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Wikipedia wants photos of your country’s monuments

What better way to get all of the world’s monuments in one library than run a contest. Wikipedia has launched a global version of…

Yes, the still images in Nokia’s Lumia 920 promo are also fake

Oh wow… this Nokia Lumia 920 faked promo saga is just getting worse. First the Finnish company admitted that the footage used in the…

China’s Alibaba wants to be bigger than Android

You can’t really accuse China’s tech and online giants of being short on ambition. Not when a company like Alibaba, already likely to pass…

Syrian gov’t supporters hack Al-Jazeera

News agency Al-Jazeera has been hacked for the second time in less than a week. The attack has seen the agency sending out false…

Google Glass goes haute couture at New York Fashion Week

Any dedicated fashionistas who thought they would rather die than be caught wearing Google Glass may just be changing their attitude. This after Google’s…

Facebook will not go to China… yet

So Facebook is not planning on hitting the Chinese markets just yet it seems, big surprise. This according to Facebook’s North Asia director, Jayne…

Mobile apps far outpace mobile browsing, reveals study

When it comes to internet useage via mobile devices, applications far outpace browsing, even though both types of activity are available on almost two-thirds…

Nokahoo! and Yahokia join forces for emerging market focus

Users in emerging markets look set to benefit from the brand new alliance between global Internet powerhouse, Yahoo and mobile heavyweight Nokia. After five…

Comrades Marathon gets a social media boost

The world’s oldest and largest ultra-marathon, the Comrades, is getting social media-savvy in the form of an official Twitter stream that will be live…

Now Zapiro cartoon furore threatens to play out on Facebook

In the wake of last week’s Zapiro cartoon furore over the depiction of the prophet Mohammed, a brand new group has sprung up on…

Twitter provides unfiltered glimpse of SA cricket team morale

Twitter appears to have been embraced heavily by the South African national cricket team, the Proteas — and is providing the public with an…

Kagiso Media to run MSN South Africa

Microsoft and listed media house Kagiso Media have signed a deal which will see Kagiso Media take over the running of Microsoft’s MSN portal,…

YouTube South Africa launches

YouTube, the site where anyone with a video camera and an Internet connection can share their life, art and voice with the world, announced…

Net Prophet: Africa is a sea of opportunity

Free coffee, wi-fi and pumping music tunes was how more than 800 tech geeks, freaks, entrepreneurs and industry leaders were greeted at the Net…

‘Best of the mobile web’ launches for SA users

Durban-based mobile media company, Thumbtribe, has officially launched a directory of what it considers to be the top local mobile sites, called “Best of…

Launch: Office 2010 gets social

At the launch of Office 2010 local Microsoft execs demonstrated how the company’s flagship email application has become more social, and how Excel and…

SA’s Parliamentarians instructed to use Facebook and Twitter

Parliamentary House Chairperson Obed Bapela has instructed South African MPs to improve their computer literacy, including learning how to use and engage with social…

How Google search is evolving right now

When Universal Search was introduced three years ago it was cool, and now it just got better. Google’s “new spring look”, unveiled this month,…

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Will AI Boost or Break South Africa’s Startup Scene?

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Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round, Setting Record in Kenya’s Tourism-Tech Scene

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

GS3 Emzoom R Style review

Dakar dominated by South African built Hilux Evos

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