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Spotify chases more users with YouTube campaign

In a pretty cool move to entice more users, music streaming service Spotify has decided to do a one-day YouTube takeover, reports AllThingsD. The…

Vine is top iOS app, but only in the US

Twitter’s Instagram-style video-sharing service Vine is becoming seriously popular, especially in the US. The service is currently the most downloaded free app on the…

WhatsApp says acquisition rumors are false

WhatsApp is not interested in selling to Google, or anyone else for that matter. Following rumors that Google was in talks to buy the…

The Kissinger Cables: Wikileaks makes largest release yet

Wikileaks has made over 1.7-million diplomatic cables available to the public, the largest ever release of formerly confidential information to come from the whistle-blowing…

Abuse, rape claims roll in against TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington

TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington appears to be in increasingly hot water. After Gawker unearthed allegations that the blogger and businessman beat his girlfriend and…

Google in possible talks to buy WhatsApp

Google may be in talks with WhatsApp to purchase the mobile chat platform for up to US$1-billion. That’s according to rumours reported by Digital…

40m of WeChat’s 300m users live outside China

Yesterday at Boao Forum For Asia 2013, Tencent’s President Martin Lau revealed on stage that WeChat has over 40-million overseas users. That’s out of…

More fake Apple stores unearthed in China

Some 22 new fake Apple stores have been discovered in South Western China. This comes just weeks after an American blogger unearthed a store…

Facebook, Twitter, and BlackBerry reply to proposed UK social media ban

Twitter, Facebook and BlackBerry have responded to suggestions by British Prime Minister David Cameron that police and intelligence services should be empowered to shut…

Google+: Now with games

Google has added games, including the wildly popular Angry Birds, to its exploding social network Google+. “We want to make playing games online just…

Hulu streaming to hit Japan

Online streaming giant Hulu is set to make its first move outside the US as it plans to offer film and TV streaming services…

Apple becomes world’s most successful company

Based on the value of its global stock, Apple is now the most successful company on the planet. The stock exchange may currently be…

Big data, social TV, gamification and ‘Internet of things’ is the new black

Activity streams, wireless power, internet TV, NFC payments and private cloud computing are some of the technologies that are being hyped at the moment,…

Anonymous hacked while announcing operation to ‘kill’ Facebook

“Hacktivist” group Anonymous has issued yet another threat of a cyber attack, this time against Facebook, reports tech blog Mashable. The loosely organised group…

DA leader addresses Twitter critics

Helen Zille, leader of South Africa’s largest opposition party, has responded to a recent spat between herself, officials from her party, and South African…

Facebook Messenger app launches

Facebook has launched a messaging application for use on both Android and iPhones. An engineer within Facebook, Lucy Zhang said that the messaging app…

Bad year for China: 500 000 cyber attacks in 2010

China, in a recently released statement, said that it had been the target of close to 500 000 cyber attacks during 2010. Many of…

‘The last reason for me to use the internet is over’: The Onion paywall

World famous news parody site The Onion is now insisting users must pay to access its content. A new paywall has been erected which…

Anonymous takes down Syrian Ministry of Defence site

Hacker group Anonymous, has taken down yet another governmental site in its declared war against global injustice. The group has removed the Syrian Ministry…

Famed Chinese artist and dissident sends first tweets since arrest

Following what many had taken to be a regime-imposed silence, famed Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei has returned to Twitter. Ai tweeted for…

Defcon ‘Kids Village’ guides hackers of the future

Defcon, one of the world’s premier annual hacking conferences, has introduced a “Kids Village” aimed at improving the hacking skills of children as young…

AntiSec takes on US police agencies

Hacker group AntiSec is claiming to have “defaced and destroyed” the websites of various US police agencies in retaliation to the arrest of suspected…

LinkedIn revenue doubles amidst uncertain global trading

Jittery global markets and the worst round of US trading since 2008 could not stop the surge of professional network LinkedIn. According to the…

Lenovo at MWC 2025: AI-Powered Laptops, Sustainable Concepts, and a Glimpse into the Future

Smart Tech: Turning the Tide on South Africa’s Water Crisis

Celebrating Innovation: Redmi Note 14 Post-Launch Event in South Africa

Verto Launches Global Business Award to Fuel African Startup Expansion

GITEX Africa: Shaping the Future of Tech and Positioning Africa as a Global Powerhous

Gozem Secures $30M Series B to Fuel Super App Expansion Across Francophone Africa

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life

Tariffs trump US new car affordability needs