Big Tech

Apple’s latest quarter was the biggest in world history

Apple has just reported its results for the first quarter of 2015 and they’re the biggest in history. Not just Apple’s history though: the…

Microsoft Q2 results: Surface brings in a billion, low cost Lumia sales solid

Eighteen months ago, the Microsoft Surface looked like it was dead in the water. Weak sales had forced the Redmond-based technology giant to take…

Africa gets its first commercial TV white space offering

Ghana has become the first country in Africa to have a commercial TV white space offering. The offering, which is a joint venture between…

Apple CEO Tim Cook received compensation valued at $9.22 million in 2014

Apple, as a public company, is obliged to divulge its financials. According to its latest financial reports, CEO Tim Cook received compensation valued at…

Microsoft’s HoloLens looks better than Google Glass, but can it escape the same fate?

Microsoft pulled a fast one during its Windows 10 event by showing off a prototype of HoloLens, its own take on augmented reality glasses….

Google invests $1 billion in SpaceX as 21st century Space Race heats up

Solar-powered drones, laser beams, internet satellites and a city on mars. These all might sound like something from a Star Wars movie, but they’re…

Google launches Classroom mobile apps for Android and iOS

Google’s Classroom education initiative launched its own set of mobile apps yesterday. The initiative has been around for six months but only on the…

Apple cuts Chinese supplier for employing 74 underage workers

We’ve been looking at Apple’s annual ‘supplier responsibility’ reports for a few years now and, depressingly, it’s still battling the same ingrained problems among…

Google gives image search a makeover, puts your results front and centre

Google has given image search a fresh new look in what it says is a bid to put your search results first. So, in…

Ashton Kutcher’s ‘jOBS’ set for Apple anniversary release

After months of waiting, Open Road Films has set a date for the release of it biopic on legendary technology pioneer Steve Jobs, according…

Apple defies skeptics, posts solid Q1

Before Apple announced its latest financial results, there were naysayers suggesting that sales of the iPhone 5 were weak and that the Cupertino-based giant…

Google Q4 results completely crush analyst expectations

Boom. Looks like anyone who thought that Google was losing its way financially just got a slap to the brain. The internet giant announced…

Former Microsoft exec: Ballmer culls his corporate rivals

Anyone who’s watched Steve Ballmer’s “Crazy Eddie” probably views the Microsoft CEO as slightly unhinged but ultimately harmless. If an ex Microsoft exec is…

Yahoo! COO: the future of web lies in personalisation and content

The excitement about the new Yahoo! is starting to fade, and it’s getting to crunch time. The company has major problems and the tech…

How Google’s Penguin update is changing publishing… for the better

Both updates to Google’s algorithm in the recent past (Panda and Penguin) are going to have a profound effect on not only SEO but…

Samsung mocks boring businessy BlackBerrys in its new Galaxy ad

Well, the iPeople already had their turn: now I guess it’s time for Samsung to try to convince the BlackBerry fans to make the…

The Memeburn interview: Google exec on the future of the ‘third screen’

We currently live in the world of three screens. We are connected to our PCs, mobile phones and tablets, and soon there will be…

Google officially the best company on Earth to work for, again

We already know that Google is prone to building the odd goofy Easter egg into its products, and that it has really cool data…

‘App store’ still under fire as Apple, Amazon trade punches over the name

Apple and Amazon have a trial date set for later this year as the dispute over the term “app store” continues. Amazon has the…

John Sculley: Apple needs to focus on emerging markets

So Apple’s adamant that it has no intention of building a low-cost iPhone, but if former CEO John Sculley is to be believed that…

Innovating in Google’s shadow: Facebook Graph Search is 2000 and late

With the launch of Graph Search, Facebook now allows users to see the people who post stupid quotes as content, and avoid them. Far…

Google invites developers to play with Project Glass and its API

Finally! We’re getting somewhere on the Google Glass front. Remember how the lucky attendees of Google I/O were given the chance to pre-order the…

Samsung’s rise continues as Galaxy S range sales hit 100 million

Global domination: all but complete. Samsung’s Galaxy S range of flagship smartphones (as in the Galaxy S I, II and III) has passed the…

HONOR X9c Redefines Rugged Smartphones with Unmatched Durability and Smart AI Features

South Africans Embrace AI: 71% Excited About Future Impact, New Survey Reveals

Temu Survey Reveals Price is King for South Africans

Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round, Setting Record in Kenya’s Tourism-Tech Scene

Conservio raises $1M to expand sustainable travel

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Dakar dominated by South African built Hilux Evos

Elkann to create Jeep and Stellantis Meta(morphosis)

Afeela is Honda’s luxury EV – with Sony tech