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Cell C announces new WhatsApp and Facebook data bundles

Cell C this week announced tweaks to its WhatsApp data bundles — now dubbed ShoutOut bundles — which previously only allowed access to the…

How to watch Barack Obama’s Nelson Mandela Lecture live

Not everyone can make it to Johannesburg’s Wanderers cricket stadium to watch former US President Barack Obama deliver the 16th annual Mandela lecture, and…

Facebook to issue celebratory global alert on Mandela Day

Facebook is pushing an alert to all users tomorrow, but before you freak out, don’t worry, it’s has nothing to do with your personal…

Hands on: Facebook Local’s the best travel app you’ll won’t want to download

Facebook Local is the social network’s latest app feeding from its plethora of information. However, instead of allowing you to publish pictures of babies…

WATCH: dramatic video of Cape Town cash-in-transit heist emerges

Cash-in-transit heists are no longer a Gauteng phenomenon judging by a dramatic morning on Cape Town’s Flats. On Monday around 9pm along the city’s…

Fb.gg: Facebook’s game streaming portal to rival Twitch is now live

Facebook today debuted its own game streaming portal dubbed Fb.gg, in a bit to compete with Microsoft’s Mixer, Google’s YouTube Gaming and Amazon’s Twitch….

It’s 2018, and fake Facebook sites are still fooling people online

People are still falling for fake sites pretending to be Facebook, research from Kaspersky Labs suggests. In 2018 thus far, the Russian security company…

#HelpFindDurbanBaby: baby Siwaphiwe found as SAPS arrest her mother

Update #2, 12 March, 12.50pm: Baby Siwaphiwe has been found at Marianhill toll plaza in the early hours of Sunday morning, Police tweeted. The…

Facebook brings Snapchat Story clone to Messenger

Another day, another clone. Facebook has launched Messenger Day for it messaging app, a month after it gave WhatsApp the unnecessary and underused WhatsApp Status. The feature…

WhatsApp testing a direct business-to-customer messaging system

According to a new report by Reuters, Facebook-owned WhatsApp is trialing a service that will allow businesses to talk directly to users on the…

Immersive Facebook 360 app hits the Samsung Gear VR

Facebook has released an app that makes finding 360 degree photos and videos that much easier on Gear VR, the company announced yesterday. Facebook…

Facebook cleared in fake news defamation case

Last month, Syrian refugee Anas Modamani filed a lawsuit against Facebook after a barrage of fake news linked an image of him and German…

College dropout Mark Zuckerberg is finally getting that Harvard degree

The relatively-famous Mark Zuckerberg is finally getting his Harvard degree nearly 12 years after he dropped out to create that small global experience we…

Facebook Live implements suicide support

Facebook’s suicide prevention tools are being extended to Facebook Live in an attempt to decrease the number of people taking their own lives on…

Facebook digging the dirt to bring internet to Uganda

Not content with launching satellites or unmanned solar-powered gliders, Facebook is taking a more based approach to bringing internet to Africa. According to a…

North West floods in pictures: Facebook, Twitter captures sodden destruction

Well South Africa, Cyclone Dineo wasn’t the weather system we should’ve been worried about. Although the tropical cyclone passed well north of Gauteng and…

Disable Facebook autoplay videos on all platforms: a how-to guide

Few things are more annoying than runaway videos on your devices thanks to Facebook autoplay. You can be mindlessly scrolling through your timeline one…

Facebook videos will now autoplay on your phone with sound

Facebook announced yesterday that it will roll out a feature that plays sound on videos whenever a phone’s sound is on. “People are watching and…

Facebook’s ad tracking system now updates in milliseconds

Facebook announced Friday that it would be providing marketers with in-depth analysis on the ads they pay for. Over the course of the year,…

WhatsApp’s two-step verification: here’s how to enable it

Without much fanfare, Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has rolled out its two-step verification system for users on both Android and iOS. But what does…

Facebook Safety Check will let you be a mini-hero during disasters

Facebook’s Safety Check system has been one of the company’s more notable additions to the site in 2016. The system — which triggers when…

Facebook one step closer in quest for original content

Facebook has been dropping heavy hints that they intend to prioritise original content in the near future, and have had no shame in picking…

Over 200m people are now using Facebook Lite

Around 1.8-billion people now use Facebook on a monthly basis, but what about Facebook Lite? The social media giant has today announced that over…

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