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Middle East, Africa to see highest cloud traffic growth through 2016

The cloud isn’t a weird abstract concept any more, it hasn’t been for a while now actually. Global cloud traffic is growing massively, especially…

Crowdsourced traffic app Waze gets a fresh lick of social paint

Collaborative traffic and navigation app Waze has just launched its latest update, which features some snazzy new social tools. Waze calls itself the world’s…

AfricaCheck: Africa’s ‘first’ dedicated fact-checking site

Africa’s first website set up exclusively to fact-check public debate launched today. Called Africa Check, the site was developed by the non-profit arm of…

Disney to acquire Lucasfilm for $4bn, release new Star Wars movie in 2015

So… Disney is buying Lucasfilm. Yes, that Lucasfilm — the one behind the Star Wars franchise — is being acquired by The Walt Disney…

Dear Japan, installing Windows 8 doesn’t make your PC touchscreen

Oh Japan, you beautiful crazy country. Media reports from the tech-obsessed Asian country suggest that people misunderstood what happens to your PC when you…

Russia’s Mail.ru set to go global with My.com

When it comes to online names in Russia, you don’t get much bigger than Mail.ru. Now the company is looking to expand its global…

Google Play Music gets serious: adds more songs, primes for European launch

Despite the fact that the press launch was cancelled due to hurricane Sandy, Google still débuted its new Nexus phone, larger tablet and an…

Auschwitz launches online Holocaust study programme

Museum authorities at the site of the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Wednesday said they were launching an online study programme to…

Beatles sell two million songs on iTunes in first week

The Beatles sold more than 450,000 albums and over two million individual songs in the week since their music appeared on Apple’s iTunes, Billboard…

Insurance industry sets its sights on social networking

News reports put Facebook as the most visited website in the US in March this year, having more visits than Google for the first…

Google to do biggest YouTube movie deal yet?

Google has been gradually adding professional content to YouTube in a bid to attract advertisers and turn a profit with the site it bought…

Wikileaks to release three million more secret documents

Whistleblowing website WikiLeaks said Monday it was planning to publish nearly three million more secret documents in its next mass release of confidential material,…

‘iPad a completely new product’ after latest OS update

Apple released the latest version of its mobile operating system on Monday bringing multitasking, folders, a unified inbox and wireless printing to the iPad….

Tencent, Qihoo need to ‘strengthen professional ethics’: Chinese govt

Two of China’s leading internet companies, Tencent and Qihoo, have been forced by the Chinese authorities to issue public apologies over a nasty spat…

‘Social’ still a key part of Google’s strategy

Internet search behemoth Google said social media was “absolutely” part of its strategy and would be embedded in “many of our products” but played…

Chinese woman sentenced to labour camp over a tweet

A Chinese woman sentenced to a year in a labour camp could be the first person in the country persecuted over a tweet, human…

Facebook moves into MySpace

MySpace this week began letting members tap into entertainment preferences expressed in Facebook profiles in a deepening of ties with the firm that snatched…

Twitter likes Facebook, sends friend request

Two of the internet’s hottest stars want to be friends, but they just don’t know how. “We are talking to them often to see…

Amazon moves into the movie business

Amazon is getting into the movie business. The online retail giant announced the launch on Tuesday of Amazon Studios, inviting filmmakers and screenwriters to…

Bored of Farmville? Here comes Cityville

Social network game developer Zynga has unveiled “CityVille,” the first globally released online game built by the hot startup behind play hits “FarmVille” and…

Tiger Woods takes to Twitter

Tiger Woods took his Twitter account for a spin on Wednesday, trying out the social networking site and deciding “I think I like this…

MTN Clinches SA’s Best Network Title Again – Backed by Data and R14bn Infrastructure Push

Xiaomi’s “Screens for Change” Powers Township Esports With Purpose and Mandela’s Legacy

SAVCA 2025 Industry Awards Spotlight Africa’s Most Ambitious Private Capital-Backed Innovators

Ecentric and MoneyBadger Partner to Bring Bitcoin Payments to South African Retailers

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

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves