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Another Stellenbosch bullying video makes rounds on Facebook

Just when you thought the bullying videos were over for the year, another incident stemming from Stellenbosch has social media up in arms again….

Lufthansa’s Mildred joins Facebook’s bot family

2016 has truly been the year of the chat bot, as Facebook, Microsoft and Google get in on the action. The latest company to…

Zuckerberg’s posts mistakenly stripped from Facebook

What is it with companies taking down their CEO’s social media messages this month? First Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, and now Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg The…

AfricaCom: 10 takeaways from Facebook, SA govt & more

Day one of AfricaCom closed with a rather informative session, as Telecommunications Minister Siyabonga Cwele, Facebook Internet.org vice-president Chris Daniels and Akon Lighting Africa…

Did fake news on Facebook contribute to US election?

Some have questioned whether fake news and hoax articles have contributed to Donald Trump emerging victorious in the US elections last week. After all,…

Weekly Round Up Podcast #85: US Elections, Samsung Gear Fit 2 & more

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 is the new Yahoo, and that’s why it simply has to unbundle its products and apps…

It’s not surprising that Facebook is planning a series of standalone apps to be released this year. In fact, it’s already unbundled some services…

The problem with Facebook is that it’s hiding things from you

Most publishers and page owners will tell you that they have seen a decline in the number likes, and reach their posts on Facebook…

Facebook could soon launch Paper, a Flipboard-like reader

There have been whispers that Facebook’s on the verge of launching a news reader designed to compete with Flipboard for since at least mid-2013….

Movies aren’t just starting to influence tech, they always have

I heard once that the CIA investigated the producers of Star Trek because they were showing technology on their show that was actually in…

Here’s how some of tech’s biggest stocks fared in 2013

2013 was a fascinating year for the technology sector in the stock market. We witnessed Apple’s share price fall from grace in the most…

It’s a blue world: Facebook’s empire grows in latest map of social networks

Facebook may or may not be dead to teenagers. If it is, it could certainly be an issue in the future but right now,…

Yahoo collapses, Firefox drops Java and Instagram kills Snapchat: #StuffToKnow

While the pope is the person of the year, Yahoo Mail is the undoubted failure of the week. Firefox meanwhile has decided to block…

Sod the memes, Facebook wants to promote actual news in your feed

It looks like Facebook wants your news feed to grow up. The social network has announced that it will be now be prioritising actual…

Facebook looking at feature that lets you save links to read later

Given the vast number of links shared on Facebook on a daily basis you’d think it would have twigged that an in-built service allowing…

How does Facebook remain relevant in a mobile world?

I noticed something over the weekend. I can’t recall the last time I visited Facebook.com on my laptop. Even though I sit at a…

Check out what happens when this guy meets his Facebook friends in real life

You might be one of those people who curates their social networks very carefully, in which case it’s likely that you’ve actually met all…

The consumer economy is dead, long live the creator economy [MEF]

Our world is about the technology and the use of technology — the invention and reinvention of technology. The industry most disrupted by technology…

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