The FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa has been featured solidly on Twitter since kickoff on Friday 11 June with trending topics related to the tournament featuring daily. Twitter has a dedicated site for the event and has added icons that appear on the Twitter website in tweets with specific hashtags relating to the event. (more…)

There are three weeks left to get entries in for The Digital Open, which is giving away more than $15000 worth of prizes to young innovators from around the world.

Prize categories range from software, hardware and science to innovations in support of community, the environment and gaming. There are only three weeks left, so submit your entry today if you haven’t already. (more…)

Episode 66 of the ZA Tech Show is now available. This week we discussed:

• Bandwidth upgrade to the West African Cable System (WACS).
• Quantifying Africa’s international bandwidth projects.
• The local loop.
• Geographic number portability.
• The Facebook land-grab.
• Stickiness of social networks.
• Microsoft’s online advertising rally in the wake of Bing.
• Sony Ericsson’s comeback.
• Consumer animosity levelled at Core, again.
• Doom Resurrection.
• Smartphone wars.

And more.

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