Big Tech

Android triumphs in the US for June quarter, assisted by Samsung S6

The race between Apple and Android continues and has been going on for a long time and still not a clear winner. This quarter…

Apple Music is finally launching tomorrow

Way before Apple even confirmed the news Apple Music, it had been worldwide rumour. After hiring music DJs and signing artists, Apple Music is…

5 tips for boosting SharePoint hybrid adoption with analytics

Your organization has implemented SharePoint, or perhaps a hybrid version including deployments across various environments. But, are you well equipped to thoroughly monitor your…

Microsoft officially launches Office for Android

Microsoft has announced that Office, PowerPoint and Excel are finally available for Android devices. These apps are not the first Microsoft apps to come…

Suffer from vertigo? You’ll hate Google’s El Capitan Street View

Apple may have laid claim to Yosemite and El Capitan when it came to naming versions of its operating system, but Google may just…

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…

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,…

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…

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

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