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Cape Town Marathon’s runners tell their story through Instagram

42.2km is pretty far to travel in a car, let alone on foot, but that’s what these athletes overcame at the Cape Town Marathon…

YouTube goes social, launches a community tab for creators

YouTube is now going beyond being a video-sharing platform and is implementing a community tab that is meant to strengthen the bond between creators and…

Instagram adds word filter for comments moderation

Instagram’s latest play in the battle against comment spam and abuse is a rather simple one. According to a new blog post published on…

Weekend News in Tweets: Twitter remembers September 11, SA racks up the medals

News moves at the speed of social media in today’s world, and that’s especially the case on the weekend. Take a look at the…

Twitter: DMs now feature ‘read receipts, typing indicators’

Twitter is slowly morphing into an instant messaging platform, thanks to a gaggle of new features in its Direct Messages feature added this week….

Here’s what Twitter thought of the Apple iPhone event

Catch all of our iPhone 7 launch coverage as well as additional Apple news on Gearburn here and here. From James Corden and Tim…

YouTube censorship: what’s all the big fuss about?

If you haven’t heard by now, YouTube content creators have been up in arms this week as their old videos will no longer gain…

Facebook takes a stab at Twitter with international TV partnerships

You may have heard about Facebook’s latest plans to compete with Twitter help broadcasters get some idea of how its users react to their…

Twitter IPO: what you should know before buying stock

Twitter is that little step closer to listing, with documents released yesterday. The filings reveal that the social network has 218.3-million active monthly users…

Twitter officially files for $1bn IPO, no profit in sight though

Yup, it’s official. Twitter has filed to raise US$1-billion in its initial public offering. Among the details revealed in the company’s SEC filing is…

Facebook messenger available on any phone, thanks to this technology

Digital security company Gemalto has recently expanded its LinqUs Facebook for SIM software application to include Facebook Messenger. This means that non-smartphones will have…

Facebook gets creepier, adds status updates and posts to Graph Search

Think all your old rants and status updates are safely tucked away in some forgotten corner of Facebook? Think again. The social network site’s…

Viral stars and Lady Gaga: YouTube is throwing its own music awards show

Watch out, VMAs, YouTube is coming for you. Yep, the video sharing site has announced that it will be hosting its own music awards…

Ex FNB head honcho Michael Jordaan named Mxit chairman

This is big. Former FNB CEO Micheal Jordaan has been appointed chairman of mobile social network Mxit. Jordaan, who retired from FNB after a…

Facebook goes deeper into data for TV networks

The battle for the second screen is on — and Facebook’s taking another step towards proving to broadcasters that it can provide them some…

Samsung Celebrated for Transformative Tech by Consumer Technology Association

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

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Social

Cape Town Marathon’s runners tell their story through Instagram

YouTube goes social, launches a community tab for creators

Instagram adds word filter for comments moderation

Weekend News in Tweets: Twitter remembers September 11, SA racks up the medals

Twitter: DMs now feature ‘read receipts, typing indicators’

Here’s what Twitter thought of the Apple iPhone event

YouTube censorship: what’s all the big fuss about?

Facebook takes a stab at Twitter with international TV partnerships

Twitter IPO: what you should know before buying stock

Twitter officially files for $1bn IPO, no profit in sight though

Facebook messenger available on any phone, thanks to this technology

Facebook gets creepier, adds status updates and posts to Graph Search

Viral stars and Lady Gaga: YouTube is throwing its own music awards show

Ex FNB head honcho Michael Jordaan named Mxit chairman

Facebook goes deeper into data for TV networks

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