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Google Docs to ditch Office 1997-2007 format (.doc, .xls, .ppt) on 1 October

Google made announcements to upcoming changes to its popular Google Docs system this week which will affect its ability to export documents to older…

Bad Piggies on track to repeat Angry Birds success

Following up a hit is never easy, but it looks like Rovio’s going to do just fine with its latest title Bad Piggies. The…

LG joins Samsung patent suit brigade

Just when you think Samsung has its hands full enough fighting off Apple in court, LG decides to join the fray. The South Korean…

Russian giant Mail.Ru launches social browser

Looks like a Russian front just opened in the browser wars. Internet giant Mail.RU has launched a socially integrated web browser called Amigo. The…

Brazil Google head arrested over refusal to remove YouTube video

Brazilian officials have arrested Google’s President of Brazil Operations Fabio Coelho after YouTube refused to take down videos criticizing a mayoral candidate in the…

Twitter is big in emerging markets: just ask China, India and Mexico

Well this is interesting. Twitter’s most active country is China, where the Great Firewall is meant to keep it out. According to a new…

Hootsuite’s new feature: All about conversation and collaboration

Popular social media management tool Hootsuite has announced a new feature dubbed HootSuite Conversations. This new addition to the services offerings allows users to…

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…

FNB announce host of PayPal features, plan to implement Rand

South African bank First National Bank (FNB) rolled into a crisp and windy Cape Town last night with a challenge to entrepreneurs to embrace…

Google throws weight behind new media in Africa

Google this year will bring four speakers and trainers to the influential pan-African journalism gathering, Highway Africa, to be held in Grahamstown at the…

Desmond Tutu, former Ghana president at major new media event

A major Africa-focused new media conference, Highway Africa, is to focus on “African Voices in the Global Media Space” from the 4th-7th of July…

Could social networking actually be a threat to democracy?

Most analysis about social networking tends to focus on the phenomenon’s utopian qualities, but rarely take the dystopian view which focuses on its negative…

It’s all going wrong for the iPhone 4

The new iPhone 4, Apple’s latest installment of their acclaimed smartphone, seems to be having a less than ideal launch, with consumers around the…

iPhone 4 in SA early September, now also includes MTN

MTN subscribers will not have to fork out large boodles of cash to get their hands on the new Apple iPhone 4 because the…

Vuvuzela frenzy: Now embedded in YouTube. Sigh.

YouTube is the latest to join the world-wide frenzy over the vuvuzela. The South Africa instrument’s distinctive drone can now be heard by any…

Vuvuzela iPhone app now a world-wide top seller

A Dutch mobile development company has shot to fame (or notoriety depending on your point of view) for building a Vuvuzela iPhone app that…

Financial Times crowdsources growth strategy with SA company

The London-based Financial Times, a leading global newspaper specialising in ﬁnancial and business news, has commissioned a South African company to help it crowdsource…

African Google Doodle winner squares off against international competition

Young artists from all around South Africa have been have been hard at work creating Google doodles for the search giant’s “Doodle 4 Google”…

Netflix Paramount Trump Clash Escalates As Streaming Power Meets Political Pressure

The Future of Forex Brokers in South Africa – Consolidation, Regulation, or Exit?

Kimi K2.5 Enters the Global AI Race Against ChatGPT 5.2 and Its Rivals

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

OPPO Reno15 Series Lands In South Africa With Big Cameras And Bigger Battery Ambitions

OPPO Reno15 Series Brings Flagship-Level Hardware Logic to the Mid-Tier in South Africa

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

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