South African YouTubers and vloggers from surrounding countries were recognised in the first YouTube Awards to take place in the region.
We round up trends from across the globe that had us scratching our heads.
BrandsEye forecast Donald Trump's victory in the US elections by listening to over 27 million social media conversations by almost 3 million authors. ??
With Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump making last-ditch efforts to woo voters, attackers have targeted their campaign Web sites.
New methods of remaining in touch with customers have changed the way companies run their contact centres, says EOH Technology Solutions.
Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson distances herself from a fake social media account.
Consumers in most countries say control over privacy is more important than convenience, with half of survey respondents saying they delete their Internet browser cookies.
For both marketing and the contact centre, the social platform is the ideal stage to enhance customer engagement, says Ocular Technologies.
SuiteBox will offer South African professionals digital customer engagement services consisting of intuitive video, document collaboration and selective recording.
There are over 80 million fake profiles on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram alone, says a security solutions company.
The world's largest social network tests a feature that allows users to apply photo-filters to their face in real-time, copying one of Snapchat's key elements.