In the fast-paced world of smartphones, a fierce rivalry has shaped the industry for over a decade. On one side, Apple, the epitome of…
Australian PM backs controversial web filter
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Tuesday renewed her backing for a controversial internet filter, saying it was driven by a “moral question”. The proposed…
Trending on Twitter: Brazil elections, Nobel prize and #cantwait
What The Trend, a Twitter aggregator that positions itself as “the front page of the real time web”, has released some rather surprising findings…
Worldwide survey finds emerging markets leading the digital age
China and the Middle East are racing ahead of the West in embracing the internet, according to “the largest ever” global study of online…
Google test drives automated cars of the future
An electronic brain devised by US internet titan Google has driven cars nearly a quarter of a million kilometres in California, on a quest…
Win a brand new N8 smartphone from Nokia and Memeburn
And the winner of the fabulous Nokia N8 is Mark Robert le Roux of Port Shepstone. The contest is now closed. Nokia and Memeburn…
Schwarzenegger, Medvedev exchange tweets in Moscow
When California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger arrived in Moscow this weekend for a visit aimed at promoting Russia’s high-tech industry, he promptly exchanged Tweets with…
GetJar wants to make your mobile phone applications free
The world’s second largest online shop for mobile phone applications is out to change the economics of the booming industry by making the popular…
Microsoft pinning mobile hopes on new operating system
Microsoft unveils a new mobile phone operating system on Monday in what is being seen as a potentially make-or-break effort by the US software…
Mobile and ‘cloud’ computing key future job skills: IBM
US technology titan IBM says the job skills of the future include savvy with smartphones, tablet computers and software hosted in the internet “cloud”…
Viewdle gives mobile phones the ability to ‘see’
High-powered players are pumping US$10-million into Viewdle, a technology startup crafting ways that enable smartphones “see” things the same way people do and identify…
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