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Thu, October 31st, 15:30 · Tom Jackson
Twitter sued for $124m
Two companies have sued Twitter for US$124 million over claims the social media company fraudulently asked them to organise a private sale of shares to drum up interest in its approaching initial public offering (IPO), before cancelling the arrangement. → Read more
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Thu, October 31st, 12:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
Facebook revenues rise on mobile advertising
Facebook has seen a 60 per cent increase in revenues compared to this time last year, with mobile now accounting for almost half the company’s advertising revenue. → Read more
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Thu, October 31st, 12:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Kenya’s anti-corruption website and SMS code goes live
The Presidential Strategic Digital Communications Unit has launched a website allowing Kenyans to report incidents of corruption incidences directly to the Head of State. → Read more
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Thu, October 31st, 10:00 · Tom Jackson
SA startup provides consumers with instant feedback channel
South African startup Croking has created a platform allowing consumers to provide feedback to brands and companies through ‘Crokes’. → Read more
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Wed, October 30th, 18:30 · Tom Jackson
Brands do not understand social media – Fuseware
Companies are failing to take advantage of the potential of social media as they are not listening to their consumers, according to Mike Wronski, chief executive officer (CEO) of South African social media monitoring and analytics firm Fuseware. → Read more
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Wed, October 30th, 13:40 · Nanine Steenkamp
BBM downloaded 20m times in a week
BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) users have increased by more than 20 million within the first week of the Android and iOS launch, expanding the global social chat app community to 80 million members. → Read more
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Wed, October 30th, 12:00 · Brandon Gregory
Minister Lulu Xingwana impersonated on Facebook
Lulu Xingwana, the South African minister of women, children and people with disabilities, has been impersonated on Facebook through a fake profile, which according to the department, was soliciting funds from the public. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 14:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Twitter aims to raise $1.4b from IPO, pegs value at $11b
Twitter has revealed its estimated income from its initial public offering (IPO) is US$1.4 billion, valuing the company at US$11 billion → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 05:00 · Winfred Kuria
Google introduces handwriting mode to Gmail, Docs
Google has introduced a feature allowing Gmail and Google Docs users to use their own handwriting to input words, using a mouse or trackpad. → Read more
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Thu, October 24th, 15:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Cybercrime costs SA $102.5m annually
Cybercrime costs South Africa ZAR1 billion (US$102.5 million) annually and is on its way to surpassing white collar crime in South Africa owing to the lack of law enforcement, according to an expert. → Read more
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Wed, October 23rd, 17:00 · Brandon Gregory
Vavi e-tolling Twitter comments “unfortunate” – SARS
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has dismissed suggestions Zwelinzima Vavi, secretary general of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), was suspended because of his stance on e-tolling. → Read more
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Wed, October 23rd, 12:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Facebook to take stronger action against graphic content
Facebook has announced it will enforce stronger measures against graphic violent content posted on the site in a bid to prevent the “glorification of violence”. → Read more
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Mon, October 21st, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Service outages affect Facebook users
Facebook users across the world have today complained of a service outage, with users unable to “like”, post or comment on posts since this morning. → Read more
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Mon, October 21st, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
DA infighting on social media – report
The parliamentary leader of South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) has taken to Facebook to criticise the party’s national communications head Gavin Davis. → Read more
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Mon, October 21st, 10:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Juniper Networks engineers highest paid globally
Engineers at computer-networking equipment makers Juniper Networks are the highest paid globally, according to a new study, earning more than their opposite numbers at LinkedIn, Google, Yahoo! and Twitter. → Read more
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Thu, October 17th, 19:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Twitter hires Google executive
Twitter has appointed a former Google advertising executive to lead its retail department in preparation for issuing its initial public offering (IPO). → Read more
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Thu, October 17th, 18:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Kohler Barnard cleared of breaching confidentiality during Pule case
South African shadow minister of police Dianne Kohler Barnard has been cleared by parliament’s ethics committee of breaking confidentiality requirements during ex-communications minister Dina Pule’s hearing by posting secret information on Facebook. → Read more
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Thu, October 17th, 15:40 · Selipha Kihagi
LinkedIn launches apps for employers and recruiters
LinkedIn has unveiled two new mobile apps, Recruiter Mobile and Mobile Work With Us, in an effort to accommodate the 33 per cent of users that visit the site using mobile phones. → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 18:00 · Winfred Kuria
Direct messages to be received from any Twitter follower
Twitter is now allowing direct messages to be sent by users who are not being followed by the recipient. → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 09:30 · Richard Cutcher
Twitter to float on NYSE, rising quarterly losses
Twitter has opted to hold its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), but has reported a tripling of its quarterly losses. → Read more
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