Big Tech

The problem with an Intel push for an Android Windows marriage

Android and Windows running in harmony on the same machine isn’t something new. Whether it’s by dual-booting — choosing which OS to boot when…

Microsoft is not in a hurry to announce its new CEO… yet

It seems all those waiting to find out who the lucky champion for Microsoft’s top job will be just have to wait a little…

Zeitgeist 2013: this is what the world was Googling this year

What do the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Vine, the iPad Air and minions have in common? They’re all among the most searched terms globally…

Gmail’s image changes will affect the way you report results: here’s how

Google recently announced some significant changes it’s made to the way it references and caches images. These changes came with no warning, leaving people…

Google Sheets update means it can finally compete with Excel

Google is just eating away at Microsoft’s Office suite and the latest update to its Sheets app means it can finally compete with Microsoft…

Forget Alan Mulally, Satya Nadella is the CEO Microsoft deserves

Ever since the Steve Ballmer announced his retirement in August, the tech press has been rife with speculation about who will replace him as…

Forget NFC payments, iBeacon could change everything

I’ve lost count how many (hardly-working, rickety) demos I’ve seen on how NFC is going to change commerce and payments as we know it….

‘One more thing’: A look at Jobs’ time at Apple [Videos]

Steve Jobs’ resignation as Apple’s CEO has set the tech world ablaze. Consumers have already begun speculating about Apple’s future without its fearless leader….

Steve Jobs’ resignation a boost for competitors

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has resigned his position as the company’s CEO. The man, widely credited with taking Apple from a laggard in the…

What Google’s Motorola Mobility deal means for its patent war

Google has tipped over the patent-war applecart by acquiring Motorola Mobility for US$12.5-billion. This move by Google will hopefully put the current Nortel patent…

The ‘Age of Apple’ will end

First, a little disclosure. I never really wanted to like Apple, or use any of its products. Sure, the allure was there, all the…

The Google graveyard: 20 products that failed

In the web world, failure is as much a feature of innovation as success. You have to fail to succeed. When you’re a company…

Google’s Larry Page wants to change the world

Steven Levy, a senior editor at Wired, spent a lot of time at Google researching his new book, “In the Plex”. He also spent…

Google Engage SA: An attendee’s perspective

Leave it Google to begin a product launch with “speed dating”. Ten minutes with someone from Google South Africa. Agencies and individuals had the…

What’s not working (yet) with Google+

Despite shattering all records by gaining 10 million users in two weeks, and another 8 million the following week, Google+ is hardly the polished…

Google acquires social network, The Fridge

The social network Fridge announced that it has been bought by Google and would become part of the internet giant’s fresh new social network…

Tips to protect your profile as Google+ malware increases

Only launched at the end of June, Google+’s growth — having already reached more than 10 million users in its first weeks — has…

Google reflects on success but refocusing on products and “start-up philosophy”

Speaking at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference Patrick Pichette, Google’s chief financial officer, said that the company’s new chief executive Larry Page, has decided…

Google+ iPhone app launched and immediately faces litany of complaints

A major aspect of a social network’s success, it can be argued, depends on the ability of users to access it on the go….

Google +1 over Facebook Like and is it worth it?

Google’s +1 service is akin to Facebook’s “Like” system, but, unlike, well, Likes, it’s applicable to the whole of the web – think of…

Images of new iPhone leaked

With Apple watchers convinced that the newest iPhone will be released in September of this year, a leak from Asia has what some are…

Internet at the heart of everything: Q&A with Chrome OS

Google’s Chrome operating system changes everything. It puts the internet at the centre of our computing experience. Chrome OS goes beyond software. Google has…

South Africa’s Tourism Comeback Accelerates as Arrivals Surge Past Pre Pandemic Levels

JSE Expands Its SME Rise Capital Matching Roadshow to Gauteng and Limpopo as Demand for Funding Surges

MTN Expands Black Friday Into Black FriYAY With Bigger Deals and Added Value Across SA

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

Black Friday – The Tech Deals South Africans Are Actually Hunting For

South Africa’s Black Friday Spend Is Set to Break Records Again and Ecentric’s Dashboard Shows It in Real Time

Sony’s ULT POWER SOUND Range Lands in South Africa With a Bass-Heavy Lineup Built for Local Music Lovers

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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