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Google doodle pays tribute to original geek Ada Lovelace

Today’s Google Doodle pays tribute to an OG, original geek that is. Ada Lovelace was the daughter of poet Lord Byron, but was also…

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….

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…

Facebook moves to massive new Silicon Valley campus

Facebook on Tuesday announced plans to move its fast-growing operations to a sprawling Silicon Valley campus once home to Sun Microsystems. Facebook, which turned…

Is the traditional bookstore doomed?

It is a known fact that traditional booksellers are struggling from the onslaught of eBooks and web 2.0 technology. The current woes of large…

Groupon backpedals on offensive Superbowl ad

After an embarassing gaffe at the Superbowl, internet start-up Groupon was on the defensive as it faced outrage for running an advertisement that highlighted…

Online security firm feels the wrath of Anonymous

Early on Monday morning the anarchist movement Anonymous released a torrent containing over 44 000 leaked private emails belonging to security firm HBGary‘s Aaron…

Real book page numbers for Kindle

On Monday Amazon released a preview version of a Kindle software update, Kindle 3.1, which matches the exact page numbers as the paper version….

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV