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The Mayer effect: Yahoo! shares hit new 18-month high

So it may not actually be in talks with Facebook for a search deal, but investor confidence in Yahoo! is higher than it has…

Color: the app that never had a chance closes down

After creating massive initial buzz and getting US$41-million in funding for development, the free for iPhone social networking app Color has been shut down….

Blogging on the run: John McAfee swears to keep site alive if captured

Anti-virus pioneer and now murder suspect John McAfee has vowed to keep his blog alive if he’s captured by Belizian authorities. McAfee is the…

Opera launches streaming music service in Russia

Norwegian software outfit Opera has announced the launch of a streaming music service in Russia — one of the markets where its mobile browser…

Microsoft upsets advertisers with do-not-track

Microsoft’s new default “do not track” setting on its internet browser is a major boost for privacy activists, yet online advertisers are up in…

Running Android 4.2? Christmas is cancelled

If you’re running the latest iteration of Android, you might not get to experience Christmas this year. Well not on some apps on your…

Apple App Store hits 1-million approved apps

When it comes to app stores, it seems to be all about the numbers. A number of otherwise complimentary reviews have been tainted by…

Paypal to help set up e-commerce hub in China

US online payment service Paypal has agreed to help set up an international e-commerce hub in southwestern China as more foreign companies cash in…

World’s largest internet market just got larger

The world’s biggest online market just got bigger. There are now 450-million Chinese internet users, which is just over a third of the country’s…

US mayor tweets through snow crisis

While other officials took heat for their lame response to paralysing US blizzards, Newark’s mayor ingeniously used Twitter and earnt himself political kudos for…

Groupon raises $500m

Internet sensation Groupon, which specialises in dishing out local bargains, says it has raised $500-million, just weeks after rejecting a multi-billion-dollar takeover bid by…

Egyptian president urged to free jailed Facebook user

Reporters Without Borders has issued a joint call with rights groups for Egypt’s president to intervene after an Internet user was sentenced to jail…

China cracks down on VOIP phone services

China wants to restrict Internet phone services — a move that could affect thousands of businesses and individuals making cheap calls via web-based communications…

Skype brings video calling to iPhone, iPod, iPad

Skype has finally launched a new application for the iPhone, iPod and iPad allowing video calls via its popular service. The latest version of…

Memeburn’s tech winners of 2010: Apple, Microsoft, Zynga, WikiLeaks

At times the technology stories of 2010 read like the pages of gossip magazines. Ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd’s sex scandal — slander or truth?…

Memeburn’s tech losers of 2010: Google, Yahoo, netbooks, paywalls

Most of the widely publicised failures of the year have happened to the most successful companies — organisations that can easily weather experimental projects…

Yola signs ‘potentially massive’ deal with HP

Yola, the South African-based company that provides tools allowing anyone to build a simple website, has signed “a potentially massive” partnership deal with global…

Artificial intelligence to transform web: Russian tycoon

The emergence of artificial intelligence will transform the Internet industry and social networking over the next decade, says Russia’s leading web tycoon. The low-profile…

Technology predictions from the past about the digital economy

When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was named Time’s Person of the Year, the magazine was in fact reviving a decades-long theme it appropriately recognised…

Best tech company of 2010 goes to…

Apple dethroned Microsoft as the world’s most valuable technology company in 2010 as its co-founder Steve Jobs soared to new heights with the touchscreen…

Gadget rockstar of 2010: The tablet computer

Yearning for an Internet-linked gadget bigger than a smartphone but smaller than a laptop merged with always-connected lifestyles to make tablet computing a defining…

Apple pulls WikiLeaks app from app store

Apple has removed an unofficial WikiLeaks application for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad from its App Store because it violated its guidelines for…

Pakistani firm creates top selling Blackberry app

Photo editing software developed by Pakistani technology firm Five Rivers became the best selling paid-for application for the Blackberry, the firm said Wednesday. Lahore-based…

R19,000 for Bass? Sony Tests South Africa’s Audio Appetite

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iGaming FAQ: Answering the Most Common Questions for South African Players

Why MVNOs are gaining ground — and how Huge NXTGN is accelerating the shift

How UVU Accelerate is Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in South Africa

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

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