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Google introduces News Lab, a project to birth journalists on steroids

Google has announced a new project called News Lab, designed to give journalism more power. The site is a new effort by the company…

Think SharePoint = intranet only? Think again

SharePoint is a bit like tequila, you either love it or hate it. But if you’ve paid for it, you’ll want to get the…

Taylor Swift takes on Apple Music, stays winning against music streaming services

Taylor Swift is on a roll. After winning a victory against Spotify, Swift’s taken on another big music streaming service in the shape of…

What did WWDC tell us about the future of Apple?

The popular Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) began this year on June 8. This annual event enables Apple to inform developers about new products…

Google takes another look at Glass

Starting by connecting scuba goggles to a computer, Google Glass soon become the technological baby of the wearable world. Although the glasses took a…

3 tips for keeping Microsoft SharePoint relevant in the era of the cloud

Clunky spreadsheets. Cluttered network drives. Unmanageable mailboxes. Issues that many businesses have in common. It’s also important to point out that email, once seen…

Weekly Round Up #25: Apple special, is Apple innovating or stealing from others?

Welcome to Weekly Roundup, our podcast discussing the tech trends, innovation and news from the last few days. This week on BurnCast, Andy Walker,…

Bill Gates describes ‘growing up’ with Steve Jobs, emotional last visit

Most would think that Bill Gates and Steve Jobs had a bitter relationship until the end. But that just isn’t true, as the Microsoft…

Google Knowledge Graph and the future of voice-activated intelligent search

Google’s core business is all about finding you what you need to know. The company has become synonymous with searching the internet, so it…

Windows 8 goes past the 100m mark as SkyDrive hits 250m users

Microsoft has sold more than 100-million installs for Windows 8 since it became generally available and claims to have over 250-million users on its…

Israel claims Google’s recognition of Palestine undermines peace efforts

Israeli authorities have lodged a request urging Google to reconsider its decision to list Palestine among its selection of localised search pages. By listing…

Outlook.com hits 400 million accounts as Microsoft officially kills off Hotmail

Four hundred million. Four. Hundred. Million. That’s how many active email accounts Microsoft has amassed over on Outlook.com. Really. According to Outlook.com’s group program…

Check out the preview for Windows 8 Skype video messages

Microsoft today announced the preview release of Skype video messaging for Windows 8, which means that anyone using the Metro side of the OS…

Google Street View: good for directions, great for catching crooks

Google Maps capture all sorts of things — like people getting on with their daily lives blissfully unaware of the fact that something is…

Google Glass’ real promise is among the elderly

Google Glass has a promising future — although not in the markets that Google thinks it’s targeting: urban early-tech adopters — they are a…

Microsoft meshes Skype into the heart of Outlook.com

Look out Gmail, Outlook.com just got a little more interesting. Microsoft has announced that it’s baking Skype into the email service. The service is…

Google Now arrives on iOS

It’s official: Google Now is available on iOS. The news comes after the internet giant effectively let the cat out of the bag with…

Less than a year after the acquisition, Google kills off the Meebo bar

A moment of silence, please. The Google graveyard has just gained another resident. Ok, so technically it’s not a Gproduct, but it was the…

Governments now ask Google to remove more content than ever before

Wondering how many complaints from governments Google has to deal with on a daily basis? Well, if its latest transparency report is any indication,…

Google offers to advertise for its rivals in a bid to avoid antitrust concerns

After grabbing some 90% of the search market in Europe, you’d think the last thing Google would offer to do is promote the services…

Google Glass: the tech’s desirable but it might not be socially acceptable

I’m not a fan of Google Glass because I am absolutely certain it won’t be socially acceptable to be video or audio recording people…

6 predictions for the future of tech from Google exec Eric Schmidt

As the executive chairman of one of the biggest tech companies on the planet, Eric Schmidt seems well-placed to do some crystal ball gazing….

Apple’s profit drop: post PC inevitability or sign of iSaturation?

Apple’s Q2 results contain something few would have thought likely a year ago: the company’s first profit drop in a decade. Make no mistake,…

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AI in Recruitment: How Blue Pearl is Transforming Hiring for Modern Businesses

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MGX’s $2 billion investment in Binance marks historic institutional backing

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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