The Raspberry Pi, single-board computer, has been shipping for a few months now and you're lucky if you can fit in an order. A month ago, over 20 000 boards had been sold, and suppliers are struggling to keep up with the demand. We decided to take a look around to see why the boards are proving so popular so quickly after launch. Raspberry Pi at school Eben Upton, one of the core designers behind the board, envisioned bringing hardware back into ...

Olivia Fox Cabane makes her living by teaching people the skills needed to be charismatic, influential and persuasive. During her career, she’s been invited to speak at Harvard, MIT, Google and the United Nations. And through her new book, The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism, Cabane wants to change the way you think about charisma. While most people think charisma is so something you’re either born with it or you’re not, Cabane believes ...

Ok so Pinterest is the next big social network, but how can the fashion and retail industry harness the power of this growing platform? I’ve already given you some general Pinterest tips in a previous article, but considering that you can create boards from any topic or trends imaginable, I thought I’d invite you to the inside track of how to use Pinterest for more specific areas.  Here are 8 simple steps to turn the unfamiliar territory of Pinterest into ...

I’ve had several conversations about the email subscription popups new visitors to sites are likely to see. Many of the most experienced people in the business are in favour of them. The results are also focused are in their favour, but there are some “marketing gurus” who are very vocal in their opposition. Never one to leave a debate like this to gut feeling and guesswork, I decided to actually look at my own stats to see what story they ...

The progress of technology is astounding. Every couple of years, computing power doubles. We keep packing more features into mobile devices. Features such as GPS, Accelerometers, Quad Core Graphics and resolutions so high you cannot distinguish the pixels anymore. My cellphone now has a faster processor than the Windows 7 machine I'm typing this review on! Notebook computers are getting lighter, faster and have more battery life than ever before. So you'd think that these days PC manufacturers would have figured ...

The head of Naspers and MIH's global internet operations Antonie Roux has died aged 54. According to Naspers publication Fin 24 Roux died after undergoing surgery in Heidelberg, Germany. Roux was a founding member of the company's subscription TV channel M-Net. He went on to head up its internet service provider M-Web, before taking over as Naspers' CEO for internet operations in 2002, and its online investment division MIH in 2011. The executive worked for Naspers for the best part ...

Nedbank may be about to follow in the footsteps of First National Bank (FNB) by launching a mobile app. The large South African bank tweeted a hint that it may be about to join the world of banking apps from its official account this morning: We are tweeting live from the #NedbankLeadership Conference. Exciting digital news through the day. Will it be 'appy' news?— Nedbank (@Nedbank) June 25, 2012 When FNB launched its app in 2011, it was a first for South ...

This video contains so many kinds of awesome, I can't even begin to count them. Take one pico projector, add in some video footage from a couple of iPhones and you get the smallest, most badass police chase in history. The video is made by TheTheory which, according to its website, is "a pseudonym for writer/director team Tom Jenkins and Simon Sharp". In case you're calling "Fake" on this one, the team claims that the video "was all projected and ...

There are a number of, what the industry calls, “black hat” SEO techniques that companies (and even some SEO Consultants) may be tempted to practice so that they can try to push their rankings for target keywords to the top of the Google search results. Unfortunately there are still those SEO firms who guarantee their clients number one position on the first page of Google for target keywords, or maybe in some instances they are a little more cautious and don’t ...

Do you spend an awful lot of time posting comments on the internet? If so, it's possible that you are a troll. But, just knowing this is not enough. There are so many different types of trolls operating on the net today. Take this handy, informative and completely serious quiz to find out… What kind of internet troll are you? 1. Someone writes a truly heartfelt blog post that lays bare the very essence of their soul. You decide to post ...