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The streamers have all been cleared, the champagne -- if there's any left -- is flat by now and you're contemplating the excesses of the festive period. Yup, it's a new year and we all know what that means: resolutions. We all know resolutions are difficult to keep. You need all the help you can get. Being of a technological bent, Memeburn decided to point you in the direction of a few apps designed to keep you on the straight ...
Going on holiday is usually supposed to meaning switching off and tuning out. But being connected can be really useful. Your phone can book a hotel room at the best rate, find you restaurants that only locals know about, or send a postcard -- not to mention sorting out your itinerary and even helping you to pack. And there are those apps that help you not say "I want to caress your bananas" when you actually mean "Where is the ...
In a classic case of “if you can’t beat 'em, join 'em", museums and art galleries around the world are embracing the opportunities of new technology in an effort to keep up with the times and grow their audiences, or, in some cases, just to hold onto them. The Guggenheim, the American Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Modern Art -- some of New York’s most prominent museums and art galleries are all are developing and showcasing their own ...
The web will die says George Colony, the rather insightful boss of Forrester Research -- and here is why.He says that fundamentally the web is a waste and inefficient. It fails to take advantage of the incredible processing power and storage abilities of the powerful gadgets and computers we use. It makes no sense to leave these out of the equation. Rather the best use of the technology at our disposal today is to use both the internet and the ...
If you've ever had any need to develop mobile apps, you'll probably be aware of the choice between going native or web app. For those not aware, native apps are developed using the language and platform of the phone in question (Objective C for iPhone, Java for Android etc.). Web apps, on the other hand, run in the mobile browser of the device. Like all great techie debates, the reasons for choosing one or the other relate to performance, design ...
There are millions (and millions) of smartphones in South Africa. And growth is accelerating.Vodacom’s latest financial results disclose some interesting numbers: Between April and June, it added 406 000 smartphones70 percent of smartphones sold in the quarter were BlackBerryAs of 30 June, there are 3.7-million active smartphones on its network33 percent of its smartphone subscribers use data bundlesMTN, the second-largest network in the country, has 2.6-million smartphones on its network at the end of June. And Cell C, latecomer to the ...
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