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Efemr: this tweet will self-destruct in 5, 4, 3, 2….

Ever wished your tweets would self-destruct after a set period of time? No? Well apparently some people do and that’s where Efemr comes in….

New study finds big brands, celebs are buying Twitter followers

Bigger is best… when it comes to your following that is, and buying followers on Twitter seems to be the name of the game…

NASA launches 3 Android phones into orbit: awesomeness ensues

NASA recently rocketed three HTC Nexus One smartphones into orbit and the stuff they’re sending back is pretty damn cool. The phones were launched…

IBM chief tells staff the company has to think fast, move faster

IBM chief executive Virginia Rometty has rebuked her company’s employees after the tech giant posted weak financials last week. The company, she says has…

Yahoo! strikes exclusive deal to host Saturday Night Live content

Yahoo! has struck an exclusive deal with Broadway Media to feature Saturday Night Live content across its sites. In an official blog post, CEO…

Street View now live in 50 countries after adding Lesotho, Hungary

Google Street View is now live in 50 countries after taking the product live in Lesotho and Hungary today. That’s not bad going for…

Google Now could be on your home page soon

If you were a fan of iGoogle, this might pique your interest. Google looks set to bring Now, its contextual search assistant, to its…

Yahoo! CEO: ‘I’ve just been fired over the phone’

Following a tense period in which rumours swirled over when, or if, she would be axed, colourful Yahoo! CEO, Carol Bartz announced the end…

MTN Business to sponsor SA entrepreneurial reality TV show

MTN Business has announced that it will be sponsoring a new “Apprentice” style South African reality TV show, “The Big Break”. The Big Break…

TechCrunch ‘on the precipice’

In the wake of reports that founding editor Michael Arrington would be resigning, senior TechCrunch blogger MG Siegler believes the renowned blog may be…

Increased calls for social media, BBM regulation

Formal content regulation on social networks and messenger services like BlackBerry’s BBM is currently a topic of heated discussion around the world. Governments in…

‘Lost’ iPhone 5 saga: The plot thickens

Last week the web was ablaze with news that yet another iPhone prototype had been misplaced in a bar. Some jokingly speculated that the…

300 000 Iranian IP addresses stolen

Almost 300 000 IP addresses originating from Iran applied for access to Google via an illegally obtained digital certificate. The certificate was issued by…

Mexican ‘Twitter terrorists’ face 30 years in prison

Two Mexican nationals are facing a thirty-year prison sentence for causing wide-spread chaos through a series of tweets related to child kidnapping. Maria de…

Sunday Times defends racist Facebook photo story

Following criticism from last week’s story about a “racist Facebook photo” the Sunday Times has published a series of articles vigorously defending its earlier…

Google and Fox to team up for Republican debate

Internet search-giant Google is teaming up with US broadcaster Fox News to host a debate among the Republican presidential candidates. The debate will be…

Digital Edge Live announces its marketing contenders

Digital Edge Live has announced the guest-speaker line-up for its upcoming event in Cape Town, South Africa. The event, which bills itself as “the…

‘No one is safe, but everyone is welcome’: ZANews now on TV

Online satirical puppet show, ZANEWS, has found a new home on satellite television provider TopTV‘s flagship channel, Top One. ZANEWS keeps its audience abreast…

TechCrunch’s Arrington resigns to start VC fund

TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington has left the popular blog to start a venture capital fund aimed at investing in tech startups. Arrington has partnered with…

WikiLeaks threatens release of newly uncensored US cables

WikiLeaks is once more threatening to release a series of uncensored cables following an online poll it is conducting with its Twitter followers. A…

Microsoft hit with lawsuit for illegal phone-tracking

Microsoft has found itself facing a potentially disastrous lawsuit in which it is charged that smartphones running Windows 7 have been illegally tracking user…

Saudi, Russia and China the top Spam countries, says Symantec

Spam is on the decrease, but still accounts for around 76 percent of the world’s email traffic. That’s according to the latest Symantec Intelligence…

Malema’s hearing: More than $200 000 worth of negative coverage

The high-profile disciplinary hearing of ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has so far reached an astonishing 8 419 565 individuals, “costing” South Africa…

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