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Instagram went down on Mean Girls Day

Today is not just a Wednesday, it is also October 3rd, more commonly known as Mean Girls Day. Many fans of the pop culture…

Instagram’s new boss is Adam Mosseri

Instagram has a new “head” in the form of its vice president of product, Adam Mosseri. The company’s co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger,…

Viral video: Indonesia island hit by tsunami after strong earthquake

Indonesia has a storied and frightening history with tsunamis, and on Friday, it was given a stark reminder. A 7.7-magnitude earthquake which struck off…

A train at Cape Town Station is on fire (once again)

A train at Cape Town Station is reportedly on fire, according to a number of eyewitness reports. Twitter users on Friday afternoon uploaded pictures…

SA government asks Twitter users to stop sharing videos of Dros rape

The South African government has asked citizens to not share a video of the alleged rape of a little girl in a Dros in…

The internet thinks this Namibian teen is Regina George from Mean Girls

Doppelgangers are instant viral internet fodder, but even more so when the person in question looks like Regina George from Mean Girls. A 16-year-old…

Watch a kayaker get slapped in the face by an octopus-wielding seal

They say practically every animal is designed to kill things — including humans — in Australasia. A recent viral Instagram post proves this theory….

Taking to the tweets: South Africa’s relationship with protests and Twitter

Just recently EFF leader Julius Malema criticised South Africa’s Twitter activists for thinking the platform was enough to effect change. But South Africans are…

Instagram update adds user gallery uploads

Instagram users can now upload multiple images within a single gallery, the company announced Wednesday. “With this update, you no longer have to choose…

Budget Speech 2017: South Africa protests on the streets & Twitter

Today, South Africa’s minister of finance Pravin Gordhan will deliver his annual Budget Speech to the nation. Although proceedings officially get underway at 2pm…

Rain in Johannesburg, drought in Cape Town: SA’s weather according to social media

As boring as it might seem, the weather has been a massive talking point for South Africans in 2017. And no, it’s not because…

WhatsApp Status: will it be a Snapchat clone?

Who knew that WhatsApp originally started out as a way to leave status messages, so others knew what you were up to? Well, it…

#AskThePublicProtector: South Africans troll Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Twitter

The South African government should know by now: Twitter does not take anything seriously. So when it created #AskThePublicProtector, it should have come as no…

#DeleteUber 2.0: ex-Uber engineer details sexual harassment

Less than a month after users boycotted Uber due to CEO Travis Kalanick’s ties to US President Donald Trump, a former employee has sparked new outrage…

YouTube reportedly ditching long, unskippable ads

YouTube’s in-video advertising will undergo a transformation in the coming months, this according to a new report by Campaign. The report suggests that the…

Tropical Cyclone Dineo in pictures: devastation captured on Twitter, Instagram

UPDATE: 17 Feb, 1.17pm: The Middle Letaba Dam in Limpopo is reportedly 102% full. Community members have been alerted. #Dineo Water and sanitation department says…

Disable Facebook autoplay videos on all platforms: a how-to guide

Few things are more annoying than runaway videos on your devices thanks to Facebook autoplay. You can be mindlessly scrolling through your timeline one…

Facebook videos will now autoplay on your phone with sound

Facebook announced yesterday that it will roll out a feature that plays sound on videos whenever a phone’s sound is on. “People are watching and…

Update: Now YouTube scares PewDiePie by dropping his show

Hours after Disney announced they would no longer be affiliated with PewDiePie (AKA Felix Kjellberg), YouTube announced that they had cancelled his show and…

Julius Malema criticises South Africa’s Twitter activists

At an EFF press conference this afternoon, party leader Julius Malema denounced the actions of South Africans who see Twitter as the highest form…

Disney ditches YouTube star PewDiePie over antisemitic videos

Disney announced yesterday that they would no longer be working with Swedish YouTuber PewDiePie — real name Felix Kjellberg — after it was revealed…

Kale Salad: the Twitter account honouring meme creators

Tired of seeing the Dory accounts and Common White Girls of the world get thousands of retweets for stolen content? You’re not alone! Plenty…

China’s Weibo is now worth more than Twitter

Twitter is just not having a good end to the decade. After disappointing Q4 2016 financial results marred the platform’s active role in the…

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Instagram went down on Mean Girls Day

Instagram’s new boss is Adam Mosseri

Viral video: Indonesia island hit by tsunami after strong earthquake

A train at Cape Town Station is on fire (once again)

SA government asks Twitter users to stop sharing videos of Dros rape

The internet thinks this Namibian teen is Regina George from Mean Girls

Watch a kayaker get slapped in the face by an octopus-wielding seal

Taking to the tweets: South Africa’s relationship with protests and Twitter

Instagram update adds user gallery uploads

Budget Speech 2017: South Africa protests on the streets & Twitter

WhatsApp Status: will it be a Snapchat clone?

#AskThePublicProtector: South Africans troll Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Twitter

#DeleteUber 2.0: ex-Uber engineer details sexual harassment

YouTube reportedly ditching long, unskippable ads

Tropical Cyclone Dineo in pictures: devastation captured on Twitter, Instagram

Disable Facebook autoplay videos on all platforms: a how-to guide

Facebook videos will now autoplay on your phone with sound

Update: Now YouTube scares PewDiePie by dropping his show

Julius Malema criticises South Africa’s Twitter activists

Disney ditches YouTube star PewDiePie over antisemitic videos

Kale Salad: the Twitter account honouring meme creators

China’s Weibo is now worth more than Twitter

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