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MyPermissions launches free developer certification programme [LeWeb]

Recently named one of Time Magazine’s Top 50 Tech Websites, MyPermissions, a tool that enables users to have a better handle on their data…

7 ways to ruin your website before it even launches

In the five years that I’ve been involved in the web development industry, I’ve learnt how to build great websites that delight clients and…

Microsoft’s dominance is over: Mark Shuttleworth closes Ubuntu bug no.1

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has officially declared an end to Microsoft’s dominance. The innovator and entrepreneur, who carries the tongue-in-cheek label of Self-Appointed Benevolent…

Matt Mullenweg writes a love letter to WordPress on its 10th anniversary

This is pretty adorable and one of the sweetest things we have seen on the internet. To mark the 10th anniversary of WordPress, founder…

Matt Mullenweg on how open source is democratising the web

From the mind of a 19-year-old to the world’s most popular content management system (CMS) — WordPress has done some serious growing up in…

10 exciting ways to learn how to code and why it’s important

As people, businesses and things get more and more computer-oriented, learning how to program at a young age is becoming a crucial skill. As…

Adobe kills Creative Suite, moves to service-based Creative Cloud

Adobe Creative Suite is no longer a product. It’s a service. What was once just an option, will become the only way to access…

Canonical: Hardened corporate or community leader?

Open Source is starting to become a very lucrative business model these days and I think we have Google to thank for that. However,…

Cuban singer wants free internet for the developing world

Making the internet more accessible to developing countries is a cause Cuban folk star Silvio Rodriguez has targeted at US President Barack Obama and…

Anticipation builds around the impressive, upcoming WordPress 3.1

With three release candidates available at the time of writing, and a bleeding edge build of the software released nightly, WordPress version 3.1 is…

Ugandan ISP reveals benefits of Google’s Global Cache

Take a look at the amazing chart below. Orange Uganda has seen local traffic jump from 3Mbs to over 30Mbs in just two weeks…

The HTML5 video debate rages on

It has come to my attention that people are getting rather confused about what constitutes freedom and openness in web standards. Over the past…

Blunders, hoaxes and public humiliation – Wikipedia’s ‘top’ 15

Most of the time, Wikipedia does an amazing job of providing useful, correct and relevant information on almost any topic you can think of….

4 ways tablet computing is influencing web design

The future popularity of tablet computers was predicted more than ten years ago, but it took the genius of Apple to bring it to…

Google pushes free video codec for HTML5

Google has taken a neutral approach to HTML5 video since it was first suggested, but now it seems like it has chosen a side…

Launch & learn: What web businesses can learn from the Gautrain

If you’ve been in Johannesburg recently, you’ll know about the new high-speed, high-tech rail link, called the Gautrain. For now, it speeds at 160km/h…

The WordPress evolution: 10 major media players that use it

Over the past three years WordPress has evolved from being predominantly blog-centric into a full, hands-on content management system (CMS) with more than 15-million…

Ubuntu’s fundamental flaw: Frozen full-screen apps

A fundamental flaw has dogged Ubuntu through the years and there is still no sign of it being resolved. Misbehaving applications are one of…

2011: The year design trumps tech

Adii Pienaar, the inventor of an internationally-successful WordPress theme-creation business, gave a recent presentation where he raised the idea of “User Experience (UX) and…

Why Wikipedia’s appeal for money is in the wrong place

You’ll have noticed Jimmy Wales looking ruggedly handsome at the top of every Wikipedia page. But have you clicked? Probably not, because the promo…

Seven design trends for startups in 2011

Adhering to good design principles is one of the fundamental tenets of success for any startup and the UX associated with the Beatles’ initial…

Broadband Africa Forum 2024

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German luxury cars require a rethink for China

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