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Reality star Giuliana Rancic is ‘uh-bsessed’ with Gyft

Entertainment/celebrity journalist and E! Entertainment front woman Giuliana Rancic told her fans via Facebook that she is “mildly uh-bsessed” with gift card app Gyft….

Chinese scammers exploit Apple to turn fake iPhones into real ones

Apple has been taking quite a bit of stick over the last month for its after-sales service practices in China, and perhaps rightfully so….

Bitcoin exchange suffers DDoS attacks, claims it’s a victim of its own success

Massive online trading website, Mt. Gox, experienced a serious crash yesterday. The site is the largest online trading website of digital currency and trades…

Zuckerberg nemeses the Winkelvoss twins are big into Bitcoin

Forget Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg’s athletically built nemeses the Winkelvoss twins are now into Bitcoins. According to the New York Times, the two apparently hold…

LinkedIn officially welcomes Pulse to the family after paying $90m

LinkedIn has officially bought the company behind new reading app Pulse for US$90-million, a month after reports emerged that a deal was set to…

Twitter adds trends in 160+ new locations, will launch music app

Twitter has introduced trends to 160 new locations and is today set to launch a music app. Trends are one of the most important…

Facebook buys stealth mobile startup Osmeta

Facebook Home shows that the social network is on a serious mobile mission. Its latest purchase though indicates that the feature may have been…

Vietnam government accused of cyber-terrorism

An activist group inside Vietnam and around the world has accused the Vietnam’s communist government of launching a cyber-attack which has crippled its website….

Skype to buy GroupMe

Skype has announced that it plans buy mobile messaging startup GroupMe, for an undisclosed sum of money. GroupMe is a mobile messaging platform which…

Hong Kong stock exchange website hacked

Honk Kong police have arrested a 29-year old man following a cyber attack on the city’s stock exchange website. The attack, the second in…

German authorities claim Facebook ‘Like’ violates privacy laws

Facebook users in a northeastern German state have been told to stay away from the “Like” button (Gefällt mir in German) on Facebook. Government…

Australian fired for moaning at company on Facebook

Damien O’Keefe, a technician at Australian retail group The Good Guys was dismissed for complaining about his company on Facebook. The complaints were somewhat…

China’s Todou sees shares tumble on Wall Street debut

One of China’s largest online video companies has seen its shares fall sharply in the wake of its Wall Street debut. Shares in the…

Budweiser, Facebook, and football create history

Creating a small slice of history, non-league sides Ascot United and Wembley FC will be the first teams ever to have their football match…

Following Motorola deal S&P downgrades Google in opinion reversal

Analysts from ratings agency, Standards and Poor (S&P) have downgraded Google’s stock.The ratings agency has given a simple explanation for the downgrade: It believes…

Time releases 50 best websites of 2011

What does a site encouraging people to upload personalised eight track playlists, mixtape style, have in common with one that donates ten grains of…

Facebook ‘smoking gun’ evidence blows 84% ownership claim out of the water

Facebook has produced what it claims is “smoking gun” evidence that a New York man’s contentious claim to majority ownership of the hugely successful…

Two British men jailed for inciting violence on Facebook

Two British men in their early twenties have each been sentenced to four years imprisonment for inciting violence on Facebook. The sentences are among…

South Koreans file lawsuit against Apple each demanding one million won

More than 20 000 South Korean iPhone users have filed a class action lawsuit against US technology giant Apple for “illegal location tracking”. The…

Microsoft launches crowdsourcing blog for Windows 8

Software giant Microsoft has launched a blog chronicling the build of its next OS, Windows 8. The blog, called “Building Windows 8” is designed…

Facebook tipsters to assist Scottish police

Facebook users are now able to anonymously report crimes and knowledge of criminal activity to Scottish police, following the introduction of a new Facebook…

Samsung defiant in face of ongoing Dutch court battle

Samsung has announced that it will launch its Galaxy 10.1 inch tablet in the Netherlands despite an ongoing case between it and rival tech…

Acer’s New Nitro AI Gaming Gear Is Here—But Is It Worth It for South Africans?

R19,000 for Bass? Sony Tests South Africa’s Audio Appetite

Tech Stocks Tank – Can SA Survive a Global Meltdown?

SA Business Confidence: Fintech Lula Sounds Alarm on SME Reality

Why MVNOs are gaining ground — and how Huge NXTGN is accelerating the shift

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

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV

L2 charging and the power of dwell time

Tires and tariffs