privacy

Twitter introduces new data dashboard to help you monitor and manage your account

Twitter, of late, has been beset with problems. First its CEO left and then the rumours that Twitter might be bought reared their ugly…

Google refreshes, reinforces its user privacy and security settings

Google has rolled out two improvements to its privacy and security tools in a bid to give users more flexible options. There’s now a…

Gone baby gone: Google receives 12k ‘removal requests’ in 48 hours

Privacy settings, a hot-button topic many websites do their best to avoid, get the royal treatment from Google as a new “right to be…

Big data is the superhero for your digital security woes [RSA conf]

There has never been a more dangerous time to be online: there are threats from every corner and attackers are getting more sophisticated. With…

The future of online privacy? Most of us aren’t all that bothered

Meabh Quoirin, managing director of Future Foundation closed the annual Future Foundation conference with an in-depth look at where privacy and anonymity on the…

Half of top mobile apps don’t offer privacy policies prior to download

More than a quarter of the top 100 free mobile apps don’t have a privacy policy. That’s according to MEF, the global community for…

Google’s new privacy policy now effective

Google’s new privacy policy went into effect today, despite requests from European regulators asking the search giant to delay. The move by Google to…

Facebook (finally) allows verified accounts

Facebook will start allowing public figures to verify their accounts and include pseudonyms from today, according to a report by TechCrunch. This means that…

Twitter changes its policy on global censorship

Twitter announced on Thursday that it would be implementing the ability to withhold content from users in a specific country. Before the announcement, Twitter’s…

Microsoft hit with lawsuit for illegal phone-tracking

Microsoft has found itself facing a potentially disastrous lawsuit in which it is charged that smartphones running Windows 7 have been illegally tracking user…

EULA regret signing away your life to play a game

Imagine for a moment that you’ve decided to spend your money on… something, anything really. A car, a cellphone, an iPad, a haircut, pay…

Facebook messenger app and phone number hoover

Earlier this week Facebook launched a mobile messaging app for iPhone and Android, creating some buzz and lots of angry buzzing. It’s not a…

Facebook vs Google: The dirty tricks campaign

Journalists and bloggers around the world last week woke up to an email screaming in all caps: “Google quietly launches sweeping violation of user…

iPhone 4 & 3G iPad secretly tracking your every movement

Much is made of privacy and security in the digital age and while a lot of it seems overblown there are things to be…

Privacy on social networks: Do people really care?

The issue of privacy online has and always will be contentious. Since the explosion of the internet in the 90’s, our lives are increasingly…

Diaspora scores on privacy but will it ever go mainstream?

Diaspora, the open source social network that puts user privacy above all else, is now rolling out in private alpha. The question is: can…

Facebook further tightens grip on apps sharing user data

Facebook took more steps to stop third-party applications from sharing identifying information about users with advertising and Internet tracking companies. “Today, we are clarifying…

Round-up: Facebook privacy reversal receives mixed reaction

With the official Quit Facebook Day only three days away, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg launched a media blitz to introduce a simplified set of…

Are we surrendering our privacy too easily?

Google Buzz is really messing with my brain. All my other social media activities fit nicely along the private-public continuum we all have to…

Deezer extends its three-month free trial to Premium, Family and HiFi tiers

Remember plus codes? Google’s now making them easier to use

How automated communications can enhance customer engagement & brand loyalty [Sponsored]

How one VC has got around due diligence during Covid-19 [Q&A]

Covid-19: Can employees withdraw from the workplace? [Opinion]

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [01/06/2020]

Redmi Note 9S: Xiaomi reveals SA launch date and pricing

Huawei P40 and P40 Pro: official SA pricing and availability details

Android 10 updates are coming to the Huawei P20 Pro and Mate 10

The new BMW 5 Series is now a high-performance hybrid

Updated Kia Picanto brings load of tech to South Africa

The C63 AMG and the case for AMG’s final V8-powered C-Class