LA Fashion Site Nasty Gal Raises $40 million

Tuesday, August 28, 2012
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Red-hot fashion site Nasty Gal has completed its series B round of funding of $40 million from its sole investor, Index Ventures. The site which was launched in…

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South African Music Streaming Service, Simfy Africa To Launch Soon

Friday, August 17, 2012
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In about two weeks, music lovers in South Africa will have get to listen to all their favourite local and international artists via a music streaming service. Simfy…

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Google+ Is Google’s Secret Weapon Aimed At Horrible YouTube Comments

Thursday, July 26, 2012
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YouTube, the Google owned video-sharing website where users can upload, share and view videos has a reputation for having really mean comments. In fact, according to John Herrman…

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iROKOTV Sues Afrinolly For Copyright Infringement

Wednesday, July 18, 2012
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Nigerian entrepreneurs are finally getting serious about copyrighted items and permissions.  Jason Njoku, Founder, iROKOTV has sued Afrinolly – an app that streams nigerian content to mobile devices. Jason…

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iROKOtv Founder, Jason Njorku Listed In Forbes Young African Millionaires To Watch

Friday, July 13, 2012
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Dangote can start moving over while tech entrepreneurs like Iroko Partners Founder, Jason Njorku make their way to the Forbes lists. Forbes lists Njorku, 31, as well as…

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Why YouTube Views Stop Counting At 301 [VIDEO]

Monday, June 25, 2012
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If you’re an avid YouTube visitor, you’ve probably noticed this a couple of times. The view count on new videos always stops at 301. Numberphile speaks to YouTube…

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Sexism in Video Games: Is It A Problem?

Friday, June 22, 2012
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  Feminist media critic, Anita Sarkeesian, finds examples of sexism and misogyny in various forms of media. She recently gained a larger spotlight – actually the first time I…

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iROKOtv Nears 500,000 users, Brings You Classic Nollywood Movies

Wednesday, June 13, 2012
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Movie streaming service iROKOtv has revealed in its latest newsletter that it is nearing 500,000 users and as a result is rekindling out memories with classic Nollywood movies….

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Apple’s WWDC 2012: What (Not) To Expect

Monday, June 11, 2012
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Today marks the beginning of Apple’s 2012 Worldwide Developer’s Conference. The tech world isn’t being given much time to recover from the E3 as the WWDC is the…

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Sabunta Goes Live: Nigeria’s Latest Online Fashion Store

Saturday, June 9, 2012
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As we reported earlier, online fashion store, Sabunta has launched. Offering a large collection of shoes, clothes and fashion accesories to the Nigerian online market. Sabunta is Rocket…

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