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Tweeted bomb threat sees plane carrying Sony president diverted

A tweeted bomb threat, allegedly from a group of hackers, saw a plane carrying Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley diverted and forced to…

Twitter now adds tweets to your timeline it thinks are ‘popular’ or ‘relevant’

A few days ago, we reported that Twitter was running an experiment by adding favourited tweets to some users’ timelines — meaning that they…

Latest Michael Jackson single ‘A Place With No Name’ debuts on Twitter

“A Place With No Name”, the latest single from Michael Jackson’s posthumous album XSCAPE has premiered on Twitter. The video for the song, which…

8 Reasons small businesses should use Facebook ads

With websites continuing to proliferate unabated, small businesses find themselves grappling with the question of how to reach an increasingly fragmented audience in the…

The genie is out of the bottle, and he’s tweeting now

Six weeks ago I wrote a piece for one of South Africa’s Sunday papers, the Sunday Times, on the role that Twitter plays in…

Twitter community rallies to stop tweeted suicide attempt [Updated]

A Twitter community in South Africa rallied to prevent a potential suicide this weekend, as a Durban-based mother of two dramatically tweeted an attempt…

MXit in talks to sell stake to local investors [Rumour]

Rumours are circulating around the industry that the popular instant messaging application and mobile social network, MXit, is about to be sold to new…

Google+ is the golden ticket to the chocolate factory of social media

Social media is no longer just about Twitter and Facebook. Granted, at the time of their release, both of these entities rewrote the rules…

Yes there’s a tech bubble, but will it burst anytime soon?

“This time it’s different”. It’s always different. When Cisco hit US$80 a share in 2000, making it the most valuable company in the world…

The hope and horror of Oslo as told on YouTube and Twitter

There was little the rest of the world could do but sit back and watch in shock as the events in Oslo unfolded on…

What’s not working (yet) with Google+

Despite shattering all records by gaining 10 million users in two weeks, and another 8 million the following week, Google+ is hardly the polished…

Tips to protect your profile as Google+ malware increases

Only launched at the end of June, Google+’s growth — having already reached more than 10 million users in its first weeks — has…

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

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

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Tweeted bomb threat sees plane carrying Sony president diverted

Twitter now adds tweets to your timeline it thinks are ‘popular’ or ‘relevant’

Latest Michael Jackson single ‘A Place With No Name’ debuts on Twitter

8 Reasons small businesses should use Facebook ads

The genie is out of the bottle, and he’s tweeting now

Twitter community rallies to stop tweeted suicide attempt [Updated]

MXit in talks to sell stake to local investors [Rumour]

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