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Pistorius investigators ask Apple for help

Murder accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius has forgotten the four digit code to his iPhone, forcing police to seek help from Apple reports the Mail…

Indian Naspers property Ibibo confirms RedBus acquisition

It’s official. Ibibo, the Indian joint venture between emerging markets media and investment giant Naspers and Chinese internet titan Tencent, has acquired online bus…

Instagram finally adds video, blows minds with image stabilisation feature

The rumours were true, Facebook announced today that it is adding video to Instagram. Its excuse for adding moving images? It’s not Vine envy,…

University apologises after Mandela obituary appears on website

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), one of South Africa’s foremost institutions of higher learning, has apologized for an obituary to former president Nelson…

Yahoo!: hackers won’t exploit recycled user IDs

Yahoo! is attempting to put to rest fears that its decision to recycle unused user IDs will leave users exposed to hackers. The primary…

Facebook comments: now with picture embedding

Your Facebook flame wars are about to get a whole lot more visual. The social networking giant has announced that people will now be…

Want the new Jay-Z album for free? Samsung’s got your back

This is interesting. Korean tech giant Samsung is set to give away a million copies of rapper Jay-Z’s album for free. The album, entitled…

Google set to host G-South Africa 2.0

Google has announced that it will be holding its second large-scale web conference in South Africa. The event, called “G-South Africa” aims to provide…

Facebook, eBay dismiss Google threat

According to Silicon Valley super-star Sean Parker, for Google to take the title of leading social network, Facebook would have to blunder in a…

RIM woos developers as it looks to rebuild reputation

The Blackberry software developer’s conference begins today and RIM faces the difficult battle of gaining traction in light of its global BBM blackout. App…

China’s Alibaba halts fee hike after massive web protest

Chinese internet giant Alibaba says that it will delay a fee hike for some sellers on its online shopping site after a storm of…

China restricts eBay trade

Online auction giant eBay is mourning the loss of Chinese customers as it was recently revealed that the East Asian country is now banning…

Man jailed for Facebook hate-speech

Stephen Birrell, a 28-year-old man, has been jailed for eight months in Glasgow Scotland after pleading guilty to posting hate-speech statements on Facebook. According…

Apologetic BlackBerry offers free services, apps to customers

Following the three-day failure of BlackBerry services across the world, maker of BlackBerry smartphones, Research In Motion (RIM) has outstretched an olive branch to…

Samsung reeling after European loss seeks iPhone 4S ban

Samsung has made the latest move in the patent war between itself and Apple. The South Korean company filed papers in Japan and Australia…

Google denies killing newspapers, which still have wider reach than the web

Google insists that it is not stealing business away from print media, even as it becomes a dominant source of news on the web….

Google kills Buzz, hedges bets on Google+

Google has announced that it will kill its social networking tool Buzz as it seeks to put its energy into the young, but fast…

Google profits soar while Google+ passes 40-million user mark

Google reports that its profit in the recently ended financial quarter climbed to US$2.73-billion on the back of soaring online advertising revenue. “We had…

Microsoft finalises Skype deal, promises ‘amazing new experiences’

The announcement of Microsoft’s Skype acquisition was greeted with scepticism,irritation and eventual happiness. Months later, the acquisition of Skype has now been finalised. The US$8.5-billion…

Bookmarks now open to ‘wider range’ of entrants

The Bookmarks, a digital award showcase which aims to recognise excellence in digital advertising, has reorganised its categories, something it claims will open it…

eBook piracy rampant but under control, say experts

The advent of eBooks means the publishing world now faces similar piracy battles to the music industry faces with illegal downloads. Publishers and experts…

US Air Force on mystery ‘drone virus’: It was a ‘nuisance’

The mystery virus which reportedly struck the US Air Force’s unmanned drone fleet has been dismissed as a “nuisance” by the US Air Force….

US ‘War on Terror’ mirrors ‘Die Hard’ as aircraft drones struck by mystery virus

Wired recently reported that a virus had infected ground control stations of US unmanned autonomous vehicles, more commonly known as unmanned drones. What this…

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Aura Edition Review: A Sleek, AI-Powered Ultrabook for the Work-Anywhere Era

WeThinkCode_ and South Cape TVET College Bring Software Engineering Training to Rural SA Youth

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

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

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