Big Tech

Take that Amazon: Google announces ‘Project Wing’, its delivery drone building effort

Google X, the highly secretive research arm of Google, has announced its latest project: autonomous delivery drones. Wait, haven’t we heard this one before?…

Steve Ballmer steps down from Microsoft board to focus on Clippers, civic duty

It’s over. Steve Ballmer has stepped down from his position on the Microsoft board. You may have thought it was all over when he…

This company lets you listen to certain locations in 3D on Google Street View

Google Street View is awesome. You can visit everywhere from deep inside the Amazon jungle to the top of Mount Everest — experiencing the…

Robin Williams gets his own Apple homepage tribute

Apple has joined the slew of companies paying tribute to Robin Williams following the actor and comedian’s suicide earlier this week. On its homepage,…

Microsoft wants you to creep celebs with its new iPhone app

Whether you like it or not, celebrities are a big thing. People love knowing popular personalities’ every move. To leverage this very creepy human…

I’m a Mac…and I’m a Surface? Microsoft’s new ad reignites an old debate

Cast your minds back a few years, to around 2006, and the start of Apple’s long-running “Get a Mac” campaign. The campaign, which starred…

Turn your GoPro footage into a hyperlapse with this awesome new Microsoft research project

So you’ve bought yourself a GoPro and you’ve taken it down a ski slope, or on that awesome coastal ride, or up that sheer…

Oops. Apple’s search engine confirms LTE iPhone 5, iTunes 11, new iPods

It’s (kinda) official: Apple is not pulling a “New iPad” stunt on us again. As was heavily hinted at in the press invites, the…

Chrome Time Machine: see the history of the world’s favourite browser

Google just announced its Chrome Time Machine, a website which takes you through the dynamic changes and developments of Chrome from 2008 up until…

Yes, improving content could really hurt your site’s search ranking

My recent post about Google’s battle with spammers seems to have confused some people in the Search Engine Optimization industry. There’s a perception that…

Is iTunes really set to launch in South Africa next?

Speculation is rife that Apple’s famous iTunes Store will become available for South African users in September. This could possibly be in-line with the…

The jury: why Apple was never going to lose against Samsung

So Apple won its patent claims against Samsung in the United States, big surprise there. Those of us really invested in the patent war…

Gartner: Google and Apple are disrupting Microsoft

Apple and Google have the potential to disrupt the status quo of the tech industry says Gartner analyst Jeffery Mann. Google Business and Apple’s…

What impact will the Samsapple trial have on you and me?

Apple versus Samsung has been great news for the legal and tech journalist fraternity. The lawyers have been churning out billable hours, and the…

The real difference between Microsoft, Apple’s record valuations

News that Apple became the most valuable company ever has dominated the tech news space over the past couple of days. It was quickly…

Is Apple really the most valuable company ever?

Go to any tech aggregator right now and you’ll see headlines loudly proclaiming Apple to be the most valuable publicly traded company ever. The…

Google Fiber: still exciting after all the hype

With speeds 100 times faster than the average American connection, the option of free internet or a full media service, Google Fiber is an…

Outlook.com hits 10M users… like a boss

Well now, it seems Microsoft may actually have a hit on its hands with its new online email service Outlook.com. Just two weeks after…

Google+ to let you get your vanity URL on in the near future

Oh look, a new feature on Google+ that its users will actually appreciate. Google today announced that it will start rolling out vanity URLs…

Down with piracy: Google search to demote sites with copyrighted content

Some say that the best place to hide a dead body is on the second page of Google search results. Thanks to the new…

What the Samsapple trial means for innovation and progress

I’d just like to say upfront that the Apple vs. Samsung circus currently taking place in the San Jose, California federal courthouse is absurd….

Google mobile search: now smarter and more interactive

Google just made searching on mobile even better. The search giant has announced a host of new features to make Googling on your cellphone…

Do all those flashy tech launches work? Yup, just ask Google

Remember Google I/O? No? Let me refresh your memory. At the tech giant’s annual developers conference, it launched not one, but two new products…

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