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Twitter officially launches filters, takes Instagram fight to next level

The Twitter versus Instagram episode just went from messy divorce to a no-holds-barred bare knuckle fight. Just hours after Instagram officially shut off card…

SA school kids lobby for free Wikipedia

A group of South African learners are lobbying operators in that country to provide them with free access to Wikipedia. The open source encyclopedia…

Meet Mehr, Iran’s alternative to ‘inappropriate’ YouTube

Iran is launching Mehr (meaning “affection”), an alternative to YouTube which the theocracy declared “inappropriate” in 2009. The site is meant to attract Persian-speaking…

Instagram officially kills Twitter photo integration

The divorce is final. As of today Instagram has officially killed off photo integration with Twitter. Last week users began noticing that Instagram photos…

South Korea volunteers wage all out war…on porn

In South Korea, a volunteer army is fighting what may be the most futile war imaginable. All they’re armed with is their computers and…

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…

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….

Android outsells iPhone for first time in US

Google’s Android surged past Apple’s iPhone last quarter and is closing in on the Blackberry as the most popular smartphone platform in the United…

Huffington Post bought by AOL for $315-million

In a major vote of confidence for one of the world’s most well-respected blogs, US internet provider AOL will buy The Huffington Post, a…

New dating website ‘steals’ photos from Facebook

In an ironic case of art imitating life, a freshly-launched dating website that lets visitors seek mates by sifting through profile pictures mined from…

That’s it folks. The internet is over

The global warehouse for Internet addresses has run empty. The non-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) doled out its last five…

Iconic shoe designer Kenneth Cole puts his foot in it on Twitter

The ability to fire off a tweet in a matter of seconds without really thinking about the consequences is as much a blessing as…

Mobile operators need new revenue models to cope with data usage

Mobile operators are facing a crisis which requires innovative thinking. Rocketing smartphone use could drive mobile operators into losses in three years unless they…

LG to unveil world’s first full 3D smartphone

LG will unveil the world’s first full 3D smartphone, the LG Optimus 3D handset, at the 2011 Mobile World Congress – offering consumers a…

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