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Social media regulation unrealistic in Nigeria – expert
A social media expert has declared unrealistic the proposition that the Nigerian government should regulate access to and the use of social (more)
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1 day 22 hours agoFacebook charges users US$100 to message Mark Zuckerberg
Facebookers will have to pay US$100 if they want their private messages to be noticed by founder Mark Zuckerberg and other VIPs.
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2 days agoLagos set to host Africa’s first Social Media Week
For the first time since Social Media Week was launched, an African city will host the week-long event from February 18-22.
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4 days agoFacebook post identifies thief as suspect photo appears on victim’s wall
A Durbanite burglar in South Africa will be prosecuted after a picture of himself appeared on the Facebook wall of his victim.
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4 days agoSamsung Mobile Nigeria Facebook fan page hijacked
The Facebook fan page of Samsung Mobile Nigeria has been hacked, with the latest administrator post on the page reading “I am a Muslim (more)
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4 days agoGovernment will not restrict social media in Nigeria – National Orientation Agency
The Director General (DG) of Nigeria’s National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mike Omeri, has revealed government has no plans to regulate or (more)
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5 days agoIndependent vulnerability researcher discovers password reset vulnerability in Facebook
On Monday, Sow Ching Shiong found a way to hack and change another Facebook users’ password in the same simple and easy manner as you (more)
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5 days agoDevelopers' opportunity to represent Africa in the 2013 Facebook Hacker Cup
Facebook has opened registration for the social network's annual Hacker Cup competition, which includes Africa, and has US$10,000 prize (more)
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6 days ago
Kenyan government warns social media users on hate speech
The Kenyan government has said it will be monitoring users of social media and taking action against anyone found inciting violence or (more)
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6 days agoMicrosoft retiring Messenger, migrating users to Skype
Microsoft has confirmed the discontinuation of Windows Live Messenger will take place on March 15, after which users will be required to (more)
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7 days agoiROKO adds Johannesburg to list of global offices
As previously reported by HumanIPO, iROKO Partners have opened their new office in South Africa in the central business district of (more)
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7 days agoNigerian digital agency HotSauce courts new American partner
HotSauce, a Nigerian digital and marketing agency, has partnered with US-based integrated telecommunications conglomerate East Coast (more)
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8 days agoAre social networks causing people to lose their humanity?
If a person were to fall to his or her death off the face of a cliff, what should the general reaction of bystanders be? Should they tweet (more)
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8 days agoCanadian astronaut tweets first space recorded song
The Canadian space traveller, Chris Hadfield, has posted a YouTube video featuring the original recording of “Jewel in the Night” from (more)
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10 days agoPinterest sued for plagiarism
Pinterest has been sued by its angel investor's previous business partner for implementing their shared idea without permission.
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11 days agoTwitter prepares to float in 2014, valuation at US$11 billion
Twitter has been valued at US$11 billion as it prepares to go public and sell shares in 2014.
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11 days agoAfrican Internet use “far greater than expected” – report
A survey of Africa’s big cities has concluded that urban dwellers on the continent are embracing the Internet to a significant extent, (more)
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12 days agoFacebook to update timeline, advertising revenue shift
Facebook is currently testing the replacement for the timeline user profile page in the hope of a better public response.
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13 days agoAngry Birds, YouTube rated among best apps of 2012
Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Angry Birds remained the top downloaded apps in 2012, with a number of new apps making a debut on the (more)
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13 days agoFake doctor arrested in Lagos for defrauding Facebook friend
Nigerian police officers have arrested a Lagos man for allegedly defrauding a woman he met on Facebook of 200,000 Naira (US$1,280).
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13 days agoFacebook fails on New Year’s eve
Facebook let their users down on the brink of 2013 as privacy setting flaws led to the termination of the Midnight Messenger application.
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18 days ago2012 Kenyan Tech Scene review: Social Media
Increased activity on social networking sites coupled with the dramatic rise in the number of blogs in 2012 made the year an interesting (more)
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19 days agoSA Politics: social media a key to success?
It has been an eventful year on the South African political ground. The tug of war between the African National Congress (ANC) and (more)
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22 days agoFacebook under scrutiny over major tax avoidance claims
Facebook is facing serious questions over its tax arrangements after it was revealed it only paid £2.9 million (US$4.2 million) tax on its (more)
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25 days agoFacebook inbox a fee away for non-subscribers
Facebook has launched a social experimental offer for a select group of US citizens not on Facebook, allowing them to send messages to (more)
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25 days agoGuest post: Five lessons in business from Muthuri Kinyamu
In an exclusive post for HumanIPO, Muthuri Kinyamu of social media agency Social Edge Africa shares five lessons he has learnt about (more)
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26 days agoAyatollah Ali Khamenei adds Facebook to his social media portfolio
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has launched his own Facebook page, despite social media sites being banned in the country.
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26 days agoKenya’s High Court stops analogue TV switchoff
The High Court in Kenya has delayed the expected December 31 switch-off of analogue broadcasting in Nairobi, saying the process should be (more)
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26 days agoTweet your way down memory lane
Twitter announced yesterday that some account holders are now able to view an archive of all their past tweets, an extra ability developed (more)
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27 days agoTwitter thanks 200 million unique users
Twitter has announced their social network has reached 200 million monthly unique users, with 60 million new subscribers in the last nine (more)
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27 days agoFacebook to introduce TV-like commercials on News Feed in 2013
Facebook will early next year introduce a new advertising feature in the form of TV-like commercials on the News Feed section of its social (more)
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27 days agoDie Antwoord listed as number one most watched and made in SA YouTube video
YouTube has released its most watched videos in 2012, with music group Die Antwoord’s ‘I Fink You Freeky’ the most watched South (more)
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27 days agoInstagram reverses new photo use rules
Instagram has reversed a portion of its new terms of service allowing the photo-sharing site to use photographs without permission or (more)
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28 days agoMorgan Stanley to pay US$5 million settlement over Facebook IPO
Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter for Facebook’s May initial public offering (IPO), is to pay US$5 million to the Massachusetts (more)
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28 days agoInstagram changes rules on photograph use
Instagram has claimed the right to sell users’ photographs without notification or payment, in policy changes following Facebook’s (more)
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28 days agoSocial media’s last minute push for Kenyan voter registration
With hours until the Kenya voter registration deadline, Kenyans have turned to social media to push for more participation in the process (more)
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29 days agoTwitter and Nielsen to provide “Nielsen Twitter TV Rating”
Microblogging site Twitter and audience measurement systems developer Nielsen Media Research yesterday announced they had entered into an (more)
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29 days agoDigital migration case postponed; Ndemo cautioned over social media rants
The Kenyan High Court has put off the hearing date for a petition by the Consumer Federations of Kenya (Cofek), a consumer rights group, (more)
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29 days agoNdemo in firing line after tweeting lobby group
Kenya’s Information and Communications ministry permanent secretary Dr. Bitange Ndemo has found himself in a war of words with the (more)
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1 month agoGoogle Maps shoots to the top of Apple's App Store
iPhone users have responded to the return of Google Maps to their devices by sending the application to the top of the charts in Apple’s (more)
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1 month agoFacebook looks to reassure users with privacy changes
Facebook has announced changes to its privacy controls, to become effective by the end of the year, in a bid to reassure users of their (more)
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1 month agoPope tweets for the first time
Pope Benedict XVI has issued his first tweets today, as Twitter users flock to follow the Catholic Church’s leader via his personal (more)
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1 month agoOPINION: Facebook should heed site governance vote result
Facebook’s most recent “Site Governance Vote” has – dependent on your point of view – either proven a sham or a complete success, (more)
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1 month agoSouth African software company making big impact State-side
Cape Town managed software company Personera is now part of Facebook’s elite Preferred Marketing Developer Program and building a strong (more)
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1 month ago41 employees confirmed to be retrenched, Mxit says it's channeling funds into “key growth areas”
Mxit, the “largest social network in South Africa”, says it plans for aggressive growth in 2013 with the implementation of an extremely (more)
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1 month agoMore than two million South Africans use LinkedIn
LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with more than 187 million members, has announced more than two million South Africans (more)
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1 month agoFacebook rejects results of data use poll
Facebook will not be bound by the results of a poll on its proposed data use and governance changes, citing insufficient participation, (more)
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1 month agoTrouble at World of Avatar as Mxit set to retrench employees and Boom.fm shuts down
World of Avatar has suffered further blows after announcements that Mxit is to retrench staff and Boom.fm is to close.
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1 month agoTwitter takes on Instagram with new photo filters
With Instagram having discontinued previewing of its photos on Twitter, the microblogging site has taken the fight to the popular app by (more)
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