Barack Obama

Bad Lip Reading gives hilarious voice to Trump’s inauguration

Bad Lip Reading is an iconic YouTube channel. The team of tricksters turn seemingly mundane pop culture clips into pure, utterly awkward hilarity. And…

LIVE: watch and follow Donald Trump’s inauguration here

The day is finally here. After countless polls, a gruelling campaign and the eventual elections, Donald Trump will tonight be inaugurated in Washington DC,…

Facebook blocks Russia’s RT prior to Trump inauguration

Both Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg aren’t having the best of weeks. While Zuck is out in Hawaii settling land disputes, Facebook has…

Chelsea Manning: WikiLeaks whistleblower to be released in May

US President Barack Obama has commuted military whistleblower and Wikileaks source Chelsea Manning’s prison sentence, marking the most notable commutation of his administration. Manning…

Watch as Joe Biden receives highest honor, touching hug from Obama

Will there ever be a bromance as everlasting and endearing as US Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama? Probably not. As President-elect…

Miss Obama’s final speech? Rewatch it in 360-degrees

Like saying goodbye to a kid finally leaving for the big wide world, outgoing US President Obama gave his final speech to a nation…

Watch Barack Obama’s full speech from the Nelson Mandela memorial service

Among the world leaders who spoke at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service today, US president Barack Obama was undoubtedly the most well-received. Obama spoke of…

Lady Gaga racks up record 10 million followers on Twitter

As much as we may scoff and scorn, it seems nothing will hold back pop diva Lady Gaga. Adding yet another social-networking accolade to…

South Africa votes: The online ‘chatter’ [statistics]

The general consesus emerging amongst the chattering classes is that tomorrow’s elections in South Africa will become known as “The Toilet Elections of 2011.”…

Obama proposes new cyber-security law

With “hacktivism” on the rise — practiced by organisations and groups such as Anonymous — and in face of the Sony saga to name…

Bin Laden’s raid live-tweeter now famous

The Pakistani IT consultant who hoped for a quiet life in a summer resort town in Pakistan has become an internet sensation as the…

Zuckerberg wears a tie as Obama visits Facebook

US President Barack Obama paid a campaign-style visit to Facebook headquarters on Wednesday where he urged young voters who backed his historic 2008 election…

Obama visits Facebook headquarters

President Barack Obama will head to Facebook’s headquarters on Wednesday to tout his budget cuts to followers of the social media powerhouse, which he…

Condé Nast publications surface from an US$8-million phishing scam

It’s 9 in the morning. You’ve survived the AM traffic and all you want to do is spend the next few minutes browsing the…

Exclusive: Talking internet freedom with Obama’s top official

On the back of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s call for global internet freedom late last year, Daniel Baer was sworn in as…

Human rights network releases damning Chinese media report

A Hong Kong human rights networks says China’s heavily-censored internet is the main battleground in the fight for freedom of expression. The Chinese Human…

Cuban singer wants free internet for the developing world

Making the internet more accessible to developing countries is a cause Cuban folk star Silvio Rodriguez has targeted at US President Barack Obama and…

The birth of a meme

It is common knowledge that Twitter has become a vital source of breaking news and a generator of memes that spread throughout the internet….

Five world leaders using social media effectively

What happens when politicians come face-to-face with a personal thought-broadcasting platform? It’s a match made in heaven. We decided to find out which of…

Have you Obamafied your website today?

Nobody likes an antisocial site. Social sites are winning the traffic stakes, and even elections. A politician from Honolulu showed us how it’s done….

my.barackobama.com: Paradigm-shifting social networking

The Barack Obama website is paradigm shifting for politics online. It’s no doubt the most sophisticated political party website ever created. Apart from Obama’s…

The Great Smartphone Showdown: A Decade of Samsung vs. Apple

Samsung Brings Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification and Sleep Apnea Features to Galaxy Watch in South Africa

How Lyra and Courtne Marland are shaping communication with AI

Is the HONOR X9C the Right Smartphone for Startups and Entrepreneurs?

ALX South Africa Expands Digital Training as PYEI Report Highlights Youth Job Growth