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PayPal severs app support for BlackBerry, Amazon Fire & Windows Phone

It’s not uncommon news for BlackBerry, Windows Phone or Amazon users to hear that a company is discontinuing app support for their platforms, but…

Elon Musk wants to bring ‘low cost internet’ satellites to the world

Elon Musk never ceases to surprise. Even when the tech billionaire entrepreneur is up to something surprising it’s still in apt character. From building…

SpaceX launches into history

Things didn’t go quite to plan for SpaceX’s first launch attempt late last week. Technical difficulties saw it having to be aborted in the…

Major Silicon Valley VC to deliver lecture in SA

A major Silicon Valley VC is set to return to South Africa, the country of his birth, to deliver a lecture at Stellenbosch University….

PayPal’s new mobile card reader targets Square, world domination

PayPal is going after mobile payment service Square in big way. The ecommerce giant announced that it is looking to go global with its new payment…

Memeburn columnist goes high tech for marathon

One of our regular columnists, Rowan Puttergill, is running a marathon to raise money for a rural school in South Africa. Memeburn has agreed…

Chirpify looks to bring commerce to Twitter

Twitter is a great platform for businesses, journalists and everyday people. We all know that. But what may not have occurred to you is…

Five mobile trends to look out for in 2012

The mobile landscape of 2012 is ripe with possibility. Globally, it’s estimated that 5.3-billion people have mobile phones. This means that there are more…

PayPal lets friends send money on Facebook

The combination of online payments and social media has hit a turning point. Online payment giant, PayPal, has released a “Send Money” application on…

Wikileaks temporarily shuts to fight ‘arbitrary & unlawful’ financial blockade

Wikileaks has announced the temporary suspension of all “publication” as a result of the financial blockade it faces from MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, Western Union,…

Facebook, eBay dismiss Google threat

According to Silicon Valley super-star Sean Parker, for Google to take the title of leading social network, Facebook would have to blunder in a…

Anonymous and LulzSec coordinate global anti-PayPal movement

Marking a change from the usual DDoS attacks, hacking and other tactics, Anonymous and LulzSec have issued a call to their legion of supporters,…

Members of Anonymous arrested in US for Wikileaks revenge attacks

The US Department of Justice has announced the arrest of 16 people for cyber crimes. Of those 16, 14 have been connected to an…

PayPal deal lets Google phones swap cash

Online financial transactions giant PayPal showcased a mini-program on Wednesday that lets people exchange money by touching together a pair of Google smartphones. The…

M-Pesa, Google Wallet & PayPal: How do they stack up?

Last week Google added to a busy period of big product releases with the launch of Google Offers. The Google Offers launch followed hot…

Google Wallet launched, already running into major issues

In a much-anticipated move, Google on Thursday finally unveiled its free mobile application that seeks to turn smartphones into a replacement for credit cards….

8 venture capital sources for your startup

Raising funds in emerging markets may not be a walk in the park, but the process has become easier. Though some have complained the…

Paypal to help set up e-commerce hub in China

US online payment service Paypal has agreed to help set up an international e-commerce hub in southwestern China as more foreign companies cash in…

Startup prediction: Digital money is the space to watch

Paypal has led the way by opening up its platform but there will be lots of startups focused on digital money in its many…

Paypal cuts off WikiLeaks donations account

WikiLeaks faced a fresh threat to its survival on Saturday as the online payment service PayPal cut off the account used for donations to…

Yammer founder on PayPal: Understanding the power of virality…

I spent an evening last week with the founders of the private social network Yammer, Box.net, and Zendesk, and I wanted to share a…

Why Angel funding is killing innovation

I’m a fan of Max Levchin and his fellow Paypal alumni because this group has spent the past five years creating many of the…

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