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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…

Twitter set to up mobile game downloads with its new ad product

Twitter is reportedly on the verge of launching a new mobile ad product aimed specifically at app makers. According to Bloomberg, the product will…

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…

Twitter now lets you stick multiple photos in a tweet and tag people

Yeah, a picture’s worth a thousand words… but sometimes you need more than one snapshot to get your point across. With Twitter’s latest update,…

So, who is following the world’s biggest companies on Twitter?

Sometimes, on slow days, you’ll be forgiven for thinking that your brand’s Twitter followers are either only active once a year or composed of…

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,…

Turkey’s over-the-top attempt to block Twitter is more strategic than you think

Following the blocking of Twitter in Turkey, startups and tech giants including Twitter found alternative ways for Turks to access the social network —…

Here’s the number one reason that nobody’s interested in your LinkedIn profile (yet)

Do you put yourself out there, ask people to link up with you via LinkedIn, and then all you hear is… crickets? There could…

#FirstTweet: revisit your very first tweet with cool new tool

As Twitter heads into its eighth year, the social network thought it might be a good idea for users go to take a back…

No symbols? Twitter looks into fading out @replies (and maybe hashtags)

As Twitter moves into the next stage of its life (it’s a publicly listed company now, you know), it’s being faced with a task:…

When AI Sees What We See – Why Its “Vision” Feels Weird (and Slightly Creepy)

The Comic Chaos of Sassy Smart Homes

Optasia’s $375 Million JSE IPO Could Redefine African AI Fintech

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

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

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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

Twitter set to up mobile game downloads with its new ad product

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

Twitter now lets you stick multiple photos in a tweet and tag people

So, who is following the world’s biggest companies on Twitter?

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

Turkey’s over-the-top attempt to block Twitter is more strategic than you think

Here’s the number one reason that nobody’s interested in your LinkedIn profile (yet)

#FirstTweet: revisit your very first tweet with cool new tool

No symbols? Twitter looks into fading out @replies (and maybe hashtags)

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