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US becomes second country to get Facebook’s promoted posts for people

Looks like Facebook is serious about letting individual people pay to promote their posts. The social networking giant announced late yesterday that people in…

Streetview arrives on Google Maps iOS web app

Good news iOS map haters. Google has rolled Street View on its web app for iOS. The feature, which rolled out this morning, is…

Twitter partners with Nielsen to launch ‘Twitter Surveys’ for brands

Twitter has just announced that it is partnering with research powerhouse Nielsen to launch a new feature called Twitter Survey. The new feature will…

Send your Facebook profile to Cape Town with this awesome campaign

This is potentially very cool. It’s a new campaign that lets you send your Facebook profile on a dream holiday — that you could…

Samsung cries juror misconduct in Apple patent case

This is starting to feel like a soap opera. Samsung has asked the judge to throw out the US$1.05-billion ruling in the epic Samsung/Apple…

CW network launches live Twitter feed ad in ‘Entertainment Weekly’

This is pretty damn cool. In the latest edition of Entertainment Weekly, the CW Television Network has taken out an innovative new ad. The…

LinkedIn gets Twitterish, now lets users follow key ‘thought leaders’

So it seems that LinkedIn really is moving swiftly on from the Twitter divorce with its own Twitterlike feature. The professional social network today…

Twitter.com exploited, then fixed! As you were…

What passes for normality has returned to the Twittersphere, and a “malicious flaw” that appeared on the micro-blogging platform appears to have been fixed….

Afrikaans music extravaganza, Skouspel, upset by tweeting rappers

Two Afrikaans rappers, Jack Parow and Snotkop have upset the organisers of Skouspel, Afrikaans music’s biggest festival, with their Twitter updates. Traditionally, the lineup…

Pigspotter is dead. Long live pigspotting!

The vicious dragnet of the South African police force is closing in on @pigspotter, trapping him in a vice-like grip from which there is…

Naspers’ internet buying spree continues with new social network purchase

South African media giant Naspers has added to its growing collection of global internet businesses, recently buying a “controlling interest” in social networking site…

iPhone 4 arrives for MTN, Vodacom subscribers

Cellular network operators Vodacom and MTN are reporting that the sought-after iPhone 4 will be available to subscribers in major city centres as early…

Sir Tim Berners-Lee on future of mobile, net neutrality and privacy

Anyone with some web pedigree will know who Sir Tim Berners-Lee is. He’s a computer scientist and MIT professor credited with inventing the World…

Notorious SA tweeter receives huge support

The best thing that ever happened to @pigspotter was the news that he was being searched for by members of the Johannesburg Metro Police…

Kenyan scoops $1m in Nokia mobile app challenge

John Waibochi of Virtual City, from Kenya, on Thursday scooped the Nokia $1,000,000 Growth Economy Venture Challenge at Nokia World. Launched at CES 2010,…

Internet Explorer 9 to ‘unlock beauty of web’

Microsoft has unveiled what it is calling its “fastest, safest” internet browser yet, saying Internet Explorer 9 will redefine the way ordinary consumers interact…

Twitter ‘not a social network’ says Twitter exec

Twitter is not a social network says Twitter Vice President for Business and Corporate development Kevin Thau, it’s all about news. “Twitter is news….

Major SA news site struggles with relaunch

It should have been a moment of triumph for Independent Online (IOL), the digital branch of the Independent Newspapers group, with a glossy media…

Google to host G-South Africa for developers, entrepreneurs

Some of Google’s best engineers, product managers, and business leaders will be speaking about Google’s open web and mobile technologies in Cape Town on…

Carte Blanche experiment allows viewers to choose stories via Facebook

Johannesburg-based news and actuality show, Carte Blanche, has become one of the few TV programmes worldwide to combine social media and live television, effectively…

Vodafone data reveals what we are using our phones for

If you think the mobile phone is all about phoning, you would be wrong. One of the fastest growing segments in the mobile industry,…

Nokia announces ‘fightback’ in smartphone market

Nokia wants the world to know that it is the big kahuna in the smartphone market. Despite unrelenting hype around iPhone and Android devices,…

#CapeShame bakkie found by e-tv reporter

The bakkie at the centre of the #CapeShame saga was discovered at 6PM on Monday evening by e-tv investigative reporter Lester Kiewitt, but Kiewitt…

Partnerships in the Spotlight as Everlytic Celebrates 15 Years

Opera Mini Helps South Africans Stay on Top of Every Game

High End Devices Unlock Superior Mobile Experiences in South Africa

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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