It’s been a bad year for Facebook. Okay, a truly terrible year. It just got even worse with the departure of Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.

The company behind a plan to build a submarine cable connecting South Africa with South America has partnered with Telecom Italia’s Sparkle unit to expand its reach on the Seabras-1 cable to the US.

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Sirius XM Holdings has agreed to acquire Pandora Media in a $3.5-billion deal, helping the satellite-radio company controlled by billionaire John Malone expand into online music.

Microsoft has unveiled a raft of product updates and new services in security, artificial intelligence and other areas as the company tries to sustain the growth of its Azure and Office businesses.

Bitcoin could finally be hitting a bottom before heading higher. The digital currency is lingering above both the price and trend lines and a buying divergence is forming, flashing a positive signal.

On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg unpack Naspers’s decision to unbundle MultiChoice to shareholders and list it on the JSE. What does this mean for the future of the pay-television operator?

Comcast won a bidding war for Sky with a $39-billion offer for Europe’s largest satellite broadcaster, staving off rivals 21st Century Fox and Walt Disney to extend the US cable giant’s empire abroad.

MTN South Africa is pulling the plug on its popular zero-rated Twitter offering, saying it is no longer feasible to offer the service without charging for data use.

Comcast bid highest in a quick-fire auction of Sky, dealing Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox a potential knock-out blow in their battle for Europe’s largest satellite broadcaster.