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(CNET) Tech companies want to control the news

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork This just in: Tech companies are fighting to be your main source for news. Twitter will highlight tweets for breaking news, Google launches YouTube Newswire, and LinkedIn ruins the Pulse app to pick stories it thinks you should like. Along with Apple and Facebook, more tech companies want to decide […]

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(CNET) When are expensive cables worth it?

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Commentary: It’s almost always a waste of money to spend more on HDMI, USB, optical digital and speaker cables, not to mention DisplayPort, DVI, Ethernet and VGA. But are there any exceptions to the rule? Maybe. There are few things that come in as wide a variety of prices as

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South Africa: Online portal boosts business in townships

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork South African township based business owners have jumped at the opportunity to join a new interactive website, designed to help them connect with their customers and grow their business. The new website, cando.sa.com, launched by Nampak Bevcan’s consumer facing brand Can Do!, at the end of last year,  provides local outlet

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The secret alliance that could give the Web a massive speed boost

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork An unusually broad tie-up of browser makers is working on faster Web performance using new technology that bridges a years-old divide in the browser world. An unlikely partnership between rivals may be the key to a much faster experience on the Internet. After working behind closed doors for months, browser

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Having a Robot in an Ebola ward

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork In November, with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa showing no signs of slowing, the list of people climbing aboard planes to Liberia and Sierra Leone was not terribly long. Deborah Theobald, the co-founder of Cambridge-based health care company Vecna Technologies, was one of them. Accompanying her were two new

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Africa’s Top 20 most connected countries by user numbers

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork According to worldometers.info, the population within South Africa sits at just over 53 million individuals. To add to the figures, Nigeria currently has over 183 million individuals populating its city’s. Africa has always been viewed as a continent that isn’t very connected in terms of internet speeds and the number

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Facebook takes Internet.org to Senegal

Social media giant, Facebook, has revealed that it has now set its sight’s on Senegal – in order to launch Internet.org as well as more than a dozen free basic services within the country. According to Facebook, the services will be available to will be available to Tigo SIM card holders. Facebook originally launched Internet.org

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A single test can determine every Virus a Person Has Had from a single Drop of Blood, Researchers Find

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Using less than a drop of blood, a new test can reveal nearly every virus a person has ever been exposed to, scientists reported on Thursday. The test, which is still experimental, can be performed for as little as $25 and could become an important research tool for tracking patterns

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Drones in Healthcare

Follow us Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Drones in Healthcare I think the world has become fascinated by drones. I know I have. I got one for Christmas and it’s really fun to play with. The one I got is really hard to fly, but in many ways that makes it more fun. What a lot of people

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​Android Auto is finally here, and with it a new era

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork Smartphones and cars can focus on what each one does best with the arrival of this new dashboard connection technology. Hyundai has become the first carmaker to ship Google’s new smartphone connection software, starting with 2015 Sonatas that have factory nav. It’s arriving in those cars in three ways: Cars

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