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Twitter left bewildered after Justin Bieber challenged Tom Cruise to a fight

If you happened upon Twitter on Monday morning, you might have noticed a certain Tom Cruise trending with over 30 000 tweets in his…

Katy Perry hits 100m Twitter followers, but are they all human?

It’s taken a while, but a Twitter user has finally broken the 100-million followers barrier. And no, it’s not Justin Bieber, Donald Trump or…

9 ridiculous Wikipedia lists to waste away the work day

For the last six years of my life, I have had teachers, lecturers and tutors drill into my brain: Wikipedia is not an acceptable…

Justin Bieber returns to Instagram to sell T-Mobile deals

Well, Instagram has been busy this week. After the network played host to Beyonce’s record-breaking pregnancy reveal, it also welcomed the return of Justin…

Update: Justin Bieber deletes his Instagram profile after warning us all

Update, 16 Aug 2016, 10.01am: Well, we didn’t think that Bieber’s marketing team would allow this, but clearly you’ve gone too far, internet. The…

Selena Gomez now owns Instagram’s most-liked post ever, remains most-followed

A few weeks ago, we reported that Selena Gomez toppled Taylor Swift‘s reign as Instagram’s most followed. Well, now the 23-year-old recording artist has…

Twitter’s worth $31bn, net no longer neutral and Google teaches us to cook: #StuffToKnow this week

A certain internet birdie is now worth US$31-billion, but you probably already knew that right? If we are not careful meanwhile, some sites could…

Justin Bieber goes VC, leads $1.1m investment in teen social network

Apparently not content with being a pop mega star, a spell as most followed person on Twitter or the second most followed account on…

SOPA: Why YouTube fans need to be worried about America’s piracy bill

Americans are currently up in arms over the Stop Online Piracy Act, making its way through the United States’ government. And if you’re not…

Six ways to make your YouTube channel competitive

Media evolution is often driven by technology. YouTube is no exception. The video-sharing platform has around 3-billion views a day. The mobile version 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…

Angry Birds creates a flap at this year’s Webbys

The winners of the 15th annual Webby Awards were announced on Tuesday. Famous for identifying the break-out stars of the year, and awarding deserving…

Zuckerberg, Huffington and Bieber — The online influencers

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Larry Page and Wikileaks’ infamous editor Julian Assange are among the online personalties to grace this year’s Time magazine’s list…

Webby Awards nominees announced, from Angry Birds to the BBC

With a plethora of award shows, Hollywood devotes an entire season to discovering who was the best of the best, but for the web,…

The most-watched global YouTube clips of 2010

More than 13-million hours of video — approximately 1 500 years — were uploaded to YouTube in 2010 and more than 700-billion videos were…

SA goes crazy for Zef, Bieber and Malema: Google Zeitgeist

Pop sensations, both local and international, dominated South Africa’s Google search in 2010. From Justin Bieber to Locnville, Jack Parow to Nicki Manaj, local…

YouTube launches personalised home pages

Musicians, both famous and obscure, began vying on Wednesday for the crown of most-loved artist on YouTube as the world’s top video-sharing website launched…

Trending on Twitter: The Hobbit, Taylor Swift and CAPS LOCK

Twitter continues to provide a world-wide snapshot of the most popular subjects being spoken about around the globe. But keeping a handle on all…

iPhone 4 outranks Justin Bieber on SA internet searches

Apple’s recently launched iPhone4 has received greater internet search interest than Justin Bieber, despite the fact that the teen pop sensation was actually in…

Justin Bieber, Prince of Twitter, arrives in South Africa

Justin Bieber has arrived in South Africa on holiday. He tweeted just before his flight from New York’s John F Kennedy Airport: “Wow. I…

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