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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…

YouTube drumming sensation Cobus Potgieter forms band… on YouTube

If you’ve ever typed the words “epic” and “drummer” into your YouTube search bar, chances are you’ve come across Cobus Potgieter. Now Potgieter, a…

Lenovo’s RIM acquisition not on the cards

Last week, a Bloomberg report suggested that Chinese electronics giant Lenovo was interested in acquiring struggling BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM). Apparently that…

China’s jail-break free app piracy service set to go global

Earlier this month Tech in Asia looked at KuaiYong, a rogue app store that allows iPhone and iPad users to install pirated apps without…

Twitter rolls out ad network in Middle East, North Africa

Twitter is targeting the Middle East and North Africa in a big way. The social network has reportedly opened commercial operations in the UAE…

Samsung rounds off 2012 with $8-billion in operating profit in Q4

It’s no secret that Samsung had a pretty great 2012. The Korean manufacturer dominated the high-end smartphone market with its best selling Galaxy S…

Vodacom launches faster internet

South Africans, always suffering from chronic insufficiency when it comes to internet connectivity have increasingly come to rely upon mobile operators when accessing the…

Vodacom and Mxit to host the Mobile Media Mindblast conference with Google

The three biggest players in South African mobile marketing are hosting the first ever Mobile Media Mindblast on 3 June 2011 in Cape Town….

Obama visits Facebook headquarters

President Barack Obama will head to Facebook’s headquarters on Wednesday to tout his budget cuts to followers of the social media powerhouse, which he…

Nigeria unseats South Africa as Africa’s biggest Opera Mini user

Software company Opera, announced yesterday that Nigeria has taken the place of South Africa as the country in Africa with the highest number of…

Watch out internet it’s the ‘Iran-ternet’!

Though the protests failed to overthrow the regime, it was in Iran that the true might of the internet as a tool for freedom…

ProPublica wins Pulitzer with digital-only series

For the first time ever, a Pulitzer Prize was awarded for a ‘digital-only’ story. ProPublica, a non-profit news startup, scooped up a Pulitzer Prize…

The official Nelson Mandela Twitter account is live

Though no figure was given, it was widely believed that the 2009 “transfer of control” of the @cnnbrk Twitter account — which at the…

Chinese social network IPO hopes to raise $583-million

China’s most popular social network Renren filed for an initial public offering in the United States on Friday in the hopes of raising as…

Net Prophet offers mentorship opportunity to budding tech startups

Net Prophet, South Africa’s technology startup event, is offering promising technology start-up ventures the opportunity to receive three free days of personal hands-on mentoring…

ANCYL no longer wants to shut Twitter down

After the ruckus over how Twitter is a place for “desktop activists” who are disconnected from the masses, the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) has…

African developers to compete on innovative Android mobile apps

Every day more than 300 000 Android devices are activated globally. A growing number of these mobile device activations are in markets across Africa,…

Arianna Huffington dismissive of ‘unpaid bloggers’ lawsuit

Arianna Huffington, co-founder of The Huffington Post, has dismissed as “utterly without merit” a lawsuit filed against the website claiming compensation for unpaid bloggers….

Google shares drop 5% after first quarter earnings report

Despite reporting a US$2.3 billion profit, Google shares fell in after-hours trading on Thursday as the internet giant’s earnings came in slightly below Wall…

Google’s search algorithm is a never-ending work in progress

The head of Google’s search evaluation team shakes his head dismissively at the idea of anyone thinking the firm’s winning internet-sifting formula is completed….

RIM CEO abruptly stops BBC interview citing ‘national security issue’

“Alright, so it’s over, [the] interview’s over. Please, you can’t use that Rory, it’s just not fair… We’ve dealt with this, this is a…

Greenpeace wants Facebook to ‘unfriend’ coal and ‘Like’ green energy

A few member of environmental activism group, Greenpeace, were outside Facebook headquarters on Wednesday, calling on the social network to “unfriend” coal energy for…

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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