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South African banking giant Nedbank today launched a smart and feature phone app suite to its staff. Speaking at the Nedbank Leadership Summit the group's CEO Mike Brown announced that a beta version of the app suite would be available to the company's employees: I am really excited about Nedbank's digital journey....we have built a foundation that enables unrivalled security and on-going app releases to meet customer needs for anywhere anytime banking. Can't wait to get going myself! The announcement was shared on Nedbank's Facebook Timeline: “The Nedbank App Suite is unique in that it will be available on...

Hello, what have we here? It seems the social network giant has sneakily launched a location-based mobile app that lets you find out which of your friends are close by. According to Tech Crunch, the app also allows users to see who else is using the app in the area, even if they're not 'friends', and easily send them a friend request. Is it just me, or does this all sound suspiciously similar to what SXSW darling Highlight does? The app is called "Friends Nearby" and is available from some regions under its previous name ("Friendshake") via the mobile web...

We've told you about the nifty tricks you can pull using Google's various services. It's latest may not be the most technically brilliant, but it is still important. Type Gay Pride, LGBT, gay, lesbian, NYC Gay Pride and SF Gay Pride into your Google search bar and you'll get a rainbow ribbon below your search bar: As Mashable reports, Google has always had a pro-gay rights stance. In a 2008 blog post company co-founder Sergey Brin expressed opposition to Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that took away the rights of Californian same-sex couples to marry: While there are many...

Angry Birds in space not enough for you? How about Angry Birds on a Formula 1 track? Well, you're in luck -- the Finnish gaming giant launched a themed web version of their fowl-flinging game today, as part of their sponsorship with Caterham F1 driver Heikki Kovalainen. It's all chequered flags and red starting lights in Angry Birds Heikki -- the game takes place on Formula 1 race tracks around the world. Currently, the only level available is set on the site of the upcoming British Grand Prix (Silverstone) but that will change as the real-life F1 championship continues...

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 schools and to interested hobbyists to try to kickstart the hardware hacking culture that seems to be dwindling in...

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 that charisma is nothing more than a set of attitudes, skills and behaviours that can not only be practiced...

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 the back of your hand. 1.  Give your readers exclusive sneak peeks: if you're working on a new product, design...

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 had to tell. These stats are from a single data point. Your site may be different, you should experiment with...

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 quite guarantee number one, but insist that they can get the client’s web pages onto the first page within...

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 a comment below, saying: a) You say you are depressed in paragraph one, yet in paragraph two you say that...