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Video of Babes Wodumo beaten live on Instagram goes viral on Twitter

Update: Babes Wodumo has reportedly laid charges against Mampintsha for the incident that was captured live on Instagram. A live Instagram video from South…

Facebook’s suing companies, individuals for creating fake accounts, likes and followers

Facebook is taking legal action against several organisations and individuals for the creation and promotion of fake likes, accounts and followers across its platforms….

Facebook Messenger’s secret dark mode is hidden behind a moon emoji

The secret’s out. The sneaky developers of Facebook Messenger has hidden a secret dark mode within the app that you can activate simply by…

Influx of new music is all Twitter’s talking about on Friday

Not only did Solange, Hozier and 2 Chainz release their latest albums on Friday, but The Jonas Brothers made a come back with a…

WhatsApp to get its own Facebook-made cryptocurrency, report suggests

Facebook is working on a cryptocurrency for its chat service WhatsApp, a New York Times report suggests. Citing five individuals familiar with the matter,…

Johannesburg, West Rand gently rocked by Friday morning tremor

Johannesburg was rocking this morning, and it’s not because we’re in a brand new month. Just before 7am on Friday morning, Gauteng residents were…

YouTube details further efforts to protect children from online predators

YouTube has addressed the growing problem of minors victimized by online predators on its platform. In a blog post, the company detailed how it’s…

NSFAS sent a student R14m, she loses it by going viral

Update: The university told EWN yesterday that she had the money for five months, while the student and chief executive of IntelliMali told The Star she acquired the funds in…

Tshwane school gets ‘skinny pants’ to trend on Twitter after protest

There have been an awful many incidents regarding dress codes and codes of conduct at Gauteng schools this year, but the latest doesn’t concern…

#VMAs 2017 according to South African Twitter

The VMAs may have started at a local time of 2am Monday morning, but that didn’t stop it from trending nationwide by the time…

Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather: who wins the social media bout?

There’s a big fight happening this weekend between two men who really, really want to punch each other. MMA poster boy Conor McGregor will…

#LookWhatYouMadeMeDo: Taylor Swift divides the web with ‘edgy’ new single

Taylor Swift has dropped her first single from her upcoming album Reputation, and it has split the web down the middle. Superfans have called “Look…

Twitter uses #EFFFacts to both mock and praise party

The EFF has long been the ruling party of Twitter, marketing itself well to the youth on the platform. One need only look at followers…

#Hashtag10: 10 favourite hashtags for 10 years

Ten years ago today, the hashtag was born. how do you feel about using # (pound) for groups. As in #barcamp [msg]? — ⌗ChrisMessina…

Update: Vodacom’s nightmare data fiasco fuels social media fire

Update: Vodacom South Africa has issued the following update to media Tuesday afternoon: Vodacom confirms that it has reimbursed customers affected by last night’s…

Solar Eclipse 2017: America’s doggos prepare on Instagram

In a few minutes, the Earth’s Moon will begin its rude obstruction of the Sun, covering much of the central United States in darkness…

‘Joke of the century’: South Africa responds to ANN7, The New Age sale

Gupta-owned Oakbay has announced the sale of its two media companies — ANN7 and The New Age — for R450-million. Purchasing the duo is…

Violent viral videos spark social media storm around Kempton Park school

Another school in South Africa has this week gone viral on social media for all the wrong reasons. Norkem Park High School, located in…

10 women in SA tech you should be following on Twitter [Digital All-Stars]

Digital All-Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and…

Twitter is extra chill tonight as cold front freezes South Africa

It’s not every day that actual weather jargon trends on South Africa’s social media networks, but this is seemingly no ordinary week. Talk of…

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HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

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Video of Babes Wodumo beaten live on Instagram goes viral on Twitter

Facebook’s suing companies, individuals for creating fake accounts, likes and followers

Facebook Messenger’s secret dark mode is hidden behind a moon emoji

WhatsApp to get its own Facebook-made cryptocurrency, report suggests

Johannesburg, West Rand gently rocked by Friday morning tremor

YouTube details further efforts to protect children from online predators

NSFAS sent a student R14m, she loses it by going viral

Tshwane school gets ‘skinny pants’ to trend on Twitter after protest

#VMAs 2017 according to South African Twitter

#LookWhatYouMadeMeDo: Taylor Swift divides the web with ‘edgy’ new single

Twitter uses #EFFFacts to both mock and praise party

#Hashtag10: 10 favourite hashtags for 10 years

Update: Vodacom’s nightmare data fiasco fuels social media fire

Solar Eclipse 2017: America’s doggos prepare on Instagram

‘Joke of the century’: South Africa responds to ANN7, The New Age sale

10 women in SA tech you should be following on Twitter [Digital All-Stars]

Twitter is extra chill tonight as cold front freezes South Africa

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