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Twitter wants to be a messaging app, Instagram wants to be Snapchat. And that’s missing the point…

Of course Snapchat turning down a US$3-billion offer from Facebook has made everyone sit up and take notice. That’s real money, even for the…

Here we go: video ads are coming to Facebook as early as this week

It’s been long anticipated, but it seems Facebook is finally ready to start rolling out those much-rumoured video ads in your News Feed. Or…

This is the most retweeted tweet of 2013

It’s been another year of hashtags and crazy highs for Twitter, with the social media site fuelling discussion on everything from disasters to celebrity…

#Rewind2013: Watch YouTube’s awesome mashup of the year’s best videos

In case you haven’t noticed, Google.com has a line underneath it today saying “The YouTube moments you’ll remember from 2013, all in one video.”…

Don’t like Facebook? Build your own social network

Social networking has become a huge phenomenon, with a couple of big players dominating the market. Yet if one looks around the web you’ll…

11 world-wide social networks you may not have heard of

The overwhelming power of the English-speaking media would have you believe that social networking services such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are the only…

Activism or slacktivism: Is the web making it too easy?

When Sipho Hlongwane (@comradesipho), a writer and political and social commentator, proudly accepted the ANC Youth League’s disparaging moniker of “Desktop Activist” in March…

Facebook showing real potential as a search engine

With the recent improvements to Facebook’s analytics via the new Insights Dashboard, I did a bit of research into the current search volume on Facebook…

Twitter breaks news, but will it break journalism?

Twitter’s value to breaking news quickly and efficiently is beyond doubt, but the accuracy of the news being reported is far from perfect. This…

Four alternatives to YouTube for video marketing

When it comes to video marketing, YouTube is usually the first video-sharing site that people think of when considering where to submit their video…

Five ways to leverage Twitter without tweeting

As everyone’s favorite micro-blogging platform, Twitter’s high rate of adoption by businesses isn’t surprising. Among other reasons, Twitter’s large user base, especially in countries…

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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Here we go: video ads are coming to Facebook as early as this week

This is the most retweeted tweet of 2013

#Rewind2013: Watch YouTube’s awesome mashup of the year’s best videos

Five ways to leverage Twitter without tweeting

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