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Music service Deezer hits 22 more countries in emerging market hotspots

Well, Deezer is certainly on a roll. The music streaming service announced recently that it is now available in a massive 128 countries worldwide,…

Mango claims SA first with flight-booking app, plans to launch more soon

Traveling in South Africa may have become a little bit easier following the launch of Mango’s mobile booking application. The budget airline’s app allows…

Farewell old friend: Philips exits the consumer electronics game

One shouldn’t get overly sentimental when it comes to big corporates shutting down certain divisions, but in the case of Philips it’s difficult not…

Amazon’s Q4 report: profits down by 45%, sales up by 22%

Judging by Amazon’s fourth quarter report, things aren’t all that peachy at the internet giant. The company reported less than impressive results with net…

Purported Anonymous video appeals to world to speak out against SA [Update]

A person purporting to be a part of online hacker collective Anonymous has posted a message and video appealing to the wider hacktivist community…

WhatsApp comes under fire for violating international number privacy laws

Uh oh. WhatsApp, the must-have app for smartphone owners everywhere, is in trouble because it apparently contravenes international piracy laws. Canadian and Dutch data…

Google Map Maker volunteers make North Korea a little less mysterious

North Korea just got a little less mysterious thanks to a group of volunteers on Google’s Map Maker service. The internet giant announced the…

Anonymous denies stealing data from Sony’s servers

According to Sony, a file under the of hacktivist group Anonymous was left its online entertainment network servers. The company hasn’t directly accused the…

Renren’s Wall Street debut off to a soaring start

China’s biggest social network, Renren, made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The company’s shares soared raising $743.4 million through…

Angry Birds creates a flap at this year’s Webbys

The winners of the 15th annual Webby Awards were announced on Tuesday. Famous for identifying the break-out stars of the year, and awarding deserving…

Internet freedom: South Africa doing poorly

As the internet grows and users become more aware of its uses and better ways to use it, so does the concept of its…

Bin Laden’s raid live-tweeter now famous

The Pakistani IT consultant who hoped for a quiet life in a summer resort town in Pakistan has become an internet sensation as the…

‘Operation Iran’ — Anonymous does not ‘forgive’

Anonymous, the free-form leaderless internet hacker group has moved in the last year from its history of being “prankster” group with actions such as…

Europe’s newspaper industry unease about paywalls

There is a growing unease rising in Europe’s newspaper industry. The troubled industry is keeping a close eye on the outcome of experiments by…

Russian search engine reveals details about anti-corruption crusader

Russia’s top internet portal Yandex said Monday it has been forced to divulge financial details about the country’s top anti-corruption crusader to the powerful…

Yahoo breathes sigh of relief: Delicious bought

After trying to unload the ailing social bookmarking service, Del.icio.us, Yahoo must have breathed a sigh of relief when on Wednesday it was able…

Become a BlackBerry App Master and win a trip to San Francisco!

Research In Motion (RIM), the company behind the BlackBerry® solution and the highly anticipated BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet is offering an all-expenses-paid trip to San…

One year after the ‘Like’ button, Facebook launches ‘Send’ button

Facebook on Monday began letting members of cozy cliques formed at the social networking service share website links or photo albums without all their…

Sony’s Playstation Network still offline following security breach

Almost three weeks after an attack by the hacktivist group, Anonymous, Sony’s PlayStation Network remains offline as the Japanese electronics giant works to rebuild…

Zuckerberg, Huffington and Bieber — The online influencers

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Larry Page and Wikileaks’ infamous editor Julian Assange are among the online personalties to grace this year’s Time magazine’s list…

Nokia partners with Microsoft to retake mobile market?

Any list of the handsets that created the mobile phone industry will undoubtedly be filled with mobiles from Finnish mobile phone company, Nokia. However,…

iPhone 4 & 3G iPad secretly tracking your every movement

Much is made of privacy and security in the digital age and while a lot of it seems overblown there are things to be…

Apple dealing with ‘the mother of all backlogs’

A healthy dose of good news were mixed in with a few worries this week, as Apple reported that it had nearly doubled its…

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