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Fri, February 22nd, 09:42 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA Press Council tightens ropes on online media

Online news sites will soon be subject to stricter regulations as the South African Press Council plans to extend its code, holding online media accountable to the same standards as printed media. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 08:39 · Vincent Matinde

New elections portal launched in Kenya

As Kenya approaches its most hi-tech polls, another election portal has been unveiled detailing news from different media houses. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 07:44 · Richard Cutcher

Tables turned on Anonymous as they fall victim to latest Twitter hack

A rival group of hacktivists have embarrassed hacker group Anonymous by infiltrating their Twitter account for three hours. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 15:39 · Nanine Steenkamp

Saffron Digital partners with The Filter for new online platform

International digital services firm Saffron Digital and personalised content discovery solution provider The Filter have collaborated to launch an advanced end-to-end premium online video solution. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 15:27 · Richard Cutcher

Nigerian bank website goes down

Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) suffered disruption and embarrassment when its website went down for more than six hours. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 14:05 · Nanine Steenkamp

New Firefox 19 skips PDF plug-ins

Mozilla’s latest Firefox browser release, Firefox 19, enables users to read PDFs directly in the browser without requiring plug-in installations. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 13:25 · Gabriella Mulligan

Official Pistorius website dedicated to providing updates

Oscar Pistorius’ family has dedicated his official website to providing court updates and information to supporters, citing “enormous global interest” in the ongoing case. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 13:11 · Kamau Mbote

Bloggers to be arraigned in court for spreading hate speech

The National Media Monitoring Steering Committee in Kenya has confirmed two bloggers suspected of peddling hate speech on social media have been arrested and will be arraigned in court in two weeks. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 13:01 · Paul Adepoju

Bez: Every great project should have great online PR

Nigerian music superstar Bez has advised every organisation doing great work to ensure they have a great online public relations team promoting their projects. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 12:53 · Gabriella Mulligan

Nakumatt sees no benefits from online shopping

Kenyan supermarket chain Nakumatt says it has felt no impact from e-commerce, with uptake of online retailers negligible due to the lack of payment solutions. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 11:22 · Vincent Matinde

Video on demand the future of media distribution in Africa

During the ongoing Mobile Web East Africa, Buni Media CEO Marie Lora-Mungai gave a convincing case on why “on demand” services will be the face of content distribution in Africa. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju

Lagos State employees could be watching pornography at work

Biyi Mabadeje, commissioner for science and technology in Lagos state, has suggested government officials are accessing restricted websites in the workplace, with moves underway to forbid private networks being used in the office. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 08:44 · Kamau Mbote

Jeep Twitter account hacked

Chrysler's Jeep Twitter account was hacked into on Tuesday, with the hacker sending out tweets ridiculing the off-road vehicle and its CEO, just a day after Burger King's feed faced similar fate. → Read more
Wed, February 20th, 19:50 · Richard Cutcher

Competition winners to pay US$1,500 for first Google Glasses

Eight thousand test pairs of the much anticipated Google Glasses will be sent to carefully selected competition winners to try out the hi-tech specs. → Read more
Wed, February 20th, 14:33 · Tom Jackson

Google’s shares hit all time high

Google’s share price passed US$800 for the first yesterday, pushing the company’s market valuation to US$266 billion. → Read more
Wed, February 20th, 12:57 · Nanine Steenkamp

More consolidation needed among operators, reveals global Telecom report

The latest Telecoms.com Intelligence Industry Survey reveals 65 percent of respondents believe more consolidation is needed among mobile operators. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 14:39 · Tom Jackson

Report claims Chinese government aiding hacking attacks on west

The Chinese government is assisting hacking attacks on western companies and defence groups from Shanghai and stealing large amounts of data, according to a new report. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 14:15 · Robin Okuthe

FEATURE: Satellite technology to overcome Internet outages caused by cable cuts

Continuous infrastructure developments taking place in Africa have often been blamed for frequent fibre-optic cable cuts that cause temporary Internet outages. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 13:26 · Kamau Mbote

Kenya ICT Board launches Julisha ICT Survey report 2013

Kenya has witnessed an increase in Internet users to 17.38 million from less than 10 million in 2011, according to the Julisha ICT Survey report released today by the Kenya ICT Board. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 12:57 · Gabriella Mulligan

Rural Kenyans to benefit from Indigo Telecom’s white-space tech

Rural Kenyans will receive broadband Internet through new white-space technology being rolled out by Indigo Telecom, in the world’s first commercial launch of the technology. → Read more