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The lingering stares you get while walking around with an iPad tucked under your arm is confirmation that this is no ordinary gadget. In fact, it gives you a small inkling of what it must be like to be a rockstar.Complete strangers stopped me in my tracks to get a ...

The Grid, Vodacom's location-based mobile social network, has launched Legends of Echo, a multi-player social game for mobile phones that allows players to battle each other across South Africa in real time and based on their actual physical location.In the game, the Echo is a parallel virtual universe based on ...

Google Buzz is really messing with my brain. All my other social media activities fit nicely along the private-public continuum we all have to juggle. But Buzz feels like an invasion of my personal space. By infiltrating the most private of online communications (email), it's also daring ...

Global smartphones manufacturer HTC on Friday introduced an enhanced experience of Sense, the company's mobile user interface, that it says will be available on two new smartphones: the Legend and Desire. “At its essence, the mobile phone is the most personal item any person has in their possession. HTC Sense ...

Just as Nick was about to pull the trigger in the final, deadly game of Russian Roulette in the 'Deer Hunter', the tape in the video machine ran out. As I now know (thanks to the internet), playing time is no indicator of recording time: there was no way the ...

Vodacom, the South African subsidiary of worldwide mobile giant Vodafone, has been working on and is close to releasing a new, ultra-cheap internet-focused netbook it is calling the “LinkBook”.It marks the local subsidiary’s first move into the hardware game. On a world-wide level, this is one of the few ...

Venture capitalists and entrepreneurs often don't see eye-to-eye, and in South Africa in particular, there seems to be a very real gap in meeting the needs and expectations of both parties.While we know the path of the entrepreneur can be a frightfully fun but rocky one, at some stage ...

Software development startup BetTech Gaming has announced that it has secured a multi-million rand seed funding packet from South African venture capital firm, 4Di Capital.Founded in 2009, BetTech develops gaming software, the first of which is their sports book package which will be licensed through bet.co.za’s web and mobile interfaces.When ...

The co-founder of Apple and Pixar is the ultimate front man, one of the most charismatic businessmen alive. Steve Jobs doesn’t just present, he evangelizes. And when he gets onto the stage he takes no prisoners – it is difficult to listen to Jobs and not be recruited as an Apple ...

The mobile app market is booming, with businesses of all shapes and sizes eager to get their brand out in the form of an app. A fairly significant problem with developing mobile apps – and one that isn’t likely to go away anytime soon - is that there are a ...