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Forget Trojan horses, social media is your biggest security threat

Scared about your online identity being compromised through Facebook or Google’s clingy online presences? You’d probably be less happy about those you don’t know…

Google appears to have shut down SMS search, without telling anyone

There goes all the information at your fingertips, says every feature phone owner who uses Google’s SMS search. According to reports, the search giant…

Kickstarter: Zach Braff, Veronica Mars have brought in $400k to other projects

Kickstarter’s founders Charles Adler, Perry Chen and Yancey Strickler have taken to the company’s blog to address controversy surrounding big-name projects on the platform…

Memeburn finalist in Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards 2013

Memeburn has officially been announced as a finalist in the Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards 2013 and is pitted against the BBC and CNBC…

Google, Time launch Timelapse showing planetary changes over 25 years

Google, Time Magazine, NASA and the US Geological Survey (USGS) have teamed up to create a portal showing how much the planet has changed…

Social traffic app Waze rumored to be Facebook’s next big buy

Facebook is rumored to be lining up another billion dollar buy with social traffic app Waze the target this time around. According to a…

LinkedIn news section gets magazine-style revamp

LinkedIn has made another step toward being a serious player in the online media space with the revamping of its news section. The refreshed…

‘Rugby World Cup’ also a 419 lottery scam

The hype surrounding the Rugby World Cup has set off a series of 419 scammers says Symantec Intelligence. A new scam claims that the…

Motorola’s Facebook phone revealed

The Motorola EX225 marks the mobile giant’s latest foray into social gadgets. Motorola is seemingly forgetting the mistakes it made with the Motoblur and…

Fired Yahoo! CEO forfeits $10million to say: Yahoo! ‘f—ed me over’

Anybody with even the slightest knowledge about the recently axed CEO of Yahoo!, Carol Bartz, knew that sooner or later her tough-as-nails attitude would…

Google’s green energy usage exposed

Search giant Google has revealed how much power its products such as Gmail, Youtube, Google+ and its cloud services consume. Urs Hoelzle, senior vice…

Twitter receives $800-million in fresh funding as user numbers soar

Social networking giant Twitter has received fresh funding to the tune of US$800-million. According to Fortune magazine, roughly half of the investment will be…

.XXX domain registrations begin

The adult entertainment industry has been pushed into its own domain, “.XXX”. ICM Registry, the administrators of the launch are opening up the doors…

SA government ‘clarifies’ position on monitoring BlackBerry Messenger

Recent reports that South Africa’s government was looking to regulate the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service were greeted with dismay and anger. In a recent…

Cybercrime costs $114bn annually, says Symantec

Cybercrime costs the world US$114-billion every year. That’s according to a report from global software security firm Symantec. The report adds that some 431-million…

Popular radio DJ trends worldwide over racist slur

Popular South Africa radio DJ and rugby commentator, Darren Scott is trending world-wide on Twitter, following his use of the “K-word” late last week….

Groupon possibly rethinking its IPO

US online deals giant Groupon is reportedly re-evaluating its plans to go public. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company has become hesitant…

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…

Samsung Celebrated for Transformative Tech by Consumer Technology Association

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

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

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

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

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