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WhatsApp hits new record, processes 27bn messages in 24 hours

WhatsApp today announced that it had processed 27-billion messages in 24 hours, a new record for the mobile messaging service. It’s also significantly up…

SA Reserve Bank says ‘financial refugee’ Shuttleworth could ruin the economy

The bid by internet billionaire Mark Shuttleworth to reclaim some R250-million (US$24.5-million) from the South African Reserve Bank and have its system of exchange…

StopWatching.Us: Mozilla’s anti-surveillance campaign

Privacy and surveillance have been hot topics on the web and all media over the past week, and chances are it’s going to carry…

Google, Facebook, Microsoft asks NSA to let them prove innocence on PRISM

When you’re implicated in a massive government scandal involving security breaches and privacy, you’re going to want to do whatever if takes to prove…

Google Drive, Docs now in Afrikaans, Amharic, Swahili, and Zulu

Google has expanded the number of the languages available on Drive, its cloud storage product. The internet giant announced today that you can now…

Google confirms Waze acquisition

Google has announced that it has acquired Waze, the Israeli-based crowd-sourced navigation app, as everyone expected it would today. “…we’re excited to announce we’ve…

SA, Aussie panel turns to crowdfunding for ComiCon trip

This is pretty interesting. The publishers of Velocity, a platform designed to provide South African and Australian comic book artists and writers a place…

China’s Tencent Weibo launches English-language service

Chinese web giant Tencent has launched an English version of its Twitter-like microblogging service. According Chinese newspaper, China Daily, the English version of Tencent…

South Africa is ‘best friends’ with the United States on Facebook

Global payments giant Western Union has revealed that the United States is South Africa’s “best friend” online. The announcement comes in the form a…

Zynga set to launch social network called Project Z

Social gaming giant Zynga is set to launch its own social gaming network in a bid to reduce its dependency on Facebook. The new…

Naspers rolls out payment gateway PayU in India

South African media giant Naspers has quietly rolled out its payment gateway product PayU to the Indian market. According to Indian digital news site…

BlackBerry’s continuing ‘partial outages’ in Europe, Africa, & Middle East

BlackBerry users in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region have found themselves cut off from online-communications for three days running, following a…

YouTube, Lenovo to send student experiments into space

YouTube and Lenovo, in cooperation with Space Adventures and space agencies including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA),…

Facebook iPad app released into the wild

The long-awaited Facebook app for the iPad 2 is finally here. The app gives an official platform to the world’s leading social network on…

Huffington Media explosion continues with launch of ‘Le Huffington Post’

The explosion of titles under the Huffington umbrella continues unabated after it was announced that , Le Huffington Post, a French version of the…

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…

LG’s New 100-Inch QNED TV Is a Game-Changer for Home Entertainment in South Africa

ASUS Taps Into South Africa’s AI Obsession With Smarter Devices

HONOR 400 and 400 Pro Redefine AI Smartphone Innovation for South African Users

SA SMBs are AI-Ready – ASUS Report Shows Local Businesses Are Already Seeing Real ROI

Ocellics Reinvents Fund Factsheets with Automation-Driven Platform for Investment Managers

AWIEF 2025 Awards Nominations Now Open

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

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves