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How to post to Instagram from your PC

Almost a decade after its launch, Instagram updated its website to let users upload posts from a PC. You can now do this without…

Facebook to ditch facial recognition system: What this means for users

Facebook has announced it is shutting down its facial recognition system, the technology it uses to identify people in photos and videos. The shutdown…

WhatsApp rolls out iOS to Android chat transfer

WhatsApp has begun to roll out the option for users to transfer their chat history from iOS devices to Android using an adapter cable….

YouTube launches new website for Creators

YouTube has launched a new Creators website with extra tips and resources for users to upload and manage content on their computers and mobile…

WhatsApp rolls out ‘View Once’ feature for photos, videos: How to use it

WhatsApp has announced a ‘View Once’ feature that lets users send videos and photos that disappear after their contacts have opened them. WhatsApp said…

Watch Together: You can now watch videos and series with friends on Facebook Messenger

Facebook is rolling out a new feature — Watch Together — which lets you watch series, movies, and other videos with friends using Facebook…

Shorts: YouTube launches TikTok competitor

Possibly smelling blood in the water due to the ongoing TikTok saga, YouTube has launched a competing service on the video platform with Shorts….

Mozilla Firefox 66 will mute autoplay videos by default

Developer Mozilla announced on Monday that Firefox 66 will mute automatically playing video content on web pages by default. This means that when you’re…

YouTube cracks down on ‘dangerous’ internet challenge videos

This week, YouTube has highlighted its new community guidelines regarding internet challenge videos and pranks considered harmful and dangerous. The guidelines now allows the…

The Clanwilliam Dam becomes an unlikely social media star

The Clanwilliam Dam, north of Cape Town, is an unlikely social media star this week, after the reservoir’s sluice gates were opened and dramatic…

Watch: Typhoon Mangkhut wreaks havoc in Hong Kong

Last week, at least seven cyclonic storms were active in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. While all the news focused on Hurricane Florence which…

YouTube now removes more clips of violence, porn before anyone sees them

YouTube couldn’t wait to tell people just how many videos of extremism and adult entertainment it removed from its platform late last year. Yeah,…

2017’s best news bloopers in one compilation

News bloopers are ideal fodder for YouTube, aren’t they? Between the famous grape stomping lady and Nhlanhla Nene’s dodgy chair, there have been plenty of…

Man charged with killing kangaroo after posting violent video online

A Chinese man has been charged with destroying protected wildlife in Australia after allegedly killing a kangaroo and posting a video of the act to…

5 oddly fascinating and serene YouTube food channels

No matter your hobby or obsession, you’re bound to find a YouTube channel that caters to you. Me? I like ASMR and food. But…

YouTube videos capture devastation of Cape Town storm, Knysna fire

We use the likes of Twitter, Instagram and Facebook extensively when covering stories across South Africa, but when the Cape Town storm rolled across…

Thought #SONA2017 was bad? Watch these international political brawls

Viewers across South Africa endured what is quickly becoming an annual (yet dramatic) farce in the form of last night’s #SONA2017 State of the…

Facebook one step closer in quest for original content

Facebook has been dropping heavy hints that they intend to prioritise original content in the near future, and have had no shame in picking…

Watch ‘alt-right’ figure Richard Spencer get punched to music

This past weekend saw footage of “alt-right” (or Neo-Nazi, as some would say) figure Richard Spencer getting sucker-punched by a protester during an interview….

Watch: part one of FailArmy’s best fails of 2016

YouTube was pretty much designed for fail videos, with FailArmy being one of the most popular channels around. Now, the channel has uploaded part…

This craft beer parody is all too real to be a parody

There’s no denying that craft beer culture is huge around the world right now. And yes, South Africa is in on the trend, as the…

Icelandic hot spring bread is (probably) as tasty as it is crazy

If you had a hot spring nearby, why wouldn’t you use its heat as a makeshift oven? That’s what one YouTuber found out when she…

Here’s how to make GIFs on your smartphone

There are quite a few mobile manufacturers offering the ability to make GIFs, but app stores are filled with capable tools for the job as…

Computicket launches ‘Box Office’ self-service platform

How Fitbit’s new Sleep Profile feature works

BLOC Smart Africa leads $360k round in Afrikamart start-up

BII announces $20m investment in mobility fintech Moove

Futuregrowth announces high-growth development equity fund

South Africa is about get its first Mini LED TVs from TCL

Macbook Pro M2 gets price for South Africa

The new HUAWEI P50 is now available for pre-order in South Africa

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