The Mail & Guardian Online, one of South Africa's oldest and most respected sources of news and opinion, has been taken offline after an attack by Russian hackers that has, apparently, been building for several weeks.Nic Dawes, Mail & Guardian editor, tweeted "The M&G website is under sustained attack ...

SnapBill, a South African startup specialising in online invoicing and billing systems, launched out of beta on Tuesday to a global audience.The company facilitates online billing systems for businesses requiring automated recurring or subscription billing and payment collection. Its international competitors include the well-known Freshbooks, Invoicera, BlinkSale, BallPark, Invoice Machine ...

Raising funding for a new venture is always difficult. Entrepreneurs going down this road will have to shrug off many pessimists and naysayers along the way.... but sometimes they are their own worst enemies.As a venture capitalist you need to have a great sense of humour as you wade ...

Smartphones have taken the mobile experience from just simple voice calls to a rich social media and application-driven existence. The rise of smartphones mean phone services like contact lists, call history, call registers, voicemail and even the phone call itself are increasingly heading to the great cloud.Cell C CEO, Lars ...

Social media is slowly being adopted amongst the hospitality industry, and the phenomenon of collective buying as developed by Groupon is serving to reinforce the fact that the times they are a-changing. But how much value will this new business model add to an industry already battling to remain profitable?Social ...

There’s a growing startup scene at the tip of Africa. And it was more evident than ever at a Silicon Cape networking event on Tuesday evening.The energy and passion that the organisers of the Silicon Cape Initiative, a body formed to promote entrepreneurial activity in the tech sector, have ...

Social media integration is all the rage. Only a few months ago Microsoft launched Xbox LIVE, an online multiplayer gaming network, in South Africa now it has announced the integration of Facebook and Twitter into the product."A 'My Community' channel will also be added to the LIVE Dash and ...

Banksy, the world-famous street artist who is considered the scarlet pimpernel of the art world almost had his identity sold in an auction on ebay last week. Bidding reached a dollar short of US$1-million before the attempt to unmask the art crusader was thwarted. But many have been left wondering ...

Mobile is all the rage right now and QR codes, two-dimensional code readable by dedicated QR barcode readers and camera phones, are coming into their own. A Chicago-based company has just launched an innovative idea that utilises QR codes to make massive outdoor billboard advertising affordable to small and medium ...

Ongo, a subscription-based service backed by The Washington Post, The New York Times and USA Today, launched on Tuesday promising a "new way to read, discover and share" news online.The big dailies are among the content contributors to Ongo.com along with Britain's Financial Times and Guardian, The Boston Globe, The ...