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RIM renames BlackBerry App World, launches $10k developer programme

BlackBerry today announced a series of updates in the run up to the launch of BlackBerry 10 on 30 January. Speaking at a BlackBerry…

Tour the Okavango Delta with Google Street View

Anyone who’s a fan of nature documentaries knows that Botswana’s Okavango Delta is one of the world’s most unique wildlife regions. Now you can…

Samsung gets sued again, this time by Ericsson

Samsung appears to be surrounded on all fronts in the smartphone patent wars. The latest company to take issue with South Korean tech giant…

Apple axes Maps head in wake of customer backlash

Looks like Scott Forstall wasn’t the only one to get the chop for Apple’s disastrous maps fiasco. The Cupertino-based giant has also axed the…

Emerging markets, ecommerce give Naspers big revenue boost

Emerging markets internet and media giant Naspers has announced revenues of R23-billion (US$2.6-billion) for the six months leading up to 30 September. That represents…

Is the internet poised to get an owner?

Who owns the internet? Anybody will tell you that no-one owns the internet. It consist of about 40 000 networks interconnecting with some 425…

Elon Musk wants to go to Mars… you can go too

Billionaire entrepreneur and CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk, has his sights firmly set on Mars. Yes you read that correctly. After the very successful…

Russian hackers target Mail & Guardian Online, site taken down

The Mail & Guardian Online, one of South Africa’s oldest and most respected sources of news and opinion, has been taken offline after an…

Cell C heads for the clouds: A move towards ‘mobile 2.0’

Smartphones have taken the mobile experience from just simple voice calls to a rich social media and application-driven existence. The rise of smartphones mean…

Techies, startups, entrepreneurs pile in for Silicon Cape meet

There’s a growing startup scene at the tip of Africa. And it was more evident than ever at a Silicon Cape networking event on…

Facebook and Twitter for X-Box LIVE comes to SA

Social media integration is all the rage. Only a few months ago Microsoft launched Xbox LIVE, an online multiplayer gaming network, in South Africa…

Online news startup launches with heavyweight backing

Ongo, a subscription-based service backed by The Washington Post, The New York Times and USA Today, launched on Tuesday promising a “new way to…

Egypt blocks Twitter [and possibly Facebook] after day of rising protests

Twitter was inaccessible in Egypt on Tuesday in what was believed to be a move by the government to thwart protesters using the social…

Twitter forecasting 2011 ad revenue of $150 million

Microblogging sensation Twitter is expected to rake in US$150-million in advertising revenue this year, according to a study published Monday. This is largely due…

Google’s Schmidt to get $100-million, possible TV talk show

Google’s outgoing chief executive Eric Schmidt, who is set to step down in April for co-founder Larry Page, is set to receive US$100-million in…

Internet running out of addresses, but talk of ‘Ipocalypse’ dismissed

The internet is running out of addresses, and in the next few weeks the last of the four billion addresses available on the IPv4…

Apple hits 10 billion app downloads, winner nearly blows $10 000 prize

On Saturday, Apple hit the landmark that everyone had been anticipating, registering the 10 billionth download from the App Store, which offers more than…

Bees Awards: World’s best social media campaigns in the spotlight

Twenty leading professionals from all continents across the world will judge excellence in the fast-growing social media marketing industry via the The Bees Awards…

Facebook now valued at $50-billion

Facebook announced on Friday that it had raised $1.5 billion from investors in a private share offering that valued the booming social network at…

HP announces sweeping changes, appoints five new board members

Months after CEO Mark Hurd was forced to resign, Hewlett-Packard announced a major shake up of its board Thursday, the latest in a series…

Dewani trial: Round one to Twitter in the court room

The London judge who is hearing the extradition case of murder suspect Shrien Dewani has ordered that the use of Twitter in the courtroom…

25 years today: The story of the world’s first PC virus

25 years ago today, the world’s first computer virus was born in Lahore, Pakistan — a development that would spawn countless problems for ordinary…

Mobile payment systems making inroads into the US market

In a sure sign of things to come, US coffee chain Starbucks on Wednesday began allowing customers in its US stores to keep their…

Elon Musk’s Controversial Salute

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Will AI Boost or Break South Africa’s Startup Scene?

Temu Survey Reveals Price is King for South Africans

Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round, Setting Record in Kenya’s Tourism-Tech Scene

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

GS3 Emzoom R Style review

Dakar dominated by South African built Hilux Evos

Elkann to create Jeep and Stellantis Meta(morphosis)