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Tue, February 5th, 08:44 · Brandon Gregory

Advertisements attached to Google search results can be racially biased

According to a Harvard University study, advertisements pinned to Google search results can display as racially biased due to certain names being associated with black or white people. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 08:30 · Tefo Mohapi

Kaspersky Lab named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Security report

Dubbed a "leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions", Kaspersky Lab have been named as a leader in the market of endpoint security solutions by Forrester Research. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 19:06 · Brandon Gregory

Free fibre infrastructure to benefit landlords in SA

Conduct Telecommunications, an open-access fibre infrastructure provider, will connect businesses to South Africa’s fibre infrastructure at no cost to landlords. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 14:00 · Elly Okutoyi

South African tour operator integrates Wi-Fi in tour vans

South African entrepreneur Shaheed Ebrahim has installed Wi-Fi, complete with tablets and Skype call capability, on his tour vans to gain a competitive edge in the country’s travel and tour industry. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 10:10 · Paul Adepoju

Whatson-gambia.com launched to promote Gambia’s entertainment, tourism and social sectors

Gambia’s major entertainment publication What’s On Gambia has expanded its reach into the online sphere in an effort to promote tourism on Africa’s Smiling Coast. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 09:31 · Tom Jackson

WebAfrica joins SA Internet price war

Internet service provider (ISP) WebAfrica has become the third in South Africa to join the price war started by Telkom, reducing home uncapped ADSL prices by 32 percent. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 07:08 · Paul Adepoju

20 youths arrested in Nigeria over cybercrimes

Security operatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 20 youths over allegations of cybercrimes. → Read more
Sun, February 3rd, 19:22 · Paul Adepoju

Most Nigerian government websites old-fashioned and slow

An investigation has revealed most Nigerian ministries and agencies fail to actively update their websites, despite massive investment in ICT over the last year. → Read more
Sat, February 2nd, 16:45 · Tom Jackson

250,000 Twitter accounts hacked

A quarter of a million Twitter accounts have been hacked in the latest in a line of cyber attacks on major companies. → Read more
Fri, February 1st, 15:11 · Nanine Steenkamp

Apple blocks newest version of Java

Apple has blocked the newest version of Oracle’s Java software for Mac users after the United States Department of Homeland Security recommended uninstalling it until solutions are provided to malicious software posing as a Java patch. → Read more
Fri, February 1st, 14:48 · Elly Okutoyi

Africa’s longest inter-country fibre network in the works

Liquid Telecom’s acquisition of Altech’s assets in East Africa will connect nine African nations with “the longest single international fibre network” on the continent. → Read more
Fri, February 1st, 11:57 · Elly Okutoyi

KDN and SwiftGlobal to be merged by new owners

Two of Kenya’s Internet service providers (ISPs) Kenya Data Networks (KDN) and SwiftGlobal will soon merge their operations once the new major shareholder Liquid Telecom completes the acquisition. → Read more
Fri, February 1st, 10:17 · Robin Okuthe

Ghana’s K-NET launches ultrafast broadband in 16 African nations

Ghanaian telecom giant K-NET has today launched a range of broadband Internet service packages expected to offer businesses and consumers across 16 West and Central African countries “unrivalled levels of performance and value for money”. → Read more
Fri, February 1st, 10:04 · Nanine Steenkamp

Orange to launch Livebox Play

Approximately 100,000 pre-ordered Livebox Play sets will be delivered next week as Orange launches its newest Internet box on February 7. → Read more
Fri, February 1st, 07:58 · Tefo Mohapi

Concealed cost warning for businesses moving to cloud

Deon Scheepers, Regional Business Development Manager at Interactive Intelligence Africa, says moving a business to the cloud serves to make it more efficient, but warns over concealed costs. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 20:00 · Vincent Matinde

NGOs to bring new e-learning platform to Africa

Three non-governmental organisations are adopting the WeeJeeLearning platform and hope to distribute it in their areas of influence, including Africa. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 14:44 · Nanine Steenkamp

Effective Measure to expand further in Africa

South African data collection specialists Effective Measure (EM) revealed it will extend audience measurement in Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Kenya later this year while speaking at yesterday’s (January 30) Cape Town Digital Measuring and Marketing Association (DMMA) Roadshow. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 14:11 · Brandon Gregory

Social media and SMS hotline reports more complaints than compliments for South African police

The South African “Report a Cop, Reward a Cop” initiative has received more complaints than compliments regarding the South African Police Service (SAPS) through SMS and telephone calls in the Western Cape. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 12:31 · Nanine Steenkamp

Google Africa opens Science Fair entries

Google Africa has announced the launch of the third Google Science Fair for teenagers, with Google+ Hangout events newly added for 2013’s competition. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 10:50 · Gabriella Mulligan

iOS 6.1 adoption set to be fastest yet

Adoption of the freshly released iOS 6.1 is set to be the fastest yet, with 22 percent of users upgrading within the first 36 hours of release, says Onswipe. → Read more