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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…

Shoprite Checkers claims world first with mobile coupons app

Popular South African retail outlet Shoprite Checkers has announced the launch of its mobile coupon app Eezi Coupons, which enables consumers to get shopping…

Mobile HIV service to launch on World Aids Day

Aids kills millions of people around the world every year, many of whom don’t know that they’re HIV positive. Others do know their status…

Tajikistan government officially outlaws Facebook in the country

In an order given yesterday by the Tajikistan Office of Telecommunications, all internet service and mobile providers have blocked public access to Facebook. This…

Russia’s Mail.ru to end its search partnership with Google come 2013

It seems that Russian internet group Mail.ru plans to go it alone in the new year. Its front page search is currently partially powered…

RIM: 50+ carriers now have integrated billing for BlackBerry App World

Canadian smartphone manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) says people on more than 50 mobile carriers can now buy apps from the BlackBerry App World…

Opera gives 70m Brazilians access to app store in partnership with TIM

Opera has partnered with Brazilian mobile operator TIM to launch the TIM App Shop, which will be powered by the Opera Mobile Store. According…

SA filmmaker makes YouTube’s ‘Life in a Day’ cut

South African, Kjell Bismeyer’s clip entitled ,’Elephants swimming by moonlight‘, will be included in the film Life In A Day, a cinematic experiment which…

Trillion-dollar forecast for gadget sales

Global gadget sales may top one trillion dollars this year for the first time ever. Organisers at the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) in Las…

‘LePad’: The combined laptop and tablet

Chinese computer colossus Lenovo has unveiled an IdeaPad computer that serves as a laptop for work tasks then converts to a touch-screen tablet for…

A glimpse of our ‘always-connected’ future

Smarter devices, homes and cars for the “always-connected lifestyle” are taking centre stage as the annual Las Vegas-based Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Slick new…

Microsoft sold 8m Kinects in first two months

Microsoft sold more than eight million gesture-sensing Kinect controllers for Xbox 360 game consoles in just two months, says the company’s chief executive Steve…

‘Proof’ from China that the iPad 2 will have a camera

Protective cases for the second generation iPad are being sold on Chinese e-commerce website Alibaba — even before Apple has launched the new device…

Twitter turned down $500m Facebook offer

Twitter apparently turned down a 500 million dollar purchase offer from the social networking site Facebook in 2008, according to the Financial Times. In…

‘We’re going to be up to our armpits in crappy tablets’

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicks off in Las Vegas on Thursday but the hottest device around, and the trailblazing company that makes…

Facebook now worth more than Boeing

Social-networking behemoth Facebook could now be worth more than US aerospace giant Boeing and media company Time Warner. This new valuation is as a…

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…

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