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These are 2014’s most popular apps, games and movies on Google Play

If you have Candy Crush along with Duolingo, Facebook and MyFitnessPal on your phone, you’re probably one of the most average Android users of…

Have Spanish publishers shot themselves in the foot with Google News shutdown?

Google has shut down its News offering in Spain. The decision follows a ruling in a Spanish court that would compel Google to pay…

Microsoft adds Bitcoin as payment option for Xbox, Windows Phone stores

Microsoft users can now buy and download apps, games, movies, TV shows, and music at the Windows, Windows Phone, and Xbox Games, Video, and…

Google introduces Work & Education partner programme

The year is winding down and so is everyone, except for Google. This week alone Google has launched Game Kids and Google for kids….

Apple deleted music from users’ iPods without their knowledge

A US antitrust suit against Apple has unearthed something pretty disturbing: The Cupertino-based giant deleted music from iPods if it was purchased from an…

Google plans to revamp its products for kids

Beginning next year, though the exact time has not been specified, Google plans to create specific versions of its most popular products for Googlers…

iTunes Music Store available in 56 new countries

iTunes 11, which launched on 29 November, has added 56 countries to its music store, including South Africa, India and Russia, according to a…

Google search app ads: one home run and a strike

Tech companies often seem to try too hard with their ads for new products. We saw it with Apple’s attempt at using celebrities to…

Malware and Adware: Microsoft fights back against cybercriminals

Pay-per-click (PPC) is one of the biggest ways of making money online. And wherever there is big money involved, fraud of some kind will…

Google Street View lets you visit the Arctic Circle… without getting frostbite

Starting yesterday, Google opened up the Canadian Arctic to Street View users. In August 2012, an extensive mapping of Cambridge Bay in conjunction with…

Google’s Digital Creativity Guidebook: unveiling innovation potential

Google has recently published a new interactive guide on creativesandbox, namely the Digital Creativity Guidebook. This virtual feature displays some of the top digital…

The power of the Apple brand: iPad still top tablet in Asia

Take a little test by yourself: say the word “tablet”, and what is the first thing that pops into your mind? The iPad. While…

Gmail and Google Drive integrate completely for larger email files

Since its launch in April 2012, Google Drive has seen a lot of users sign up to share, create and save files. Gmail is now even…

How a fake press release made everyone think Google was buying ICOA

If you were flitting around a few tech blogs yesterday, you may have read a story about Google’s planned acquisition of a wireless network…

Microsoft retail stores might open soon in UK

If ever anyone needed more proof of the new Microsoft business plan, the Financial Times has reported that the Redmond, Washington-based company has begun…

Rise of the machines: is Google changing history?

According to the experience of thousands of Australian students, Google might just be changing history. Back in the day it was my revisionist politics…

Apple vs Samsung round #234 648… oh we’ve stopped counting

The iPad mini is set to become the latest cast member in ongoing soap opera lawsuit between Apple and Samsung. Samsung has swung back…

Google Now gets Popular Science’s Innovation of the Year

Google Now has won Popular Science’s Innovation of the Year, putting it in the company of past winners such as the Large Hadron Collider,…

Apple’s Spaceship campus will only be ready in 2016

Apple’s plans for its new 260 000 square metre campus in Cupertino have hit some snags courtesy of an environmental impact report, according to…

The Mayer effect: Yahoo! shares hit new 18-month high

So it may not actually be in talks with Facebook for a search deal, but investor confidence in Yahoo! is higher than it has…

Apple receives another patent: this time, it’s the page turn

The US Patent Office has awarded US patent D670,713 to Apple, which describes the look and feel of virtual page turning, or “display screen…

Absa’s AI Clone of Fifi Peters Pushes Banking Into a Bold New Future

LG’s New 100-Inch QNED TV Is a Game-Changer for Home Entertainment in South Africa

ASUS Taps Into South Africa’s AI Obsession With Smarter Devices

Cape Town Creatives Can Now Work for Free at Africa’s First Creative-Tech Hub

SA SMBs are AI-Ready – ASUS Report Shows Local Businesses Are Already Seeing Real ROI

Ocellics Reinvents Fund Factsheets with Automation-Driven Platform for Investment Managers

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

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves