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Africa Gathering: hands on with Africa’s disruptive thinkers

Africa’s meteoric rise in the tech space is showing not signs of stopping. That’s a good a thing. The continent is moving fast to…

Watchdog group says Wikimedia cares less about Chinese users

Chinese online watchdog group Greatfire has come out against the Wikimedia foundation, arguing that it holds Chinese users in less regard than others from…

Washington Post sat on NSA whistleblower info, went to gov’t with it

The Washington Post has revealed that it sat on the revelations of Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who sparked allegations that tech giants such as…

Google, Waze deal seems more likely by the day

Google is very close to inking a deal to acquire crowd-sourced navigation app Waze. Rumours have been flying about for the last couple of…

Want to watch Apple’s WWDC keynote? Here’s how

Apple’s keynote at WWDC, its annual developers’ conference, is one of tech’s most hotly anticipated events. It makes sense therefore that a tech-savvy reader…

Meet Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower [Video]

The tech world has been rocked by allegations that tech giants such as Google and Facebook were supplying US intelligence agency, the NSA with…

YouTube founders bring video-sharing to the Chinese market with Vine clone

YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen are no stranger to the Chinese market having launched a localized version of social bookmarking site Delicious…

Facebook acquires social Q&A service friend.ly

Facebook has acquired friend.ly, the firm behind a social question and answer app on the social network. “We’re excited to announce that we recently…

Steve Jobs tribute turns into plagiarism debate

Since the death of Steve Jobs, a photograph which features the late Apple founder’s silhouette — incorporated into the bite of a white Apple…

Tablet computers set to become ‘the brains’ of all devices

Tablet computers are set to become the central brains of almost all electronic devices. For example, a tablet computer could be docked into a…

BlackBerry services fail across Europe, Mid-East, & Africa

Users of BlackBerry smartphones midday Monday began noticing that services accessed using BlackBerry’s Internet Service (BIS), were down. Initially it seemed that the service…

US secretly forced Google to hand over Wikileaks volunteer email data

The US government forced Google and small internet service provider, Sonic.net to turn over private information gained from email accounts of 28-year old US…

Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu hangout on Google+

There was widespread criticism of the South African government after it refused to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama for Archbishop Emeritus Desmond…

iPhone 4S pre-orders sell out

While many said they would not rush to buy Apple’s new iPhone 4S, colossal US telecom AT&T says that over 200 000 pre-orders of…

Japanese defence firm hit by more than 50 viruses

Mitsubishi Heavy, a Japanese defence contractor, has been hit by over 50 separate computer viruses, causing concern that vital security information may have been…

LinkedIn now lets companies update their status

LinkedIn announced a new feature that allows companies to post status updates to their pages. With this new feature, companies whose pages are set…

South Koreans start using cellphones as young as ten: Study

South Korea might justifiably lay claim to being the nation with the earliest mobile tech adopters. In a recent survey, it was found that…

Steve Jobs death ‘biggest event in internet history’

The online outpouring of grief around Steve Jobs’ death could see it become the most talked about event in internet history. That’s according to…

Apple’s ‘innovator-in-chief’ Steve Jobs dies at 56

Tech industry icon Steve Jobs, the co-founder and former CEO of Apple, has died at the age of 56. Jobs battled pancreatic cancer for…

Samsung adopts ‘aggressive stance’ toward Apple’s iPhone 4S

Korean electronics giant Samsung announced that it will file separate preliminary injunctions against Apple in Paris, France and Milano, Italy with the aim of…

Apple snubs Samsung’s Australian peace-offering

Apple has rejected an undisclosed peace-offering from Samsung which would have finally seen the Galaxy Tab 10.1 hitting Australian shelves. Australia is one of…

No iPhone 5 but the 4S looks pretty good

Apple fans spent the days leading up to the iPhone launch speculating which new iPhone they’d get. The answer, it turns out, is a…

Apple unveils Siri: The app that lets you talk to your phone

Apple today unveiled Siri for iOS 5, a voice-activated tool that will allow you to control many aspects of your iPhone and which can…

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