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Twitter mourns ‘Green Mile’ star Michael Clarke Duncan

Michael Clarke Duncan, best known for his starring role in 1996’s The Green Mile, has passed away aged 54. According to a statement from…

Preparing for the next disaster: Japan sets up emergency information site

According to The Wall Street Journal’s Japan Real Time blog, the Japanese government is aiming to create an improved system for spreading emergency information…

Does Bruce Willis read Memeburn? His ‘fight’ with Apple says he might

Last week we wrote an article about what happens to your digital legacy when you die. The basic premise being that whatever digital music…

Rocket Internet woes continue with mass Nigerian layoffs

Looks like things aren’t exactly rosy at ecommerce cloning giant Rocket Internet at the moment. A couple of weeks ago, he company revealed that…

Mobile overtakes fixed-line web in India

It’s finally happened, ahead of schedule too. More people in India now access the web via mobile than fixed-line access. The latest data from…

Freddie Mercury Angry Bird is the most awesome yet

Check this out. It’s Freddie Mercury re-imagined as a character from Angry Birds, mustache, hairy chest and all. The character is part of the…

Spanish film takes first YouTube ‘Your Film’ festival honours

YouTube’s come a long way from being just a platform for sharing frivolous online videos. Heck, it’s now somewhere that serious filmmakers can share…

Mobile social network partners with TV station to create country ‘mood maps’

The Grid, South Africa’s only location-based mobile social network, has partnered with e.tv to show the daily mood of the country during the morning…

Q&A with SpeakZA founder

Sipho Hlongwane is one of the more popular contributors on the Mail & Guardian Online’s Thought Leader blog. At the end of March, he…

Reinventing the @NewsCycle #Eugene

The murder of South African white supremacist Eugene Terre’Blanche early on Saturday evening is arguably one of the biggest news events in South Africa…

Google highlights 2010 hotspots

With just over two months until the kickoff of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, Google’s aggregated search results data shows a significant spike in…

New SA crowd-source fund hits R1-million

Crowdfund is the South African tech industry’s latest step toward fostering a culture of angel investment for online start ups in South Africa, and…

Google’s new China approach

Google has taken the bold step of ceasing to censor their search services — Google Search, Google News, and Google Images — on their…

Google rolls out real-time search in South Africa

Google on Friday announced that the real-time search features it rolled out internationally last year will now be available on its South African search…

Bloggers now a regular PR target, shows survey

A world-wide survey conducted by global public relations (PR) company, Text 100, indicates a “mainstreaming” of blogging in most markets, with many bloggers reporting…

ISP shakes up market with major broadband offer

South Africa appears to be a step closer to having an internet experience like the rest of the developed world after local internet service…

Crowdsourced marketing site delivers Allan Gray mobile strategy

Idea Bounty is a website created by South African and London-based web agency, Quirk eMarketing, that looks for “Big Creative Ideas” for their clients…

Augmented reality for everyone?

Metaio has released a completely new version of its open augmented reality browser junaio, taking further steps in enabling everyone to create and experience…

Google releases new Chrome beta

Google on Tuesday launched a new beta version of its Chrome browser, which includes a number of new innovations including additional privacy controls for…

SA self-published author makes it onto Kindle

Self-publishing your book successfully in South Africa is one thing, self-publishing your book as an e-book on the Amazon Kindle is what some would…

‘First ever’ crowdsourced ad competition to showcase SA

South Africa’s International Marketing Council (IMC), custodian of Brand South Africa, is sponsoring a first of its kind online ad competition to crowdsource creativity…

SA’s soccer zeitgeist

With just more than 100 days to go until the FIFA World Cup and as soccer fever takes over South Africa, Google Zeitgeist has…

Smartphone the surprise newcomer in mobile race

Smartphones have made a dramatic entry into corporate South Africa, far surpassing general consumer use or small business use. This is a surprise finding…

Elon Musk’s Controversial Salute

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

Temu Survey Reveals Price is King for South Africans

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

Elkann to create Jeep and Stellantis Meta(morphosis)