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Who knew GIFs were this valuable? Facebook buys Giphy for a reported $400m

In today’s news that’ll make you go “What. Wait, really?” Facebook has acquired a GIF platform for a reported $400-million. Moving pictures have never…

Messenger Rooms lets you and 49 friends spend lockdown together

Sick of getting Zoombombed? Facebook on Thursday started rolling out its video conferencing competitor dubbed Messenger Rooms. Located within Messenger, Rooms probably doesn’t feel…

Instagram’s new features let you micromanage comments more effectively

Instagram is bringing a suite of improved management tools to those who enjoy micromanaging their accounts. The move, according to the social network, is…

YouTube now counters misinformation with verified info panels in searches

YouTube will now provide info panels when users search for videos about COVID-19. In a blog post published on Tuesday, the video giant detailed…

Twitter to strip 5G conspiracy tweets that could fuel violence

Twitter will now remove posts that could incite harmful actions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced on Wednesday. “We have broadened our guidance…

WhatsApp’s latest beta increases the group call limit to eight participants

WhatsApp in its latest beta versions is increasing the limit of voice or video group call participants to eight. Earlier this month the company…

Instagram is making it easier to support small businesses during lockdown

Instagram this week made it easier for users to purchase gift cards or host fundraisers for small businesses. “Businesses can share new gift card,…

Facebook will stop preinstalling its apps on Huawei devices

A report by Reuters on Friday revealed that Facebook has suspended pre-installation of its mobile apps on Huawei devices. This means that Huawei phones…

Tito Mboweni’s latest late night culinary journey involved a tin of Lucky Star

Finance minister Tito Mboweni on Thursday evening was once again cooking with Twitter open as he live-tweeted his latest culinary adventure. Kicking off a…

Adding music to your Instagram Stories? You can now include song lyrics too

In May, The Verge reported that Instagram was testing a song lyrics feature for the music stickers in Instagram Stories. Today, the social network…

YouTube to remove supremacist, hateful content and limit misinformation

YouTube on Wednesday announced that it will be removing and prohibiting supremacist, hateful content on the platform in an ongoing attempt to clean itself…

South Africa wants the Proteas home early after a third Cricket World Cup loss

If you think South Africa’s serious about its politics, wait until you see it react to its national sports teams underperforming. Case in point:…

Instagram is letting companies ‘promote’ influencers’ posts as ads

Instagram is about to shove even more advertising down your throat according to a new blog post on Tuesday. The social network announced that…

Instagram now welcomes landscape videos on IGTV

Instagram will now let users upload landscape videos on IGTV, the platform’s video upload channel. This means that both the landscape and vertical video…

You can’t save contacts’ profile pics on WhatsApp’s latest iOS beta

If you’re using WhatsApp on an Apple device there are a few interesting if not flat-out inconvenient changes coming to the app. As spotted…

T-Series becomes the first YouTube channel to hit 100m subscribers

T-Series is the first YouTube channel to crack 100-million subscribers. The milestone was hit on Wednesday, with congratulations from YouTube itself coming a day…

Tito Mboweni, South Africa’s ‘minister of cooking’, is live-tweeting a beef stew tutorial

He may spend all day balancing books, but Tito Mboweni seemingly also knows how to balance those flavours. The minister of finance, unofficial minister…

Go to bed, South Africa: President Ramaphosa to announce his cabinet ‘later this week’

Were you preparing for President Cyril Ramaphosa to announce his cabinet in the early hours of the morning… you know, like our former President?…

Twitter ‘thanks’ outgoing premier Helen Zille for her work in the Western Cape

Helen Zille will this week step down as the premier of the Western Cape, as the new provincial and national legislatures are sworn in….

YouTube’s changing how subscriber counts appear on channels

YouTube on Wednesday revealed that it will be changing the way channel subscriber counts appear on the platform. “To create more consistency everywhere that…

Millions of Instagram celebs’ data reportedly exposed online

A report by TechCrunch on Tuesday revealed that millions of popular Instagrammers’ personal data was exposed after a public database was discovered online. The…

Trump, Android and Apple? Twitter weighs in on Huawei’s trade war woes

Huawei was last week banned from trading in the United States, causing a ripple effect over the company’s ties with Google and Android. It…

Why Some Apps Feel Like a Digital Comfort Zone

Female tech founders in South Africa can win up to R1.9 million to scale their innovations

Search.com launches AI chat that pays users and publishers

REdimension Capital closes R250m property tech and sustainability fund

Why the ‘Ego Tax’ is Costing Your Business

South African Women Entrepreneurs Get It Right

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

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

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Who knew GIFs were this valuable? Facebook buys Giphy for a reported $400m

Messenger Rooms lets you and 49 friends spend lockdown together

Instagram’s new features let you micromanage comments more effectively

YouTube now counters misinformation with verified info panels in searches

Twitter to strip 5G conspiracy tweets that could fuel violence

WhatsApp’s latest beta increases the group call limit to eight participants

Instagram is making it easier to support small businesses during lockdown

Facebook will stop preinstalling its apps on Huawei devices

Tito Mboweni’s latest late night culinary journey involved a tin of Lucky Star

Adding music to your Instagram Stories? You can now include song lyrics too

YouTube to remove supremacist, hateful content and limit misinformation

South Africa wants the Proteas home early after a third Cricket World Cup loss

Instagram is letting companies ‘promote’ influencers’ posts as ads

Instagram now welcomes landscape videos on IGTV

You can’t save contacts’ profile pics on WhatsApp’s latest iOS beta

T-Series becomes the first YouTube channel to hit 100m subscribers

Tito Mboweni, South Africa’s ‘minister of cooking’, is live-tweeting a beef stew tutorial

Go to bed, South Africa: President Ramaphosa to announce his cabinet ‘later this week’

Twitter ‘thanks’ outgoing premier Helen Zille for her work in the Western Cape

YouTube’s changing how subscriber counts appear on channels

Millions of Instagram celebs’ data reportedly exposed online

Trump, Android and Apple? Twitter weighs in on Huawei’s trade war woes

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