WhatsApp has delayed the deadline for users to accept its new privacy policy and terms of service, following backlash. Previously, users had until 8…
Orange threatens to leave emerging markets
Mobile operating giant Orange has threatened to pull out of emerging markets if it does not meet two important targets. Orange’s Executive Vice President…
ANC Wikipedia page ‘wikibombed’ in secrecy bill protest
Despite international and local outcry, the controversial “Protection of State Information Bill”, more commonly referred to the “secrecy bill”, has taken its first steps…
Sergey Brin, wife donate $500 000 to Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the free online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has received a US$500 000 grant Google co-founder Sergey Brin and his wife Anne…
Q & A with Heather Ford: Makmende, Web Ethnography and Ostrich
Heather Ford was recently selected as one of the 10 most influential women in science and technology in Africa by IT News Africa. Andrew…