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Busted: Nokia caught cheating on Lumia 920 promo video

Well now, this is a little bit awkward. Nokia has been caught out using a different camera in wait for it… its promo video…

Foxconn compensates for labour shortages with forced ‘internships’

Just when you thought Foxconn’s reputation couldn’t get any shadier. The manufacturing giant is reportedly recruiting students from nearby universities for two month internships…

Why Julius Malema now owns his largest spoof account

Former ANC Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema has been the butt of a number of internet jokes and parodies in the South African…

Measuring the global web: which country comes out top?

It seems that Sir Tim Berners-Lee has just quantified the web. While the idea of developing a system to measure the value and impact…

Eric Schmidt: 1.3m Android device activations a day

At any big tech launch, the product is the main attraction. But given that Motorola’s launch event tonight was the first since the company…

Google pushes major new map developments

Looks like Google’s cartography department has been busy in the last little while. The internet giant today announced three new developments in its map…

FBI says it never had stolen Apple UDIDs

Well now. This is interesting. The FBI says it never had any of the Apple UDIDs claimed to have been stolen by hacker group…

Google Buzz up there with Julius Malema says Time Magazine

Time Magazine has named Google Buzz as a “loser” in a list of the magazine’s “Least Influential People of 2010“. Google’s attempt at social…

Local duo profit from ‘don’t touch me’ craze

Two local technology enthusiasts have cleverly seized on the “Don’t Touch Me On My Studio” internet meme by opportunistically registering the domain “donttouchmeonmystudio.co.za” and…

New study reveals all about SA’s Twitter users

A new report claims there are 1,5-million tweets every month in South Africa and 55 000 active Twitter users in the country, with the…

Small SA web design company announce deal with Posterous

A small South African web design and development company, Obox Design have announced a deal with well-known international blogging platform Posterous to supply custom…

Google SA boss quits for new ‘Africa-wide’ venture

South Africa’s Google boss, Stephen Newton, has quit to “pursue other entrepreneurial activities”, reports the company. The news that the well-liked Newton is leaving…

Swiss company develops innovative VOIP app based on local platform

A Swiss-based telecommunications company, TelFree, has made ripples recently with the launch of an innovative Skype-like VOIP service developed right here in our very…

SA politician releases ‘secret’ Eskom dossier on Facebook

According to business newspaper Business Report, a Democratic Alliance (DA) politician has released a “secret” document about the country’s main electricity utility via Facebook….

Internet Solutions rolls out its 700th hotspot

Internet Solutions (IS) says it has rolled out its 700th Wi-Fi hotspot in South Africa, just in time for the FIFA 2010 Soccer World…

Vodacom launches multiplayer social mobile game

The Grid, Vodacom’s location-based mobile social network, has launched Legends of Echo, a multi-player social game for mobile phones that allows players to battle…

Vodacom to release ultra-cheap web-focused netbook

Vodacom, the South African subsidiary of worldwide mobile giant Vodafone, has been working on and is close to releasing a new, ultra-cheap internet-focused netbook…

BetTech secures multi-million rand seed funding

Software development startup BetTech Gaming has announced that it has secured a multi-million rand seed funding packet from South African venture capital firm, 4Di…

Clay Shirky to headline South African web conference

Clay Shirky, one of the world’s leading thinkers and writers on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies, will be the keynote speaker…

How Google Earth played role in historic fossil find

It has emerged that Google Earth played a key role in what has become known as one of the most significant palaeoanthropological discoveries of…

Vodacom to allow free mobile browsing via Opera Mini

Vodacom announced on Thursday that from midnight on Friday 9 April, for four consecutive weekends, Vodacom subscribers will be able to browse the web…

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