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Do you feel old? WhatsApp celebrates its 10th birthday

WhatsApp has now officially been around for 10 years, after first launching on smartphones back in 2009. To celebrate, the company released a “thank…

Meme-worthy, eye-raising, tear-jerking highlights from the 2019 Oscars

The 91st Academy Awards, or the 2019 Oscars, took place this weekend in a hostless buzz of meme-worthy, eye-raising and tear-jerking moments. *SPOILERS INCOMING*…

Facebook updates location settings for Android users

Good news, paranoid people. Facebook is updating its location settings for Android devices. In a blog post, the company revealed that many Android users…

How the people of South Africa reacted to Tito Mboweni’s Budget speech

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has laid down South Africa’s budget for the next financial year. Besides his literary references to works such as the…

Twitter speculates about the Budget Speech

South Africa’s 2019 budget speech is going down at 2pm, and the people of Twitter have already got #budget2019 trending on Twitter in anticipation….

5 Twitter accounts to follow before the 2019 Budget Speech

Will we be paying more tax this year? Will the sugar tax remain? Will Eskom and SAA continue to be economic leeches on the…

Snapchat’s owner publishes its latest chapter of troubling financial results

Judging by its latest batch of financial results, Snap is seemingly driven to outdo Twitter as one of the worst performing social media companies…

Facebook Watch is a social video service for mobile and beyond

As it slowly transforms from a social network into a media company, Facebook Watch is the company’s latest step into the latter. With its…

The YouTube app now has a DM tab

Google has added yet another messaging feature to its repertoire — and this time it’s on the YouTube app. Dubbed the “Shared” tab, the…

Baleka Mbete declares secret ballot: the Twitter before and after

South Africa’s Speaker of the House Baleka Mbete has announced that tomorrow’s vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma will be held under…

Despacito vs See You Again: which YouTube video will hit 3bn views first?

“Despacito” and “See You Again” are currently locked in an epic, brutal popularity battle atop the YouTube charts. As the first and second most…

11 must-know tips and tricks for Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger has grown from a necessary evil to a semi-decent service in its own right, spanning messaging (obviously), chatbots and more. The app…

Instagram Stories is a remarkably successful one-year-old

When Instagram Stories launched back in August 2016, the world just couldn’t help but chastise Facebook for copying Snapchat’s business model. But 12 months…

YouTube’s machines are better at fighting terrorism than humans

YouTube this week took to its blog, updating the internet on how it has been combating extremist content on its platform this past month….

James van der Beek runs a better Diplo Twitter account than Diplo

As the brains behind tracks like “Lean On”, “Cold Water” and, uh, “Bubble Butt”, Diplo is no stranger to the limelight. His official Twitter…

10 more SA photographers doing beautiful things on Instagram [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…

Here’s what’s up with that suicidal McDonald’s Twitter account

If you were on Twitter over the course of the weekend, then you probably saw at least one tweet from a Hong Kong McDonald’s…

#StJohnsCollege: South Africans react to racist teacher

Joburg’s prestigious St Johns College has found the ire of South African Twitter after failing to remove a teacher found guilty of racist misconduct. Geography…

Twitter still has 328m users as growth flatlines

Twitter’s brief positive run of earning results and user growth came to an abrupt halt this quarter. The social messaging company today released its…

Search.com launches AI chat that pays users and publishers

OpenAI Quietly Launches ChatGPT-5 — And It’s a Game Changer

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Aura Edition Review: A Sleek, AI-Powered Ultrabook for the Work-Anywhere Era

Why the ‘Ego Tax’ is Costing Your Business

South African Women Entrepreneurs Get It Right

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

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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Do you feel old? WhatsApp celebrates its 10th birthday

Facebook updates location settings for Android users

How the people of South Africa reacted to Tito Mboweni’s Budget speech

Twitter speculates about the Budget Speech

5 Twitter accounts to follow before the 2019 Budget Speech

Snapchat’s owner publishes its latest chapter of troubling financial results

The YouTube app now has a DM tab

Baleka Mbete declares secret ballot: the Twitter before and after

Despacito vs See You Again: which YouTube video will hit 3bn views first?

11 must-know tips and tricks for Facebook Messenger

Instagram Stories is a remarkably successful one-year-old

YouTube’s machines are better at fighting terrorism than humans

10 more SA photographers doing beautiful things on Instagram [Digital All Stars]

Here’s what’s up with that suicidal McDonald’s Twitter account

#StJohnsCollege: South Africans react to racist teacher

Twitter still has 328m users as growth flatlines

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