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Facebook’s new feature will turn it into a digital shopping mall

In its never-ending quest to connect the world and make loads of cash doing it, Facebook has today announced a new shopping advertising format…

You can now use Facebook Live from your computer

As of yesterday, friends around the world can use their poor quality in-built webcams to Facebook livestream themselves sitting at home doing nothing. Just…

Facebook struggling to get live TV you’d want to watch

Facebook has been working very hard to establish itself as an inevitable competitor in the TV industry. Last month, the company hired former MTV…

Lancewood cheeses Facebook Messenger bots to bring you novel recipes

Humans have been sending other humans emoji for thousands of years now, so it’s only right that the system should be used by brands….

Facebook brings Snapchat Story clone to Messenger

Another day, another clone. Facebook has launched Messenger Day for it messaging app, a month after it gave WhatsApp the unnecessary and underused WhatsApp Status. The feature…

Immersive Facebook 360 app hits the Samsung Gear VR

Facebook has released an app that makes finding 360 degree photos and videos that much easier on Gear VR, the company announced yesterday. Facebook…

Facebook cleared in fake news defamation case

Last month, Syrian refugee Anas Modamani filed a lawsuit against Facebook after a barrage of fake news linked an image of him and German…

Facebook’s going to use drones and lasers to bring the world online. Serious.

We thought Google’s Project Loon sounded like an equal mix of ambitious and crazy, but now Facebook’s joined the game too. CEO Mark Zuckerberg…

Facebook’s Oculus buyout has resulted in some brilliant memes: here are our favourites

Ah the internet… always making jokes and finding the humour in every billion dollar acquisition. While Kickstarter backers of the Oculus Rift are losing…

Here are the winners and losers in Facebook’s $2bn Oculus VR deal

Right now the guys behind the Oculus Rift virtual reality gaming headset are probably at the tail-end of an epic celebration. Think about it,…

Mark Zuckerberg calls President Obama to rant about his NSA frustrations

Sorry, Barrack, but Zuck is not impressed with your snooping… and he’ll tell you so. The social network founder and CEO is trying to…

10 years on, we’re still getting Facebook ROI all wrong

As Facebook celebrates its 10th anniversary with record advertising revenue and more than a billion users, most marketing types admit they’re still not sure…

Facebook News Feed makeover: simpler experience, bigger pictures, less grey

Last year Facebook started rolling out an updated News Feed to some of its users across the globe only to find that they hated…

Facebook ads: pay up or get lost in the noise

If entertaining an increasingly attention-divided online audience wasn’t already difficult enough, Facebook has made a strategic move that forces brands to invest in advertising….

Facebook’s WhatsApp acquisition: wasted billions or a clever mobile play?

On 19 February 2014, Facebook announced that it reached an agreement about the acquisition of WhatsApp, one of the leading mobile messaging services, for…

Remember Facebook.com email addresses? They’re going away

You might recall that, in one of its bids to be everything on the internet to everyone, Facebook introduced email addresses a few years…

Even with WhatsApp, Facebook still doesn’t own Asia

News broke this morning that Facebook has acquired WhatsApp for a whopping $19-billion. What does this deal means to Asia, a continent filled with…

WhatsUpp with Facebook buying WhatsApp? An investor’s perspective

Make no mistake, Facebook buying WhatsApp is absolutely huge. In fact, it is one of the biggest tech deals done in a while. A…

6 things you might not know about the Facebook, WhatsApp deal

The inevitable happened… Facebook bought an instant messaging service. After its denied attempt at purchasing SnapChat way back when in internet time, Mark Zuckerberg…

WhatsFace: Facebook to snap up WhatsApp for $19B in cash, stock

Boom! Did you see that coming? Facebook says that it has reached an agreement to acquire WhatsApp, for a total of about US$16-billion, including…

4 things Facebook’s data scientists know about your relationship

Data geek? You’ll love this. In the run up to Valentine’s Day, Facebook’s data science team has put together a series of posts exploring…

Facebook kicks down gender walls, adds 50+ new identity options

When you’re asked to fill in your gender on most forms, you usually get two choose from one of two options: male or female….

Darth Vader’s ‘look back’ video is the best thing since Facebook

Spent enough of your time watching your life go past and peaking into your friends’ Facebook existences? Aww, don’t write off those nostalgic Look…

South Africa’s Tourism Comeback Accelerates as Arrivals Surge Past Pre Pandemic Levels

JSE Expands Its SME Rise Capital Matching Roadshow to Gauteng and Limpopo as Demand for Funding Surges

MTN Expands Black Friday Into Black FriYAY With Bigger Deals and Added Value Across SA

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Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

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Black Friday – The Tech Deals South Africans Are Actually Hunting For

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