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Tencent to open US office to push WeChat

Tencent, maker of the popular WeChat messaging app, is to open an office in America this year as the Chinese company focuses on taking…

Apple to compensate parents whose kids go app crazy

If your kids have been racking up massive bills on their iDevices then there may be some relief in sight. The company says it…

As Nook sales slip, Barnes and Noble are expected to report more losses

Things aren’t going too well with Barnes & Noble’s digital aspirations. The book retail giant is expected to announce that revenue from its Nook…

Kickstarter-funded project wins at the Oscars

Well this is pretty cool. A Kickstarter-funded documentary made history by winning Best Documentary Short at the Academy Awards on Sunday. As a validation…

Instagram might not be coming, natively, to BlackBerry 10 after all

So if you’ve got a BlackBerry 10, or are waiting for one to arrive, chances are you were sold on the promise that all…

Zendesk got hacked: Twitter, Pinterest and Tumblr feel it

Customer support service Zendesk says it has been a victim of a hack and three of its social clients have been affected: Twitter, Pinterest…

Oscar Pistorius outstrips Lance Armstrong, Tiger on Google search

Searches for Oscar Pistorius, who stands accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of 14 February, have outstripped those for…

IBM @100 years – Global innovation is about Silicon Valley not IBM

Congratulations to IBM and its 100 years in business — from making cheese graters to supercomputers, and much, much more. IBM is seen as…

Lulzsec ‘glorious leader’ arrested

Having worked with the FBI, Scotland Yard announced the arrest of a 19-year old, Ryan Cleary. The arrest is notable as it is believed…

Rupert Murdoch strikes again: No more free Post for iPad users

Perhaps it was his doomed adventure with Myspace, or maybe he was too set in his old media ways. Whatever it was, Rupert Murdoch,…

Google brings the British Library to the world

The British Library, in partnership with Google, is set to digitise more than 40-million pages of books from its vast collection. The pages, which…

Research shows 62% of South Africans shop using their mobile devices

A recent study by InMobi, an independent mobile ad network, reveals that African mobile web users prefer the mobile channel (46%) to their Desktop…

Rehabillitation clinic aims to help South Korea’s internet addicts

An internet rehabilitation clinic has opened in South Korea in the hopes of making a dent in the millions considered to be internet addicts…

Global internet regulatory body ushers in new era

Voting in Singapore on Monday, ICANN’s board — lauding the decision as a “historic change” — decided to increase the number of generic top-level…

Look mom, I’m rioting on YouTube

It’s June 16th 2011 and the Vancouver Canucks ice hockey team loses Game seven of the Stanley Cup final to the Boston Bruins. A…

Bitcoin owners victims of virtual pickpockets

Virtual currency, Bitcoin, is latest target of hackers by penetrating computers and swiping their digital wallets, according to computer security firm Symantec. “Malware authors…

Watch out: Hackers go old-school

If you thought that never clicking on strange links, or making sure that your antivirus software was up to date was enough to safeguard…

All Blacks banned from Twitter for World Cup

The New Zealand rugby team have been banned from communicating directly with their followers on Twitter for the upcoming World Cup. This amid fears…

Pandora shares soar on Wall Street debut

Internet radio star, Pandora, made its Wall Street debut amid investor enthusiasm for technology stocks. Pandora’s shares soared in early trading on Wall Street…

Recent poll shows Facebook users to be more trusting

A recent poll by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project show Facebook users are more trusting, have more close friends and…

Klout gives users more punch with +K

While algorithms have served us well in terms of how computers measure our behaviours, companies are beginning to realise the importance of human opinion….

China in a new twist to fighting corruption via ‘confession sites’

Some emerging market countries are finding new and innovative ways to clamp down on corruption. In the last week several Chinese sites which allow…

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