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WAYN: social travel platform partners with India media group in multi-million dollar deal

Travel and lifestyle social media platform WAYN (Where are you now), has announced a multi-million dollar deal with India Today Group (ITG), a large…

Google scraps free Apps, changes focus to subscriptions

If your business uses Google Apps, listen up. The internet giant will no longer be offering a free version of the service as it…

Archbishop Tutu petitions online for Nobel Peace Prize winner’s freedom

Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu is campaigning for the release of fellow laureate Liu Xiaobo, who is currently under arrest by the…

Meet the new YouTube: cleaner, original channels front and centre

You may notice something a little bit different when you go on to YouTube for your daily dose of cat videos today. The world’s…

SA broadband doubles in two years as mobile data costs plummet

In any emerging market country, getting people online is vital. Studies by the likes of Ericsson have concluded that for every 10 percentage point…

John McAfee found, arrested by Guatemala police

Anti-virus software pioneer and murder suspect John McAfee has been brought to book in Guatemala after weeks on the run from police in Belize….

A messy divorce: no more Twitter cards for Instagram photos

The split between Twitter and Instagram just got uglier. The photo-sharing service has disabled the ability for the social network to properly share photos…

Social networks all abuzz as Mubarak steps down

After eighteen days of protests and pleas on various social media platforms, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak finally resigned. People all around the world are…

State of the Nation address and its ‘drinking game’ trend heavily on Twitter

The State of the Nation address delivered by President Jacob Zuma on Thursday evening, and the drinking game that accompanied it, was Twitter’s number…

Steve Jobs still involved in decision-making at Apple

Apple chief Steve Jobs, three weeks into an indefinite medical leave of absence, has remained involved in the company’s strategy and product development, the…

Where in the world is CrowdFund?

Almost a year ago, or eleven months ago to be precise, a brilliant crowd-based angel investment project was introduced to the South African tech…

Nokia chooses Windows Phone 7 OS for smartphones

In a dramatic break from the past, Nokia and Microsoft have banded together in the fast-growing smartphone marke to offer Windows Phone 7 as…

Facebook Pages get a facelift

Facebook Pages will soon get a major upgrade. On Friday morning, Facebook sent an email to Page administrators informing them about the new redesign….

MXit enters mobile payments game with wiWallet

MXit has signed an exclusive agreement with wiWallet, that will soon make it possible for MXit’s 10-million active users to make use mobile payment…

Yahoo debuts ‘digital newsstand’ for the tablet age

Every day sees new and more sophisticated products being added to the tablet ecosystem. On Thursday Yahoo! announced it is building a digital newsstand…

Smartphones, tablets to outsell PCs in 2011

For the first time in history, sales of tablets and smartphones will outnumber personal computers this year as consumers begin using a wider variety…

Innovative African mobile company wins prestigious UN award

The South African based research and development arm of the international telecommunications group, Telfree, has been awarded the Outstanding Regional Achievement Award for Excellence…

Curtain comes down on iconic ‘Guitar Hero’ game

The days of pretending to be a guitar hero are over. Activision Blizzard, the company behind the popular music videogame “Guitar Hero”, has announced…

HP enters the tablet wars with the ‘screaming fast’ TouchPad

The tablet wars are hotting up with the news that US computer powerhouse Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday unveiled a TouchPad tablet computer as its entry…

Facebook and YouTube unblocked for Syrians

Syrian government recently announced they would lift a five-year-long block on Facebook, YouTube and Blogger. The authorities issued no statements regarding the development, but…

Sweeping changes afoot at Nokia as CEO warns of ‘burning platform’

Something major is brewing in the boardrooms of Finnish mobile giant, Nokia. The rumours were confirmed by a leaked internal memo from dynamic new…

Howzit MSN relaunches with more local content

South Africa’s alleged most visited homepage, Howzit MSN, has relaunched with more local content, some additional unique channels and social networking convergence. Howzit MSN,…

French ship brings faster internet to Cuba

Cuba now has the promise of better internet connection with the arrival of a massive submarine fiber optic cable on its Cuba. Though most…

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