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Twitter Support: Tweetdeck, Twitter may be down for some users

Twitter is ironing out a few problems with Tweetdeck and its service at large this morning. The dashboard used by community managers and journalists…

You can now search through your Twitter DMs on iOS

Twitter users on iOS now have the luxury of searching through their DMs to find conversations faster with the platform’s new “DM search” feature….

Update: Looks like Helen Zille and Julius Malema won’t be meeting for tea

Earlier this week, former Western Cape Premier Helen Zille invited EFF leader Julius Malema to be a part of her podcast, Tea With Helen….

Instagram is testing product launch reminders for brands in the US

Instagram on Monday announced the launch of a new test that will allow users to set reminders about upcoming product launches on the platform….

John Cena did Sho Madjozi’s #johncenachallenge on The Ellen Show

During an interview on The Ellen Show on Monday, host Ellen DeGeneres got John Cena to do the #johncenachallenge in honour of the Sho Madjozi…

WhatsApp’s working on ‘disappearing messages’ for more private chats

Disappearing messages could be coming to WhatsApp in the near future according to a new app feature dive by WABetaInfo. The feature sleuth on…

Facebook has begun hiding like counts in Australia

Facebook has officially begun hiding like counts on posts in Australia, a report by TechCrunch on Thursday revealed. According to the publication, Facebook confirmed…

Instagram went down on Mean Girls Day

Today is not just a Wednesday, it is also October 3rd, more commonly known as Mean Girls Day. Many fans of the pop culture…

Instagram’s new boss is Adam Mosseri

Instagram has a new “head” in the form of its vice president of product, Adam Mosseri. The company’s co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger,…

Viral video: Indonesia island hit by tsunami after strong earthquake

Indonesia has a storied and frightening history with tsunamis, and on Friday, it was given a stark reminder. A 7.7-magnitude earthquake which struck off…

A train at Cape Town Station is on fire (once again)

A train at Cape Town Station is reportedly on fire, according to a number of eyewitness reports. Twitter users on Friday afternoon uploaded pictures…

SA government asks Twitter users to stop sharing videos of Dros rape

The South African government has asked citizens to not share a video of the alleged rape of a little girl in a Dros in…

The internet thinks this Namibian teen is Regina George from Mean Girls

Doppelgangers are instant viral internet fodder, but even more so when the person in question looks like Regina George from Mean Girls. A 16-year-old…

Watch a kayaker get slapped in the face by an octopus-wielding seal

They say practically every animal is designed to kill things — including humans — in Australasia. A recent viral Instagram post proves this theory….

South Africa fumes online after girl was raped in Dros restaurant toilet

South Africa’s Dros restaurant chain has come under fire on social media this week after it confirmed a seven-year-old girl was raped in a…

Julius Malema will let JSomething keep his land in an EFF-led South Africa

Thanks to Julius Malema, JSomething and Micasa are trending on Twitter in South Africa today. Also thanks to Julius Malema, JSomething will get to…

Instagram notifications are coming to web browsers, the Lite app

Browsing Instagram on a web browser isn’t the most refined tech experience one can enjoy, but at least it’s getting better. Slowly. Spotted by…

Super Typhoon Trami is even scarier than Florence from space

Planet Earth has seen its fair share of horrifying storms these past few weeks. With Florence ravaging the US east coast earlier this month,…

MTN’s Free Twitter service is coming to an end tonight

Make sure you have data on your account this evening, because MTN’s free Twitter service is coming to an abrupt end at midnight tonight….

Watch: Cape Town’s anti-gangster protestors fired with tear gas

Communities across Cape Town’s gang-ridden areas are today shutting down their suburbs. Residents of Bonteheuvel, Kensington and Manenberg — suburbs on Cape Town’s Cape…

Cyril Ramaphosa’s stimulus package gets social media talking

Remember the early days of President Cyril Ramaphosa rise to power? He was loved across South Africa, and especially on social media. But that…

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Twitter Support: Tweetdeck, Twitter may be down for some users

You can now search through your Twitter DMs on iOS

Update: Looks like Helen Zille and Julius Malema won’t be meeting for tea

Instagram is testing product launch reminders for brands in the US

John Cena did Sho Madjozi’s #johncenachallenge on The Ellen Show

WhatsApp’s working on ‘disappearing messages’ for more private chats

Facebook has begun hiding like counts in Australia

Instagram went down on Mean Girls Day

Instagram’s new boss is Adam Mosseri

Viral video: Indonesia island hit by tsunami after strong earthquake

A train at Cape Town Station is on fire (once again)

SA government asks Twitter users to stop sharing videos of Dros rape

The internet thinks this Namibian teen is Regina George from Mean Girls

Watch a kayaker get slapped in the face by an octopus-wielding seal

South Africa fumes online after girl was raped in Dros restaurant toilet

Julius Malema will let JSomething keep his land in an EFF-led South Africa

Instagram notifications are coming to web browsers, the Lite app

Super Typhoon Trami is even scarier than Florence from space

Watch: Cape Town’s anti-gangster protestors fired with tear gas

Cyril Ramaphosa’s stimulus package gets social media talking

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