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Donald Trump’s birthday on Twitter is surreal hell

If you were interested in reading the US President’s statements on a shooting involving US Congressmen yesterday, chances are you went to Twitter first….

Twitter cracks down on bots, but not ‘fake news’

Twitter has announced that it is deepening its efforts to eradicate bots on its platform, but is letting its users figure out what is or…

JK Rowling’s Twitter persona is weirdly fake

In 2015, Noma Dumezweni was cast as Hermione in the then-upcoming Cursed Child. Harry Potter fans, who had long been asserting that black Hermione…

Cape Town Railway Station trends on Twitter after riot, train fire

Update #2, 10.40pm: Cape Town’s Metrorail service again took to Twitter suggesting that it cannot at present confirm how the train fire will affect…

Winter in the Western Cape: Instagram laced with weekend snow pictures

Last week’s cold front brought some extreme weather to South Africa’s Western Cape. Along with driving rain and gale-force winds in Cape Town, it…

Corbyn vs May vs Twitter: UK elects a hung parliament, the internet reacts

Yesterday, the United Kingdom voted in their snap election called for by Prime Minister Theresa May. May, who was hoping to increase her Conservative…

#KnysnaFire: locals turn to Facebook, WhatsApp for help

Social media, for all its pitfalls and swathe of untruths, is seemingly the best way to keep abreast of new information emanating from a…

50% of YouTube’s traffic is now from mobile

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has revealed that 50% of views on YouTube now come from mobile phones and tablets. This is impressive growth considering…

Twitter saves Twitpic’s domain and archive at the last minute

We reported last week that Twitpic was shutting down. It was going to close shop on 25 October and that all the photos on…

Lion’s Head, Devil’s Peak and Northcliff Hill spark SA’s latest Twitter war

Twitter‘s a cavalcade of strange people with even stranger opinions. Take the #ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence trending hashtag yesterday after the Oscar Pistorious verdict if you need…

HONOR X9c Redefines Rugged Smartphones with Unmatched Durability and Smart AI Features

South Africans Embrace AI: 71% Excited About Future Impact, New Survey Reveals

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

Conservio raises $1M to expand sustainable travel

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

Dakar dominated by South African built Hilux Evos

Elkann to create Jeep and Stellantis Meta(morphosis)

Afeela is Honda’s luxury EV – with Sony tech

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Donald Trump’s birthday on Twitter is surreal hell

Twitter cracks down on bots, but not ‘fake news’

JK Rowling’s Twitter persona is weirdly fake

Cape Town Railway Station trends on Twitter after riot, train fire

Winter in the Western Cape: Instagram laced with weekend snow pictures

Corbyn vs May vs Twitter: UK elects a hung parliament, the internet reacts

50% of YouTube’s traffic is now from mobile

Twitter saves Twitpic’s domain and archive at the last minute

Lion’s Head, Devil’s Peak and Northcliff Hill spark SA’s latest Twitter war

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