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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…

German gov’t warns against IE: Microsoft promises fix

The German government has issued a warning, urging the country’s people not to use Internet Explorer. No, it’s not because it thinks Microsoft’s stock…

400 million people are now on Google+

Think no one is using Google+? Think again. It seems the social network is reporting record growth. Apparently 400-million people have signed up to…

Baidu plants a flag for Chinese nationalism

This is interesting. In a show of nationalism, Chinese search giant Baidu today put up a doodle depicting a Chinese flag planted on the…

WhatsApp gets its first roaming plan, but is it a day late?

Anyone who’s left their mobile data turned on when travelling overseas knows that it can result in a massive bill when you get home….

Gazuma: A new option for mobile gamers

SkillPod Media, a recent ﬁnalist in the Excellence in the Management of Systems category of the Technology Top 100 (TT100) awards, claims to have…

MTN says zero chance of Facebook Zero

Despite providing access to Facebook Zero in seven African countries where it operates, international mobile service provider MTN has no plans to make the…

Seedcamp to jump-start African entrepreneurs

Seedcamp, a European micro-seed fund that invests in early stage startup companies, will be jetting into Johannesburg later this year to identify African startups…

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…

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