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Mon, June 24th, 11:03 · Brandon Gregory
Cell C’s Facebook account hacked
Cell C today announced its Facebook account had been hacked. → Read more
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Fri, June 21st, 09:21 · Richard Cutcher
Instagram adds video sharing
Facebook’s picture sharing service Instagram has entered the micro-video sharing space, putting it in direct competition with Twitter’s Vine app. → Read more
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Thu, June 20th, 10:22 · Nick Sato
Facebook users can now attach photos to comments
Facebook has launched a new feature allowing users to attach a photo when commenting on status updates. → Read more
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Tue, June 18th, 15:13 · Tom Jackson
Skype launches video messaging Mac, IOS, Android, BB
Skype has made its video messaging service available to users on Mac, iOS, Android and BlackBerry, having previously limited the service to Windows 8 users. → Read more
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Tue, June 18th, 09:54 · Nick Sato
Facebook may add video feature to Instagram
Facebook are expected to reveal a video feature for Instagram on Thursday, in a bid to compete with rival Twitter’s Vine application. → Read more
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Fri, June 14th, 10:02 · Nanine Steenkamp
African Anonymous hits ANC site
African hacking group African Anonymous has hacked the official website of the South African ruling party African National Congress (ANC) this morning (Friday), adding to a list of recent cyber attacks. → Read more
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Thu, June 13th, 10:31 · Brandon Gregory
Zille: Mzalisi welcome to take legal action on Twitter allegation
Nico Mzalisi, an African National Congress (ANC) councillor, is planning to sue Helen Zille, premier of the Western Cape and leader of the Democratic Alliace (DA) over a tweet suggesting he attacked Patrick Nqgu, a DA councillor. → Read more
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Thu, June 13th, 08:03 · Nick Sato
Facebook introduces hashtags
Facebook has introduced new tool “The Hashtag”, allowing users to add the # symbol before a word to signify its topic and ease searches on the social network. → Read more
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Thu, June 13th, 07:44 · Kamau Mbote
Kenyans mock politicians’ tech sense
Kenyans on Twitter have mocked their politicians’ technological sense by asking people to guess various apps that could be found on their smartphones. → Read more
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Wed, June 12th, 14:06 · Brandon Gregory
City Press most influential media platform in SA
City Press, one of South Africa’s leading Sunday newspapers, has been named South Africa’s most influential media platform by Media Tenor, taking the title from rival Sunday Times. → Read more
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Wed, June 12th, 11:32 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian bloggers are only interested in increasing traffic – Noble Igwe
Nigerian bloggers will do anything to drive traffic to their blogs, resulting in the abandoning of guiding principles of professional journalism, according to Noble Igwe, founding partner of 360nob.com. → Read more
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Wed, June 12th, 10:17 · Martin Cheruiyot
Kenyan Twitter users react to Kethi withdrawal
Twitter is buzzing with activity after Kethi Kilonzo used her official Twitter handle to confirm her withdrawal from the race for her deceased father’s Makueni Senate seat in order to avoid competing against her mother, who has also withdrawn from the race. → Read more
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Tue, June 11th, 15:22 · Brandon Gregory
Mugabe’s ZANU-PF assailed by Facebook page
A Facebook page dubbed “Baba Jukwa” is writing revelations daily on the malpractice of the country's leaders, reportedly rattling the cage of Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF). → Read more
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Tue, June 11th, 14:07 · Martin Cheruiyot
Students’ high jump video goes viral
A Kenyan high jump video posted on YouTube by Run For Life volunteer Michael Stewart has attracted almost three million views since it was uploaded in late May. → Read more
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Tue, June 11th, 12:44 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian army chief cautions officers on the use of social media
A top ranking Nigerian army chief has encouraged officers to exercise caution in the way they use social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. → Read more
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Tue, June 11th, 10:18 · Brandon Gregory
Rafael Nadal apologises for RIP Mandela tweet
Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has apologised for incorrectly tweeting a rest-in-peace message to Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first post-apartheid president. → Read more
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Tue, June 11th, 10:12 · Nick Sato
Hillary Clinton logs on to Twitter
Former United States secretary of state and First Lady Hillary Clinton has officially joined Twitter, gaining thousands of followers before she even tweeted. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 11:08 · Paul Adepoju
2go Android app gets 50,000 downloads and 4.3 rating in one week
Mobile messaging app 2go has revealed its Android version has had 50,000 downloads within a week of its soft launch and been consistently optimised. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 07:44 · Nick Sato
Facebook and Google deny compromising personal data
Google chief executive officer (CEO) Larry Page and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg have denied reports they are providing the United States’ National Security Ageny (NSA) and FBI with unfiltered access to personal data. → Read more
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Fri, June 7th, 10:33 · Kamau Mbote
Facebook allows pictures to be sent on Chat
Facebook users can now attach pictures on Chat, with analysts saying the move will benefit smartphone users but strain Facebook servers through increased data. → Read more
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