to stop blog and web RSS feeds

Social Strategists Beware! Your workload is going to increase! From 22 November Facebook will no longer allow the automatic import of Blog and RSS…

Alibaba, Softbank in talks to buy Yahoo! Inc

The future of Yahoo! Inc it seems remains uncertain. China’s Alibaba Group and Japan’s Softbank are in talks with private equity firms about making…

Google axes its Gmail app for BlackBerry

A smack down has been laid on BlackBerry from the mighty Google and comes in the form of total Gmail app removal from the…

Smartphones are as important as your wallet and keys

Google has announced new research findings detailing smartphone usage in South Africa. The findings reveal that South Africans are opting for smart devices —…

Adobe abandons mobile Flash

With a single leaked email, Adobe effectively announced the end of Flash for mobile. The email, intended for Adobe’s partners, details the demise of…

Facebook finally removes rape ‘joke’ pages after months of refusal

After months of campaigning, activists have cause to celebrate following Facebook’s decision to finally relent to calls for pages celebrating rape culture to be…

Retrenchments announced at News24, SA’s largest online publisher

Africa’s largest online publisher, 24.com, which publishes news site News24, has announced a “restructure” that will result in staff retrenchments. The online publisher, owned…

Mickey Mouse goes digital as YouTube and Disney team up

YouTube and Disney Interactive, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Co., has announced that it is teaming up with YouTube to produce an original…

No plans to bring Facebook to China, says Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says that he is in no rush to take his company public, or to brave the murky waters of the…

MXit: Knott-Craig announces restructure, job losses expected

The recent acquisition of popular instant messaging platform MXit, the biggest in Africa, came with the promise of big changes. Now the company’s new…

Israel denies being successfully attacked by ‘Anonymous’ over Gaza flotillas

Websites for the Israeli military and intelligence services were down on Sunday, the start of the Israeli work-week. The outage followed hacktvist group Anonymous…

Mobile broadband subscriptions to reach 5bn by 2016 [Report]

Mobile data traffic will grow 10-fold between 2011 and 2016, and mobile broadband subscriptions are expected to reach almost 5-billion in 2016, mainly driven…

Siri, Facebook, Twitter are challengers to Google dominance: Eric Schmidt

Apple’s voice-activated assistant Siri is a direct threat to Google’s search engine. That’s according to the internet giant’s chairman Eric Schmidt. “Apple has launched…

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

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

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

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

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

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