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Twitter to delete 1.5 billion accounts here’s why

Twitter will soon start freeing the namespace of over 1.5 billion accounts due to inactivity. Twitter head Elon Musk said the accounts were spotted…

Twitter launches subscriber-only Super Follows in the US

Twitter has officially launched Super Follows, a paid subscription feature that lets app users monetise their tweets and post exclusive content. The feature is…

Facebook limits Trump ban to two years

Facebook has limited the formerly indefinite ban of former US president Donald Trump to two years. The social media giant announced the new suspension…

Facebook may have earned $150k from US election-hacking ads

Facebook has divulged that it could have earned up to US$150 000 from Russian ads that targeted the 2016 United States election. The company studied…

Donald Trump accidentally tweets Nazi soldiers in campaign poster

If you imagine a campaign poster for any 21st century presidential candidate with some Nazi soldiers on it, alarm bells would probably go off….

Emerging markets catching up slowly as digital adspend to hit $137.53bn

If you’re looking for a decent slice of the global digital advertising pie, you’re still much better off being in North America than pretty…

Brazil to roll out secure email system in bid to protect citizens from PRISM

Want your emails safe from the prying eyes of the US security apparatus? Then maybe you should consider relocating to Brazil. The Latin American…

Spy games or no, China’s stuck with US technology

We recently wrote about allegations in the Chinese press that Cisco has been working with the NSA to help the US spy on China….

Tit for tat: China claims Cisco is aiding US spies

Hey, remember when Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE were deemed security threats by the US? Well that tit has been met with tat…

The hows and the whats — 5 tough questions VCs ask

Over the past six months I have spoken with a wide variety of people who have shown, in varying degrees, interest in investing in…

BlackBerry sued over global service failure

In the latest twist of the tale of BlackBerry’s woes, the smartphone’s maker Research In Motion (RIM), is now being sued in Canada and…

US issues demands to China on ‘Great Firewall’

Ratcheting up its increasingly stern line with Beijing on trade issues, Washington has added concerns about China’s infamous Great Firewall saying that it may…

Man ‘unwittingly’ gives the world a front row seat to Bin Laden’s death

Twitter has proved itself to have far more power and reach than just the 140 characters bursts it allows. Many global events and issues…

US sees internet as a way to reach China

The US broadcasting agency said it saw the internet as the future for reaching China despite its firewall, as it came under fire from…

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…

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