Twitter updates its official Android and iOS applications to make timelines more engaging for mobile device users. FULL STORY >

Hacking vehicles is now no longer relegated to the fictional domain of movies and TV series. FULL STORY >

We’ve been hearing for quite some time about the very real threat of cybercrime globally, and South Africa is certainly not exempt from this threat.Here are just three cybercrimes that typify how pervasive the issue is. FULL STORY >

BlackBerry hits the pause button on rolling out BBM for other platforms. FULL STORY >

BlackBerry is making its popular BBM instant messaging service available as a free download for the iPhone and Android smartphones this week. FULL STORY >

If you want further reassurance of the continued validity of reading as a past pastime, read on for a pick of some of the outstanding sci-fi and fantasy offerings that have been claiming a space on our Kindle and tablets of late. FULL STORY >

In this week’s Gaming News Round-up Call of Duty: Ghosts trailer is released, Dishonored gets a Game of the Year edition, and Metro: Last Light is set to receive its third piece of DLC. FULL STORY >

Absa has launched its new online insurance offering, which enables users to access six insurance and investment products from a central location. FULL STORY >

Twitter reveals more feature enhancements for its official Twitter applications for Android and the iPhone. FULL STORY >

Hi-Tec’s V-LITE SpHike mid WP hiking boots beckon us to answer the call of the wild, and manage to all but knock our socks off. FULL STORY >

Google reveals its Africa Connected competition in which five Africans stand a chance of winning $25 000 cash prizes. FULL STORY >

Twitter reveals some security as well as feature updates for the official Android and iPhone applications. FULL STORY >

Cisco’s latest Visual Networking Index has pointed to a near future characterised by mind boggling exponential growth of IP connections. FULL STORY >

Apple’s developer centre has been taken offline in the wake of a revelation that its security had been compromised. FULL STORY >

A new petition has been launched urging Nintendo to change its ways with regards to region locking. FULL STORY >