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A few weeks ago in a very bizarre dream, I was a beautifully customised icon on my Firefox browser, adorned in bright colors with HC on the bottom right.HC didn't stand for HealthCrunch, nor was it an alternative to creative commons. What it stood for was Human Connector. The difference ...

Brendan Jack, of MTV's Footskating 101 fame, has created what he thinks will be a new conference to rival the well-known Austin-based SXSW. He's going hyperlocal and hyperactive and just plain hyper for his conference, called "South By South West Rand". The lawyers are going to be all over this ...

Google has taken the bold step of ceasing to censor their search services — Google Search, Google News, and Google Images — on their China presence, Google.cn.Users visiting Google.cn are now being redirected to Google.com.hk, where the search giant is now offering "uncensored search in simplified Chinese, specifically designed ...

Google on Friday announced that the real-time search features it rolled out internationally last year will now be available on its South African search results. In December last year, the search giant introduced a string of new search innovations on Google.com, bringing their results to life with a dynamic stream ...

A world-wide survey conducted by global public relations (PR) company, Text 100, indicates a "mainstreaming" of blogging in most markets, with many bloggers reporting increased contact from PR professionals or corporate communicators.The survey looked at 465 bloggers from 22 countries, which included questions put to South African bloggers.The survey ...

South Africa appears to be a step closer to having an internet experience like the rest of the developed world after local internet service provider MWEB on Thursday announced a new range of competitive, uncapped broadband packages.Despite being the continent's leading economy, the country has fallen behind country's like Nigeria, ...

Idea Bounty is a website created by South African and London-based web agency, Quirk eMarketing, that looks for “Big Creative Ideas” for their clients from the general public in SA and globally -- a concept known as crowdsourcing.On the Idea Bounty site you can read the current client brief and ...

Metaio has released a completely new version of its open augmented reality browser junaio, taking further steps in enabling everyone to create and experience mobile augmented reality.Version 2.0, which is now available in Apple’s App Store, offers new unique features such as indoor usage, web- and user-based information channels, and ...

Google on Tuesday launched a new beta version of its Chrome browser, which includes a number of new innovations including additional privacy controls for users and seamless integration of translation functionality.Google says the beta release gives users even greater choice and control over their privacy as they browse the ...

Self-publishing your book successfully in South Africa is one thing, self-publishing your book as an e-book on the Amazon Kindle is what some would call nearly impossible. But this is just what Dr Bertie du Plessis, author of Don’t lose your pension, did.Du Plessis is the founder of MindPilot ...