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Video: Bicycle shop trashed, looted after Cape Town lights festival

Cape Town’s annual festive lights gathering is supposed to be a joyous occasion for families, but things turned ugly in the late hours after…

Twitter recounts ‘horror movie’ aftermath of Global Citizen Festival

This weekend, the highly anticipated Global Citizen Festival took place at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. Though fans in their thousands enjoyed performances from…

Patricia de Lille announces GOOD, South Africa brings the puns

Prepare for puns, people. Former Cape Town mayor and DA member Patricia de Lille this weekend announced the name of her new political party,…

Disney to launch new Star Wars animated shorts for kids

Disney has revealed a Star Wars-themed YouTube channel for kids set to feature the new Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures show. The show will…

Instagram now has a 700-million-strong user army

Not letting Twitter get all the positive news today, Facebook-owned Instagram announced on its blog that it has reached a new milestone of its…

Twitter now boasts 328m users, bests investor estimates

Although Twitter is an integral member of social media’s biggest hitters culturally, it’s lacking an impact financially. Still, the company enjoyed a better than…

YouTube puts LGBTQ+ content back on Restricted Mode

Last month, YouTube’s family-friendly Restricted Mode caused an uproar after YouTubers realised it was blocking LGBTQ+ content. The mode is meant to be used as an…

Snapchat takes big step towards protecting its ‘Geofilters’ from Facebook

Snapchat has taken a large step in its war against Facebook’s encroachment. The company’s owner Snap Inc, has reportedly bought a patent that covers…

Facebook’s plan to connect the world includes this record-breaking tech

It’s difficult to keep up with Facebook’s slew of announcements from its F8 conference this week. But at least it plans to make it…

Pranking YouTube family ‘DaddyOFive’ accused of child abuse

YouTube channel DaddyOFive has deleted all its videos after accusations of child abuse. The channel, headed by dad Mike Martin, consisted of videos in…

Facebook Messenger is changing: here’s what you should know

Having a large userbase might seem like a blessing, but it also surfaces a problem for social networks: monetisation. Twitter’s experiencing this right now,…

Bonang faults SAA’s food, airline hits back with sassy tweet

Bonang Matheba is trending on Twitter once again today, and that’s largely thanks to SAA. The airline, in a month that has seen viral…

Snapchat debuts dope new lenses for rear-facing camera

Snapchat is here to fight everyone who still thinks its platform is just for selfies and disappearing nudes. It’s a cool, interesting way to…

April the giraffe finally gives birth and the internet loses its mind

On 10 February, educational animal park Animal Adventure began a livestream of its pregnant giraffe. It soon went viral as viewers from all around…

US man who killed someone on Facebook still at large

Update, 19 April 8.43am: Police have confirmed that Steve Stephens took his own life during a car chase in Pennsylvania yesterday. Original article: Ohio police are still…

10 Instagram snaps of people living life at Splashy Fen 2017

So how did you spend your long Easter weekend, South Africa? If you were at Splashy Fen, you probably had quite the time… at…

Muzikifi: the story behind South Africa’s top trending YouTube video

South Africa’s most watched video on YouTube this week isn’t a movie trailer, a snapshot of Pretoria’s anti-Zuma protests, or even the latest episode…

South Africa wishes Jacob Zuma a happy birthday with #WhyIHateZuma

Oh South Africa. It’s your President’s birthday today and this is how you wish him? #WhyIHateZuma has been on our watchlist for much of…

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Video: Bicycle shop trashed, looted after Cape Town lights festival

Twitter recounts ‘horror movie’ aftermath of Global Citizen Festival

Patricia de Lille announces GOOD, South Africa brings the puns

Disney to launch new Star Wars animated shorts for kids

Instagram now has a 700-million-strong user army

Twitter now boasts 328m users, bests investor estimates

YouTube puts LGBTQ+ content back on Restricted Mode

Snapchat takes big step towards protecting its ‘Geofilters’ from Facebook

Facebook’s plan to connect the world includes this record-breaking tech

Pranking YouTube family ‘DaddyOFive’ accused of child abuse

Facebook Messenger is changing: here’s what you should know

Bonang faults SAA’s food, airline hits back with sassy tweet

Snapchat debuts dope new lenses for rear-facing camera

April the giraffe finally gives birth and the internet loses its mind

US man who killed someone on Facebook still at large

10 Instagram snaps of people living life at Splashy Fen 2017

Muzikifi: the story behind South Africa’s top trending YouTube video

South Africa wishes Jacob Zuma a happy birthday with #WhyIHateZuma

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