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Microsoft tries to convert Safari users to the Bing side

Microsoft is urging Safari users to switch from Chrome to Bing. If you find yourself suppressing the urge to burst out laughing at that…

SA, UK hacker team wins big at international event

A team of South African and UK hackers has won big at the Mobile Pwn2Own competition in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The team, comprising four…

Google updates Android Maps, hints at alternative for iOS users

When Apple’s iOS 6 launched yesterday, it marked the official death of Google maps as a native feature on Apple devices. Like a jilted…

US tech giants form lobbying group in bid to curb online regulation

US online giants including Facebook, Google, and Zynga have banded together to form a lobbying alliance. The aim of the alliance is to prevent…

Yahoo! sells 17% of its Alibaba stake

Yahoo has inked a deal to sell a portion of its stake in Chinese internet powerhouse Alibaba. The deal, which comes just months after…

Samsung to open Silicon Valley R&D centre

Korean tech giant Samsung looks set to open a research and development centre in Mountain View, California. If you’re wondering why that sounds familiar,…

Facebook expands ‘pay to promote’ test, lets more users highlight posts

If you feel like your Facebook posts aren’t getting enough attention, a solution may be at hand. The biggest blue social network is expanding…

Cell C launches PhotoCode application

Cell C, in conjunction with BeeTagg Pro, have announced a major push into usingQuick Response (QR) technology with a new service dubbed Cell C…

‘Antennagate’: Apple responds to the pressure

The company that models itself on perfection has admitted that it is less than perfect. “We screwed up,” admitted Apple’s enigmatic CEO Steve Jobs…

Wikipedia, SA govt unwittingly call Blatter a penis

The South African government has unwittingly referred to FIFA President Sepp Blatter as a “Bellend” — a popular British slang name for the tip…

South Africa, Naspers and the Facebook connection

Emerging market internet media giant Naspers has announced that it will acquire a 28.7% stake in Digital Sky Technologies (DST), the Russian internet company…

Apple ‘cracks down’ after iPhone 4 antenna flaw report

According to TiPb, the unofficial iPhone blog, Apple routinely deletes threads from its forums at discussions.apple.com if they are complaints. This time however, the…

Emerging markets drive mobile subscriptions over the 5 billion mark

Last week marked yet another milestone in communications when the five billionth mobile subscription was added to the count, thanks largely to emerging markets…

Google Zeitgeist: Zakumi, Vuvuzelas and the infamous Suarez moment

The vuvuzela has certainly been one of the biggest talking points of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and has since crossed beyond South Africa’s…

News24 launches iPad app

News24, one of the largest online publishers in Africa, has continued their strong push into mobile computing by launching an iPad application to complement…

Huge growth reported in emerging market mobile advertising

Growth in the world-wide mobile advertising market is up dramatically, and is particularly strong in emerging markets, says global mobile media company BuzzCity. South…

Zoopy launches iPhone app

The guys from Zoopy, a major African video sharing site, have released their official iPhone app, which allows users to view and share videos…

CAR, Getaway magazines to be available on iPad

South African online publisher RamsayMedia has announced it is to make digital editions of its titles available on iPad “within weeks”. The media house…

Saul Klein: Price of SA broadband an ‘absolute disgrace’

One of South Africa’s most successful exports, web entrepreneur and venture capitalist Saul Klein, has labelled the cost of broadband in his home country…

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

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

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV