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Mark Zuckerberg lays out plan to connect the next 5-billion

Looks like Mark Zuckerberg’s been stealing peeks at the Google play book. The founder and CEO of the billion-strong social network today announced “rough”…

Google launches online exhibitions in memory of Hiroshima, Nagasaki

This August marks 68 years since two atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, changing the face of warfare…

Google is forcing a massive change in PR: here’s how

I’ve long warned that PR companies would be subject to similar forces of disruption that have been destroying the media sector for the past…

Google to let you check flight statuses, package info in the near future

If you want to know whether your flight is delayed or where exactly that package you ordered a few days ago is, you could…

Bill Gates, computers for kids and why telling a single story is risky

Creating solutions for one population base in a society does not mean that the others don’t exist. Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie gave a great…

Measurement Lab, Google want to help Africans measure their internet quality

There are loads of people who are concerned about how much internet access Africa has. In trying to address that concern it’s also easy…

Meet Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower [Video]

The tech world has been rocked by allegations that tech giants such as Google and Facebook were supplying US intelligence agency, the NSA with…

Smartphones and minicomputers: Mobile World Congress

By Intel FreePress As the tech world’s attention turns toward Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain from Feb. 14-17, the annual “who’s who” in…

All you need is love… and Google

Cupid’s arrows are shooting through the air finding their mark – or missing it completely – depending upon which side of the fence you…

Release date for Nokia’s first Windows smartphone immienent

Nokia could set a release date for its first smartphone to use Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system within days. The company is aiming to…

Mega-payday for Facebook employees

Facebook might have plans to allow its employees sell up to US$1-billion in shares at a price that would value the social networking site…

US$10 billion for Twitter is not out of the question

Twitter, the micro-blogging sensation expected to rake in US$150-million in advertising revenue this year, is looking at an acquisition by Google and Facebook as…

Google Translate for iPhone ready for download

Google has launched the official Google Translate for iPhone app. The new application is available for download from the Apple App Store globally. Google’s…

How well do airlines use Google Adwords?

Flights are a massive online revenue driver as they are more convenient to book and generally cheaper than going through a ‘real-life’ travel agent….

Instead of smallpox Google is colonising Africa with ‘cool stuff’

Sitting at the southern tip of Africa you get used to giving a resigned shrug and half-smile when the entire continent gets lumped into…

Is SEO really killing Google?

A Memeburn article on SEO and Google search results a few months back got a lot of heat going in the comments section. Most…

Honeycomb and Xoom: Just one look and then my heart went boom

I’m in love with Android Honeycomb and I want it right now. Google held a special event at its headquarters in Mountain View on…

Google Streetview presents art like you’ve never seen it before

Google unveiled the Art Project on Tuesday, a unique collaboration with some of the world’s most acclaimed art museums which enables people to discover…

Internet giants speak out against Egyptian blockade of web

As Egypt is rocked by continuing protests against President Hosni Mubarak, Google, Facebook and Twitter, breaking with the usual practice of corporate silence, are…

Google launches ‘check-ins’ via Android smartphones

Google on Tuesday began letting smartphone users check into spots on the go as the internet star jumped into the hot location-based services arena…

Google, Twitter set up voice-to-tweet service for Egypt

As the Egyptian government feverishly tries to cut off all contact with the outside world, Google, working in collaboration with Twitter, has set up…

Android finally makes it to number 1, surpassing Nokia’s Symbian

Google’s smartphone operating system Android has passed Nokia’s Symbian and become the global smartphone market leader, market research company Canalys said Monday. In the…

Jobs, education and New Year top Google searches in January

South African internet users in January were more interested in finding out about last year’s Matric results than SA’s latest overseas cricket tournament, reveals…

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