Big Tech

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,…

What does Apple News mean for SA publishers?

Apple introduced its latest app, Apple News on Monday 8 June 2015, in California, however it will officially launch with iOS 9 later this…

Google’s Project Soli is an innovation from the distant future brought to the present

Google’s ATAP (Advanced Technology and Projects) department has been working on something very special. Called Project Soli, the technology could completely change how we…

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,…

Hedge fund grabs $2 billion stake in Microsoft

A hedge fund executive has revealed that his company owns a US$2-billion stake in Microsoft and that he reckons other investors don’t appreciate the…

Read the transcript of Julian Assange’s ‘secret meeting’ with Google’s chairman

It seems in the process of doing research for his upcoming book, Google chairperson Eric Schmidt took at trip to the UK to have…

Google’s new One Today app brings social charity to the crowd

Crowdfunding charities has never been this fun. By using transparency and social elements, Google’s new One Today app tries to create a novel way…

7 key trends driving the consumerisation of IT [TechEd]

In a bid to make Windows 8 more attractive Microsoft is pushing the consumerisation of tech. The company has identified that it needs to…

Anti-viruses are cool: SA computers unprotected [TechEd]

Even in an age of Anonymous, dirty hackers, and constantly evolving malware, there are still computers out there that aren’t secure. According to Microsoft,…

Can Microsoft make Excel exciting with GeoFlow? [TechEd]

Microsoft’s latest addition to the Excel 2013 & Office 365 suite is a nifty little plugin called GeoFlow. GeoFlow for Excel is a 3D…

For your eyes only: Google will deactivate Glass if you loan or sell it

If you’re one of the lucky members of Google’s Glass Explorer team, who will be among the first members of the public to get…

The Yammerfication of the work place [TechEd]

When you spend more than a billion dollars on a social platform, make sure you do something amazing with it. Microsoft seems to be…

The Alarming Truth About Gen Z Gaming Cybercrime

SA’s Smallest Businesses Are Job Engines – So Why Can’t They Get Funding

Starlink in South Africa – Regulatory turbulence grounds Elon Musk’s satellite internet plans—for now

Investors Finding Their Way Back to the Kenyan Market

African VC Market Rebound

South Africa’s MSMEs Still Locked Out of Funding – New Report Calls for Radical Reform

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Luca de Meo and his Renault legacy

Gemini AI to enhance Volvo infotainment

Everest better at exploring than Explorer