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Tough luck, Google: Maps and Search are losing market share in China

It seems clear which direction Google Maps and Search is heading in China: down. In the search game, Chinese traffic stats company CNZZ has…

Foursquare intensifies recommendation with ratings

Foursquare really is growing up. The location-based social platform has launched a new rating system to help users gauge how much people love a…

Obama and Romney’s apps are tracking you way more than you think

The iOS apps for both President Barack Obama and presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s campaigns are tracking users and communicating with external sources, such as…

Google-backed project rolls out Wi-Fi hotspots in major Kenyan cities

Internet users in Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya can now connect to cheap Wi-Fi on the go following a continuing roll out by search…

Samsung breaks another record, has now sold 30m Galaxy S IIIs in 157 days

Well, things seem to be going well at Samsung. The South Korean giant is the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world, it announced last…

Anonymous starts its attacks: don’t worry, Facebook is still there… for now

Today is the day that hacker group Anonymous will start to hack, deface and cause general mayhem on certain sites around the world. The…

South Korean gov’t to crack down on internet addiction

South Korea’s government is close to adopting a “Cinderella” law to ban youngsters from playing online games past midnight amid growing concerns about internet…

China’s Baidu seeks to expand across web as Google China declines

2010 has been an exceptional year for Chinese search engine “Baidu”. The name means “hundreds of times”, and comes from an ancient Chinese verse,…

‘Do Not Track’ button proposed for online browsing

In an effort to balance privacy concerns with internet innovation, US regulators in charge of protecting the privacy of consumers are proposing safeguards including…

Free Wi-Fi: A Xmas gift from Skyrove

Holidaymakers will be able to take advantage of free Wi-Fi access at over 650 Skyrove hotspots across South Africa this December as part of…

Amazon terminates hosting service for WikiLeaks

Amazon, after coming under fire for hosting WikiLeaks, booted it from its servers on Wednesday, prompting the whistleblower website to shift to Web-hosting services…

Samsung’s Galaxy tablet ready to take on iPad

It’s interesting to note that last Christmas, anybody asked if they wanted a “tablet” would probably have thought they were being offered a pill…

Jumo.com: Facebook co-founder launches charitable social network

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who left the social network to work on the online arm of Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, launched a new venture…

Indian, Chinese tech firms partner to take on Western brands

Indian technology companies are growing in confidence, and with the help of cheap Chinese manufacturing, these new brands are launching thick and fast, determined…

WikiLeaks faces second cyber-attack in three days

WikiLeaks used its Twitter account on Tuesday to reveal that it was under a new cyber attack, just three days after a similar incident…

Chinese Twitter clone Fanfou makes a comeback

Fanfou, a Chinese Twitter clone that was shut down by authorities last year amid fears it was fanning unrest in the country, has apparently…

WikiLeaks’ next bombshell could ‘take down a bank or two’

In an interview with Forbes magazine WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has claimed a fresh “megaleak” will target a major US bank “early next year”….

‘Hacktivist’ takes credit for WikiLeaks shutdown

A computer hacker known as the “Jester” who calls himself a “hacktivist for good” is taking credit for temporarily taking down the WikiLeaks website….

Tablet computers take a bite out of PC sales

Worldwide personal computer sales are on track to set a new record this year but tablets like Apple’s iPad are taking a bite out…

Tencent gearing up for Facebook challenge?

It looks like Chinese internet giant Tencent is gearing up to take on Facebook. A report indicates plans by the company to offer users…

American woman mistaken for a cricket match

An American woman with the Twitter name @theashes who was bombarded by messages about cricket was offered a free flight to Australia and started…

A glimpse of the future: Pay TV declines in the face of broadband

The economic downturn has US cable television companies shedding subscribers in record numbers and Americans increasingly “cutting the cord” in favour of cheaper online…

ASUS and AMD Launch AI-Driven Expert P Series PCs for South African SMBs

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