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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…

Mark Zuckerberg: drones are better at internet connectivity than balloons

When Facebook officially announced that it would be using high altitude drones as part of its bid to bring internet access to parts of…

This brand ‘broke up’ with Facebook and Facebook doesn’t really care

If you’ve been anywhere near the internet recently, you’ll have seen them — the posts alleging Facebook is pushing brands’ updates down in their…

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…

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…

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

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

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

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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

Mark Zuckerberg: drones are better at internet connectivity than balloons

This brand ‘broke up’ with Facebook and Facebook doesn’t really care

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

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)

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