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Alibaba reportedly set to buy stake in streaming video service PPTV

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba is apparently in the final stages of talks to buy a stake in streaming video service PPTV, with an announcement…

Twitter rape threat lands UK man behind bars

A UK man has been arrested after posting rape threats on Twitter related to the bank of England’s decision to put make classic British…

Study claims home 3D printing could pose health risks

This is interesting. 3D printing is undoubtedly an exciting technology with loads of potential uses, but a new study suggests that we might have…

Nokia serves up YouTube uploader app, beats Google to the punch

If you’ve got a thing for capturing videos on the fly, Nokia just gave you a pretty sound reason to buy the Lumia 1020….

Google testing out Helpouts, a commerce solution for Hangouts

Google’s been pretty good at spinning money out of all its products over the years but one area its been putting a lot of…

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos launch competing bids for NASA launchpad

This could be one of the most epic bid-offs in history. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Tesla Motor’s Elon Musk are squaring up in a…

Sina Weibo users can now post to Facebook… unless they’re in China

This is interesting. Anyone even vaguely familiar with the Chinese online scene knows that Western social networks like Twitter and Facebook are banned in…

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…

Memeburn scoops social media honours at Vodacom journo awards

A Memeburn story has won the Social Media category at the Vodacom Journalist of the Year 2011 awards. The story, Twitter breaks news, but…

Groupon shares rise 46% in early trading

After a tumultuous journey, Groupon Inc. is finally trading. Early reports from news agency Reuters say that shares in the group buying site rose…

Google to bring more ‘fresh’ results with new search algorithm

Google announced a major adjustment to its search algorithm, which will impact 35% of web searches. The adjustment is designed to give current information…

Google rumoured to get into ‘triple play’ communication with pay TV

Google is rumoured to be considering a move into the pay television business, a move that would expand the internet giant’s reach into the…

‘84% owner of Facebook’ ordered back to the US

Paul Ceglia, who has been waging a legal war against Mark Zuckerberg from Ireland, has been ordered to return back to the US by…

Anonymous reveals IP addresses of alleged paedophiles

Infamous online hacktivist group Anonymous claimed on Wednesday to have published the IP addresses of more than 190 visitors to child pornography sites. In…

YouTube adds South African languages — isiZulu, Afrikaans

Google has announced that, as of today, YouTube will be available in isiZulu and Afrikaans, two of South Africa’s most widely spoken languages. The…

Bitcoin Surges As Market Relief Rally Meets Trump’s Crypto Backing

Insider Threats Surge In South African Organisations As AI Expands Cyber Risk

Anthropic Refuses To Let AI Spy On Customers

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

OPPO Reno15 Series Lands In South Africa With Big Cameras And Bigger Battery Ambitions

OPPO Reno15 Series Brings Flagship-Level Hardware Logic to the Mid-Tier in South Africa

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

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