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Here’s why Apple spent $1-billion on Chinese cab service Didi

Apple has made headlines this morning after it announced a US$1-billion investment in smart cab service Didi. The investment thus pits Apple directly against current cab…

Apple vs. Google: enter the mobile machine learning race

The competition between the biggest tech companies in the world is no doubt an intense one. Just take the heated battles over cloud computing…

Sunrise will die on 31 August, team relocates to Microsoft Outlook

Sunrise, the calendaring app that was bought by Microsoft in 2015, now has its execution date. The company took to its blog to say…

Google wants women to also be professionally represented with emojis

Google’s on a mission to makes emojis more inclusive, and that starts with a new set of proposed Unicode emojis representing women in the…

Apple loses exclusive rights to ‘iPhone’ name in China

This has to be one of the strangest legal battles of the year, but Apple has now lost a case against a company in…

Microsoft launches its cloud solution provider programme in SA

Microsoft South Africa announced the launch of its Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) programme on Friday. This will allow select partners to directly support, bill,…

Why Apple is a lot like Gary Player right now

There are many times when you buy a particular stock and then question why you own that particular stock. In fact, it happens all…

Google’s South African TV white spaces broadband trial is over — and it works

Those balloons may be getting all the attention, but Google’s got other plans to help connect the next billion users to the internet. The…

Giant Microsoft Surface billboard shows Excel counting error

So you know Microsoft Excel? The spreadsheet software millions around the world use to set budgets, build cost estimates and loads of other things…

5 amazing examples of iPhoneography

If you’ve been anywhere near Instagram, you’ve probably seen the hashtag. Android may be dominating the smartphone market, but when it comes to mobile…

Books arrive on South African Play Store

If you live in South Africa, you’ve probably become fairly used to getting the latest tech products and services a little later than most…

Microsoft’s OSA: think like a hacker to secure your online services

Flame was a bad time for Microsoft and for Mike Reavey, General Manager, Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft — he is still gets Nam-like flashbacks…

Google will soon show your name and Google+ pic if you phone Android users

Well, that’s another level of caller ID. In a move which is equal parts cool and creepy, Google has announced that it will be…

Microsoft narrows hunt for new CEO: Mulally, Elop on the shortlist

Microsoft has narrowed down the search for its CEO with the list of external candidates now down to five. Among the candidates who’ve made…

Google goes live with real time expert assistance service Helpouts

Google has gone live with Helpouts, a service that allows you to receive help from experts in a variety of fields using the company’s…

All of Google’s big work perks aren’t really necessary for keeping top talent

There’s enormous competition for software engineers and many companies offer an ever larger array of work perks convinced that it will help them recruit…

Hey Bing users, you’ll still be able to get tweets in your search results

Microsoft really wants Bing to work as a search product. There’s evidence enough that in its recent revamp and various marketing campaigns meant to…

Google Hummingbird and its role in the promotion of content marketing

Premium copywriters should be jubilant about Hummingbird. Google’s latest algorithm is able to hone in on good quality writing and reward it with high…

Create your own witchy brew with Google’s interactive Halloween doodle

Nope, Google hasn’t jumped on the sparkly vampire bandwagon (or even the trendy Walking Dead) — the search giant has gone traditional but quirky…

Why yes, Google Plus does have users… 300 million of them

A ghost town you say? Not quite. According to Google, its networking site / online social identity is still growing — it’s now up…

Microsoft thinks you should get off XP, right now [RSA conf]

If you are among the 21% of people still using Windows XP, Microsoft would really like you to stop and upgrade to something newer…

With 5 billion from China, Apple’s slump is over (but it wants ‘to do better’)

Yesterday, while Asia was asleep, Tim Cook announced Apple’s earnings for the fourth quarter 2013 and revealed that sales in China had bounced back…

Less tech, more Louis Vuitton: welcome to the new Apple Inc

The new Apple Inc. fully emerged at the October product announcement event, and a fascinating company it is too. Apple is looking more and…

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