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Newsmaker of the Week: What’s Next for Facebook?

Saying that Facebook, the US-based social media corporation, has had a bad week is an understatement. The company, owned and led by tech legend Mark Zuckerberg, began the week on a direly sour note after its group of social media...

How AI Can Predict Website Outages Before They Happen

Facebook’s recent outage highlights the need for intelligent IT solutions that reduce downtime and prevent incidents before they happen, according to JSE-listed telecommunications and information technology Altron. "By incorporating artificial intelligence (AI), IT operations can observe, act and learn without...

What Happened to MXit? SA’s Own Super-Popular Chat App

South Africa's communications minister said today that this week's massive social media outage of Facebook Inc. apps including WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook itself, serves as a reminder that governments around the world can do more to support the development...

As Facebook Floundered, its Rivals Flourished

On Monday, US-based social media monolith Facebook underwent its worst outage in recent years after its group of platforms all went down for about 6 hours - Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were all unusable across devices and ISPs around...

Social Media Users in Africa React to WhatsApp & Facebook Outages

Last evening, millions of people across Africa went to their usual social media platforms only to have their apps load endlessly. Was it the signal? Did they steal the tower cables? No -- Facebook and its platforms, including some...

What Actually Caused the Massive 6-Hour Facebook Apps Outage?

Yesterday Facebook and its apps WhatsApp and Instagram, amongst the most popular apps used by mankind, all went down across a massive period of nearly 6 hours. During the period users were not able to access any of the platforms,...

WhatsApp’s New Limit Cuts Highly Forwarded Messages by 70%

In a bid to cut the virality of messages circulating on its social platform, WhatsApp introduced an additional limit earlier in the month - and now it looks like that limit has begun to pay off. Tech Crunch reports that...

WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram Struggle with Worldwide Outages

Users trying to download any type of media on WhatsApp, Facebook or Instagram - you might struggle to get it on your device. This is according to Gadgets Africa, who state that users around the world reported that platforms owned...
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South African Cloud Provider Sets Sights on Global Expansion

Global Micro, South Africa's cloud provider with over 30 years of experience, plans to establish physical offices in Ireland,...
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