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Thu, June 6th, 15:04 · Nanine Steenkamp

More SA WordPress community events to come

More local events for the South African WordPress community will be taking place in Cape Town, following the recent worldwide WordPress anniversary events. → Read more
Thu, June 6th, 10:08 · Nick Sato

Facebook alerted over virus that drains bank accounts

Facebook has been put on alert over an increase in the prevalence of the Zeus virus, which infects computers through malicious links and hacks into users’ bank accounts. → Read more
Thu, June 6th, 07:30 · Mercy Makumi

Premier social media awards launched in Kenya

OLX has launched its first Social Media Awards (SOMA) in Kenya that will see celebrities, media personalities and companies win cash and other prizes for using Facebook, Twitter and blogs. → Read more
Wed, June 5th, 09:29 · Kamau Mbote

PPS yet to post on Twitter account

The Twitter account of Kenya’s Presidential Press Service - Uhuru Kenyatta’s official newswire - has not posted a single Tweet despite being launched two months ago. → Read more
Wed, June 5th, 09:14 · Kamau Mbote

#SomeoneTellNigeria back trending ahead of Kenya match

The rivalry between Kenyans and Nigerians that began in March following the mistreatment of the Harambee Stars in Nigeria has been reignited on Twitter, with the return match to be played in Nairobi today. → Read more
Tue, June 4th, 15:25 · Richard Cutcher

Vine lands on Android

Twitter’s video sharing app Vine is now compatible with Android smartphones, five months after it was launched for iOS. → Read more
Tue, June 4th, 15:25 · Tom Jackson

Twitter downtime caused by glitch during “routine change”

An unknown number of users suffered Twitter downtime yesterday as a glitch during a “routine change” caused an outage of almost half an hour. → Read more
Tue, June 4th, 08:47 · Nick Sato

Social networking attacks on the rise – McAfee

Use of the Koobface social networking worm has surged while spam aimed at stealing passwords on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter has dramatically increased, according to a new report by McAfee. → Read more
Tue, June 4th, 07:19 · Richard Cutcher

Zynga to lay off 580 employees

Social gaming company Zynga is set to lay off more than 500 people, with shares falling 64 per cent since it went public in December 2011. → Read more
Mon, June 3rd, 14:15 · Mercy Makumi

Turkish PM blames social media for political unrest

Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed Twitter for demonstrations in Istanbul, saying social media was “the worst menace to society”. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 10:28 · Nanine Steenkamp

Comrades to be tracked by mapIT

The annual South African road race Comrades Marathon will be supported by mapIT and a Twitter feed to enhance spectators’ runner tracking. → Read more
Thu, May 30th, 14:53 · Richard Cutcher

NASDAQ fined US$10 million over Facebook IPO

NASDAQ, the American stock exchange that oversaw the hectic initial public offering (IPO) of Facebook in May last year, has been fined a record US$10 million for its part in the event. → Read more
Thu, May 30th, 13:28 · Richard Cutcher

Facebook begins verifying accounts

Facebook has followed Twitter by introducing verified pages to ensure users are viewing the actual person or brand rather than fake parody pages of profiles. → Read more
Wed, May 29th, 08:45 · Richard Cutcher

We need to do better – Facebook

Facebook has admitted it must “do better” and will review its policies after pressure from women’s rights groups concerning the site’s inability to remove content that promotes sexual violence. → Read more
Wed, May 29th, 07:34 · Nanine Steenkamp

Users bash new Flickr design

Flickr users have posted disgruntled comments on the Flickr help forum intended for constructive criticism, following reforms of the layout design by Yahoo!. → Read more
Tue, May 28th, 14:22 · Richard Cutcher

Campaigners launch online petition against Facebook

A campaign is piling pressure on Facebook to remove content that promotes sexual violence and degrades women, accumulating more than 220,000 online signatures. → Read more
Tue, May 28th, 09:59 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA Facebookers robbed through page clones

More than 400 South African Facebook users were recent victims of online fraud as the result of profile clones. → Read more
Fri, May 24th, 10:01 · Brandon Gregory

Durban woman considers suing more than 100 cyber bullies

A 21-year-old woman from Durban, South Africa, is considering suing 100 Facebook users over their derogatory comments on a photograph of her, which appeared on a Facebook page titled “SA’s finest girls”. → Read more
Thu, May 23rd, 14:50 · Nanine Steenkamp

Social learning the answer to SA education crisis, expert says

Social entrepreneurship and social learning should be embraced to improve the South African education situation, South African tech entrepreneur Barbara Mallinson believes. → Read more
Thu, May 23rd, 14:15 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian social media explodes over news of #Woolwich

Nigerians have taken to social media platforms in their thousands after news emerged the suspects involved in the gruesome murder of a British soldier in Woolwich, London, are of Nigerian de scent. → Read more