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Wed, February 6th, 08:06 · Brandon Gregory

Social media hate speech in Kenya undeterred by government warnings

The implications of social media hate speech surrounding Kenya’s upcoming general elections may have serious consequences, prompting the Kenyan government is monitoring social media sites. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 15:38 · Robin Okuthe

X-rated app facilitates sex with Facebook friends

A new app called ‘Bang With Friends' (BWF) allows Facebook users to take the social networking site’s ‘poking’ facility to a whole new level, by letting them click on the photos of friends who, in the words of the developers, “you are down to bang”. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 13:32 · Tefo Mohapi

Preferred Developer Programme launched by Mxit to recognise and reward best developers

South Africa's largest social network platform has launched their Preferred Developer Program (PDP) which will provide a form of certification or accreditation for Mxit developers. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 09:40 · Tom Jackson

Twitter hack may have targeted journalists and officials

Analysts believe that the accounts of media outlets and members of the American government may have been targeted by last week’s massive Twitter hack. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 07:14 · Tefo Mohapi

Facebook advises users on how to protect their privacy in Graph Search

Facebook launched Graph Search in January with the aim of making information users already share with each other more useful and easy to find, but privacy concerns have dogged the new feature since its unveiling. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 13:51 · Brandon Gregory

al-Shabaab opens new Twitter account

The al-Qaeda linked al-Shabaab militant group have set up a new English Twitter account, two weeks after their first English account was suspended. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 12:52 · Kamau Mbote

YouTube launches Kenya election channel

Kenyans can now access livestreams on elections after Google and Storyful launched a dedicated channel on YouTube to curate content across the video-streaming site. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 09:22 · Tom Jackson

Facebook performs above expectations, mobile users critical

Facebook’s beat its revenue expectations for the fourth quarter, seeing a 40 percent increase to US$1.59 billion as a result of a surge in mobile users. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 19:31 · Nanine Steenkamp

Facebook top social network for SA advertisers

Facebook has been proven to be the best pitching place on social media for branding as South African preferences in the latest Columinate statistics reveals. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 08:06 · Tefo Mohapi

NATIVE gets young South African men networking through whisky brand partnership

One of South Africa's leading integrated digital marketing agencies, NATIVE, is assisting in an engaging online social media and content presence campaign for whisky producer Chivas Regal in the country. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 07:34 · Richard Cutcher

African governments not following developed world’s lead in exploiting Twitter data requests

New statistics released by Twitter show only one African government, South Sudan, has made any data requests to the popular social media site in the past six months, while the United States has made 815. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher

Twitter bans porn search after explicit Vine videos uploaded

Twitter has embarked on a clean-up programme after micro-porn began appearing on its new six-second video sharing application Vine. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson

WhatsApp criticised for retention of personal data

Dutch and Canadian regulators have criticised messaging app WhatsApp after a joint investigation found it was violating privacy principles in relation to retention, safeguard and disclosure of personal data. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 12:38 · Tefo Mohapi

Michael Jordaan (FNB): “I am not resigning as CEO of the most innovative bank in the world”

Michael Jordaan, Chief Executive at South Africa's First National Bank (FNB), took to Twitter to end speculation surrounding his job at FNB after MoneyWeb published an article citing bank insiders who suggested he was quitting. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 09:57 · Tefo Mohapi

Twitter introduces advertising in North Africa

Twitter has launched advertising services in North Africa while launching similar services in the Middle East. → Read more
Mon, January 28th, 15:00 · Kamau Mbote

Google+, world’s second most popular social networking site

Google+ has surpassed YouTube and Twitter, its other major competitors, to become the second most popular social networking site (SNS) globally in terms of active users, with 25 percent of the market share, behind only Facebook. → Read more
Mon, January 28th, 10:44 · Tefo Mohapi

Vine, new video sharing service by Twitter

Twitter has launched a micro-video sharing application, Vine, exclusive on the iPhone and iPod Touch. → Read more
Sun, January 27th, 16:31 · Tefo Mohapi

Women account for more than a third of Davos delegate social media activity

KPMG International has released data showing female delegates played an increasingly prominent role in the public discussion from the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. → Read more
Fri, January 25th, 15:54 · Nanine Steenkamp

RLabs sponsors R3 million plus worth of bursaries

South African Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs) has given 800 scholarships with the collective value of almost R3 million (US$255,329), targeting youth, females and unemployed Capetonians. → Read more
Fri, January 25th, 13:15 · Brandon Gregory

al-Shabab’s Twitter page suspended

Twitter has suspended the Somali militant group al-Shabab’s account following its tweets threatening to kill hostages from Kenya. → Read more