SA's vuvuzela was Twitter's fifth most popular 'trend topic' in 2010.
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Eric Edelstein's latest venture combines social networking with crowdsourcing.
Despite 2010 being SA's Soccer World Cup year, the event did not feature on Google's most searched terms for the year.
Hackers in MasterCard, Visa onslaught, Google defends Chrome native code, Symantec warns of WikiLeaks malware, and Apple updates MacBook Air.
MasterCard pulls plug on WikiLeaks, Google debuts second Nexus phone, Apache closer to quitting Java, and Ofcom to impose price controls.
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Some of SA's online retailers are reporting as much as a 30% sales growth compared to this time last year.
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Companies implementing kiosks need to take customers' needs into consideration, says Consology.