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Browse your Instagram feed on the web now

Since its launch in October 2010, Instagram’s been a mobile-only company. Now though, the photo-filter and sharing app just took a step toward the…

Dell confirms it has gone private in a $24bn buyout

It’s official: Dell has gone private, according to New York Times DealBook. After weeks of rumours and speculation, the computer marker has announced that…

Meet Facebook’s potential new (and creepy) location-sharing app

It seems Facebook is in the process of developing an app that tracks the locations of its users. The application, which is expected to…

Twitter buys social TV analytics company Bluefin Labs

Twitter is really taking this social television business quite seriously. Last year it partnered with research house Nielsen to launch “Nielsen Twitter TV Rating”….

A farewell to clones? China’s first Dropbox copycat closes

China’s first major Dropbox clone was created by Chinese web company Shanda back in 2010. Shanda was previously best known for its e-book store…

Chrome and Firefox talk to each other

Here is one for the developers. It’s always nice when tech companies play nice together, especially when both companies are in direct competition. Google…

Dell’s road to buyout almost at an end

It’s getting to crunch time for computer maker Dell. According to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, the company is…

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…

Webby Awards nominees announced, from Angry Birds to the BBC

With a plethora of award shows, Hollywood devotes an entire season to discovering who was the best of the best, but for the web,…

Trump Wants To Sue Trevor Noah, The Grammys Got Messy, And X Is Absolutely Eating It Up

What South Africans Need To Know About The New Face Of Banking Fraud

What A $500 Million Trump-Linked Crypto Deal Signals For Web3 In 2026

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

OPPO Reno15 Series Lands In South Africa With Big Cameras And Bigger Battery Ambitions

OPPO Reno15 Series Brings Flagship-Level Hardware Logic to the Mid-Tier in South Africa

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

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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