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Weekend News in Tweets: Brad Binder, Temba Bavuma make SA history

News moves at the speed of social media in today’s world, and that’s especially the case on the weekend. Take a look at the…

Twitter’s 140 character stretch begins today

Great news, Twitter users. From today, the social network will no longer count certain types of content towards the arbitrary 140-character limit. First announced…

#FeesMustFall: University students react to Nzimande’s statement

Update #4, 18 September, 3.27pm: In the wake of the student protests on South Africa’s various university campuses, UCT’s Faculty of Health Science has…

Weekend News in Tweets: blast rocks New York, South Africa remembers Mandoza

News moves at the speed of social media in today’s world, and that’s especially the case on the weekend. Take a look at the…

Mandoza dies: South Africa remembers kwaito legend

Update, 18 September, 12.43pm: Mandoza’s funeral will take place Saturday, the kwaito star’s family today announced. The venue has yet to be announced. A…

Twitter thinks Calvin Harris’ new song is about Taylor Swift

“My Way” might be pretty famous song lyric for a certain New Yorker, but Scottish recording artist Calvin Harris has today used these two…

Twitter: DMs now feature ‘read receipts, typing indicators’

Twitter is slowly morphing into an instant messaging platform, thanks to a gaggle of new features in its Direct Messages feature added this week….

Mexican ‘Twitter terrorists’ face 30 years in prison

Two Mexican nationals are facing a thirty-year prison sentence for causing wide-spread chaos through a series of tweets related to child kidnapping. Maria de…

Ignore the URL at your peril

In the online world, the URL is ever-present. It is the digital home of businesses large and small, the currency of social exchange, the…

Malema’s hearing: More than $200 000 worth of negative coverage

The high-profile disciplinary hearing of ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has so far reached an astonishing 8 419 565 individuals, “costing” South Africa…

China’s Sina Weibo bans users for spreading ‘false rumours’

China’s largest microblogging service has contacted millions of its users warning them to ignore any false reports spread over the network. The move is…

The ‘Chinese Room’ and why computers can’t figure out sarcasm

Econsultancy.com, which recently launched its Twitter for Business Guide, suggests that, contrary to popular belief, most of the sentiment posted about brands on Twitter…

Facebook, RIM, & Twitter to discuss ‘social media ban’ with UK government

Following statements by UK Prime Minister David Cameron, in the wake of riots which rocked England, suggesting that social networking sites and services should…

The Big Data revolution: 5 startups mining the trend

Big Data is, well, big. In the information age, companies are literally drowning in vast oceans of data. Petabytes of data are being gathered…

7 insights from the future we live in

Nick Bilton’s new book I live in the future & here’s how it works is well-written with lots of examples and scientific research. Bilton…

Who the bleep are you?:The pros and cons of online anonymity

Anonymous has given anonymity a bad name. Pseudonyms, aliases, nom de plumes, all have lubricated social communication for centuries. Famously, several female authors wrote…

Win a Sony Ericsson Xperia X8

Want to stand the chance of winning the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8? All you have to do is tweet why you would like to…

Social media and the London riots: The good and the ugly

Much attention has been given to the negative use of social media during the recent wave of riots which spread through cities across the…

Facebook, Twitter, and BlackBerry reply to proposed UK social media ban

Twitter, Facebook and BlackBerry have responded to suggestions by British Prime Minister David Cameron that police and intelligence services should be empowered to shut…

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