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Tue, December 18th, 10:32 · Kamau Mbote

Social media’s last minute push for Kenyan voter registration

With hours until the Kenya voter registration deadline, Kenyans have turned to social media to push for more participation in the process after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Kenya’s electoral body, signalled that turnout has been “below par overall”. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 06:27 · Tefo Mohapi

Twitter and Nielsen to provide “Nielsen Twitter TV Rating”

Microblogging site Twitter and audience measurement systems developer Nielsen Media Research yesterday announced they had entered into an agreement with Twitter to create the “Nielsen Twitter TV Rating”. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 09:57 · Kamau Mbote

Digital migration case postponed; Ndemo cautioned over social media rants

The Kenyan High Court has put off the hearing date for a petition by the Consumer Federations of Kenya (Cofek), a consumer rights group, against the government’s plan to switch off analogue television. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 08:10 · Kamau Mbote

Ndemo in firing line after tweeting lobby group

Kenya’s Information and Communications ministry permanent secretary Dr. Bitange Ndemo has found himself in a war of words with the Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) after tagging the lobby group in a provocative tweet following its move to stop the December 31 digital TV migration. → Read more
Fri, December 14th, 07:16 · Richard Cutcher

Google Maps shoots to the top of Apple’s App Store

iPhone users have responded to the return of Google Maps to their devices by sending the application to the top of the charts in Apple’s App Store just hours after it was launched. → Read more
Thu, December 13th, 15:01 · Gabriella Mulligan

Facebook looks to reassure users with privacy changes

Facebook has announced changes to its privacy controls, to become effective by the end of the year, in a bid to reassure users of their power over their online content. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 14:32 · Gabriella Mulligan

Pope tweets for the first time

Pope Benedict XVI has issued his first tweets today, as Twitter users flock to follow the Catholic Church’s leader via his personal profile named @pontifex. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 07:43 · Gabriella Mulligan

OPINION: Facebook should heed site governance vote result

Facebook’s most recent “Site Governance Vote” has – dependent on your point of view – either proven a sham or a complete success, as only particularly interested users would have known about the poll in the first place. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 07:09 · Brandon Gregory

South African software company making big impact State-side

Cape Town managed software company Personera is now part of Facebook’s elite Preferred Marketing Developer Program and building a strong customer base in the United States. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 15:16 · Tefo Mohapi

41 employees confirmed to be retrenched, Mxit says it’s channeling funds into “key growth areas”

Mxit, the “largest social network in South Africa”, says it plans for aggressive growth in 2013 with the implementation of an extremely focused technology and business plan. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 14:34 · Tefo Mohapi

More than two million South Africans use LinkedIn

LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with more than 187 million members, has announced more than two million South Africans have signed up. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 13:21 · Gabriella Mulligan

Facebook rejects results of data use poll

Facebook will not be bound by the results of a poll on its proposed data use and governance changes, citing insufficient participation, even though the vast majority of users rejected the changes. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 12:57 · Tefo Mohapi

Trouble at World of Avatar as Mxit set to retrench employees and Boom.fm shuts down

World of Avatar has suffered further blows after announcements that Mxit is to retrench staff and Boom.fm is to close. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 12:21 · Tefo Mohapi

Twitter takes on Instagram with new photo filters

With Instagram having discontinued previewing of its photos on Twitter, the microblogging site has taken the fight to the popular app by launching its own photo filtering service. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 11:58 · Tom Jackson

Twitter used in campaign to spread information on Mandela health

Twitter is playing its part in disseminating information of the condition of former South African president Nelson Mandela, as the government steps up its efforts to keep the public informed after criticism of its handling of his last hospitalisation. → Read more
Mon, December 10th, 08:04 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian defence chief hits out at fake Facebook account

Admiral Ola Sa'ad Ibrahim, Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, has confirmed there is a parody Facebook account in his name and has labelled the imitators cyber criminals. → Read more
Mon, December 10th, 07:35 · Brandon Gregory

Google+ Communities launched

Google has extended its social network to allow users to chat and share their interests in Google+ Communities. → Read more
Fri, December 7th, 12:19 · Brandon Gregory

K-Talks, Kenya’s online community

A new online community born in Nairobi has grown to 55,000 users in six months offering one place to share multimedia, documents and online polling. → Read more
Thu, December 6th, 09:02 · Kamau Mbote

Microsoft opens own social networking site SOCL

Microsoft has launched its social media platform SOCL, which will combine functionality from search engine Bing and Pinterest’s graphic heavy interface. → Read more
Tue, December 4th, 14:13 · Tom Jackson

Facebook’s ‘sponsored stories’ settlement gets initial approval

Facebook’s second attempt to settle a privacy lawsuit has been given preliminary approval by a US judge, as the company looks recompense those who felt it should not have used their personal information in ‘sponsored stories’ advertising. → Read more