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EFF: 4 big security concerns for WhatsApp

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has been on WhatsApp‘s case this year, taking the platform to task over its new data-sharing policy with Facebook….

Facebook Workplace now available worldwide

Facebook has taken a break from algorithms and bots this week, and announced that Facebook Workplace is now open to all teams and organisations…

9 Facebook Messenger bots you should try

Chat bots have seen a resurgence of note this year, being powered by machine learning and natural language processing. And Facebook Messenger has been…

Messenger Lite for Android hits Kenya, Tunisia

In its valiant attempt to connect the entire world using its software and infrastructure, Facebook has today announced a new lite version of one…

SuperSport to trial Facebook for live broadcast

Popular South African sports channel family SuperSport has announced that it will Thursday broadcast its first live TV event on Facebook. This will be…

Weekly Round Up Podcast #77: Facebook celebrates, Ventureburn awards & PS4 Pro launches

Welcome to Weekly Round Up, our podcast discussing the latest tech trends, innovation, and news from the last few days. This week, Hadlee Simons…

Facebook News Feed turns 10 today

In one way or another, Facebook users had to deal with News Feed. Be it a scorned or a pleasant interaction, one doesn’t have…

Mxit users might be outnumbered by FB counterparts, but are still fiercely loyal

Mxit may not be the mobile social networking powerhouse it once was, but its users are still fiercely loyal. That’s according to analysis of…

Want more retweets? Use images [Infographic]

If you’re looking for a load of retweets, something which will inevitably help push your Twitter handle out there, then you should probably start…

Free data for your check in: Cisco, Facebook partner up for Wi-Fi promo

Global networking company Cisco has teamed up with Facebook with a new product that it reckons will help businesses increase brand recognition and proactively…

As Twitter hurtles towards an IPO, remember… it’s not Facebook

There’s more than a single reason for Twitter going public now, versus — say — in a year or two’s time. Obviously, its valuation…

The NSA isn’t to blame for our surveillance culture, companies have been doing it for years

It’s ironic that with all our technologies for keeping things secret our secrets have a way of coming out into the open. We now…

Facebook shares hit record high

There’s something to be said about allowing a stock to mature before you sell it and no tech stock proves that more than Facebook…

DStv adds social sharing feature to Drifta iOS app

Social TV is big. How big? Well, Twitter estimates that about 64% of its mobile subscribers use its service in front of the TV…

Google+ follows Facebook, Twitter’s lead, introduces embedded posts

Google+ continues to integrate with the web, and soon many will have the social network of the internet behemoth Google plastered across their favourite…

Facebook releases media tools to give broadcasters access to its data

Looks like Facebook’s not done “borrowing” tools and features from other social networks. Not by a long way. Today the billion-user strong social platform…

Facebook gets a dash of LinkedIn with ‘professional skills’ update

Facebook has added a new feature that allows you to add your professional skills to your profile. The feature, first noticed by Sociobits, mirrors…

Cape Town Fish Market puts up unfortunate dolphin, sushi FB post

It’s no secret that the Cape Town Fish Market — a South African-based chain of seafood restaurants — hasn’t been having the greatest time…

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