Before you go and do whatever you do every Friday night (I’m not judging) here’s something fun. The Friday News Roundup, just for you. Now, if you don’t read this, I’ll judge you. So, read up. I’m waiting….
Another governement organised event to hack the Nigerian code
Lots of money to be won at the USPF hackathon. And incubation opportunities. Developers, designers and data scientists sign up.
Intel turns up the heat and developers are gonna feel the burn
Kenya and Nigeria will see a lot of algorithm jutsu being displayed as the Intel Developer Zone Champ gets underway.
One day, Uber will rule the world. I said it first. One day, we’ll all be helpless when our Uber app refuses to launch and we’re left stranded. Uber has us eating out of their hands and we don’t realise it yet.
And guess how many startups have been accepted into its incubation class; somewhere between 5 and 7.
Monster clients. Monster funding
A new partnership sees this monster of a startup to nab another major client. Glory days, hallelujah!
So, Hellofood acquired a delivery tracker which tracks the delivery men. Tracking means better food, right? You know how people can be paranoid about their food.
Slickr, a place where you met fellow shopaholics, is now the place where you can do some actual shopping. And someone in Egypt just screamed, Yeah baby!
Cape Town WordPress conference
400 people will gather for this year’s wordpress conference. Widgets, themes, php, it’s all on the menu. But really, 400 people? Surely there are more than 400 wordpress blogs in Cape Town.
Uber oh Uber, Wherefore art thou, Uber?
What does Uber, a bank and Kia motors have in common? It has to do with payment systems and new partners.
The age of free is over. Deal with it
ChopUp says you gotta pay to get your gaming fixes, as from now on. Well, such is life. Deal with it.
