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TikTok has finalised a deal to avoid the looming threat of a ban in the US (Image source: © NPR

TikTok avoids looming threat of US ban

US tech brands dominate Brand Finance’s 2026 Global 500

22 Jan 2026

Amazon’s AI-powered Shop Direct and Buy for Me tools are designed to help shoppers find products beyond its marketplace, but retailers argue the experiment exposes a deeper tension over data ownership, consent and who really controls the future of online shopping (Image source: © 123rf )

Online retailers push back against Amazon's Shop Direct

7 Jan 2026

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Is Gmail’s AI Search a game-changer for users or an invasion of privacy? (Image supplied)

Exclusive | Gmail’s AI Search: Game-changer or a privacy nightmare?

2 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf In 2024, 258,000 apps for iOS and Android operating systems were downloaded per minute for all types of publishers, with in-app purchase revenue up 12.5% to $150bn

2024 in-app purchase revenue up to $150bn, but app downloads decrease

23 Jan 2025

Source: © Campaign Asia Tiktok’s North American general manager, Sameer Singh has announced his resignation at a critical time for the platform in the US

TikTok’s US GM, Sameer Singh resigns at key time, raises advertising stability concerns

Danette Breitenbach 6 Jan 2025

Source: © LinkedIn In 2025 AI will transform advertising, signalling a fundamental shift in how advertisers approach digital marketing

AI to transform advertising in fundamental shift in digital marketing in 2025

3 Jan 2025

Source: © The Economic Times President-elect Donald Trump is making a U-turn on banning TikTok in the US

Trump's U-turn on the banning of TikTok

Danette Breitenbach 2 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf Streaming services remain the most subscribed subscription category, with 22% of users signing up for these platforms

ChatGPT the fastest-growing subscription-based service worldwide growing 296%

5 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf The UK Parliament has passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

UK passes Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

3 Jun 2024

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Nearly 70% of consumer payments to be instant by 2027

9 Mar 2023

Facebook puts an end to live shopping feature

Facebook puts an end to live shopping feature

5 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied. FNB chief executive officer, Jacques Celliers.

FNB Connect named best digital MVNO in the world

13 Jun 2022

5 reasons why building an app is useful for your business

5 reasons why building an app is useful for your business

Craig Lebrau, Lebrau Press 5 Jul 2022

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Pinterest to buy high-tech fashion shopping platform The Yes

6 Jun 2022

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Elon Musk becomes Twitter's largest shareholder

6 Apr 2022

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TikTok hits one billion users

9 Dec 2021

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Total number of mobile phone users hit nearly 5.3 billion

2 Sep 2021

The Covid-driven surge in online grocery shopping

The Covid-driven surge in online grocery shopping

Ross Jenvey 22 Sep 2020

Leon Coetzer, redPanda Software

How mobile technology is driving sales in physical retail stores

Leon Coetzer 10 Jul 2020

#BlockchainAfrica: New prototype of blockchain-based voting machine unveiled

#BlockchainAfrica: New prototype of blockchain-based voting machine unveiled

2 Mar 2020

Image credit: ROBIN WORRALL on Unsplash.

Mobile leads clicks, not conversions - finds new AccuraCast research

25 Sep 2019

Mobile app uses AR to locate friends in a crowd

Mobile app uses AR to locate friends in a crowd

10 Jun 2019

Artist’s name: Babak Sarbaz (pseudonym)
Title: Clergies’ Revolution
Dimensions: 100 x 75 cm
Editor’s note: This submission is a graphic manipulation of an image of Ayatollah Khomeini’s return to Iran in 1979

Borders and Boundaries competition announces winner

24 Jan 2019

OurCrowd's Jeremy Pressman.

Israel's plan to accelerate innovation in sports tech

Lauren Hartzenberg 31 Jul 2018

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New research suggests organisations should embrace new messaging culture

6 Dec 2017

Roambee enables digitisation for enterprise supply chain, logistics

Roambee enables digitisation for enterprise supply chain, logistics

25 Oct 2017

Pixel smartphone upgrade highlights Google push into hardware

Pixel smartphone upgrade highlights Google push into hardware

9 Oct 2017

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Airbnb enters restaurant reservation business

29 Sep 2017

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