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Sony SmartWatch 3 review: substance over style

The smartwatch is still an infant technology that hasn’t yet decided what it wants to be when it grows up. Although there are a…

Cape Town will never be Silicon Valley, and that’s a good thing

As an American tech journalist who transplanted herself to Cape Town a year and a half ago, I get asked one question all the…

Crota’s End soloed, The Order: 1886 cast and H1Z1 peace treaty: this week’s TGIF Video Roundup

TGIF, and we really shouldn’t be at work, but that won’t stop us from gandering through the week’s best tech, gadget and gaming videos,…

Being a mom-trepreneur: the 4 stages of birthing your startup

So you might never have given birth to a baby or a business, and if that’s the case then you’re going to find yourself…

Solvesting’s P2P lending wants to bridge SME investments in emerging markets

Hooked onto Africa’s strong growth, the continent has over the past few years been seeing a record high of foreign direct investment, peaking at…

New Nintendo 3DS XL review: pry it from my cold, dead hands

There were many things that Nintendo got right with the debut 3DS and 3DS XL systems. They were easy to hold, lasted long on…

Could load shedding stop electric cars from taking off in South Africa?

Two years ago, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies announced a whopping 35% reimbursement on production costs over three years as an incentive for…

Goat Simulator review: crazy, cool, stupid farmyard fun

This is a good game, Tony Hawk with a goat, in essence. Goat Simulator’s cool and stupid, which is a marvel for a game….

Dark Souls II review: fan service

I read a lot of Dark Souls II reviews just after the game was released, but many of them seemed off the mark. This…

Bootstrapping Journey: self-funding your startup in South Africa

“You’re only as good as your last game,” is a common saying in the world of sport. The same goes for business and sales,…

From Kickstarter to exit: how Oculus made billions without building a single product

Well this is interesting. Facebook has been on a Yahoo-cum-Google spending spree of late. As everyone who cares and some who don’t now knows,…

5 very good reasons why there should be more Italian coachbuilders

The automotive industry is a fairly boring place of late, at least when it comes to styling. For the most part it’s gone back…

11 of the worst video game movies you’ll ever see

There have been a plethora of bad video games, but perhaps even worse, there have been a number of good video games that have…

POPI isn’t all doom and gloom: 5 tips to ensure your startup reaps the benefits faster

The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act was signed into law last year. It places a strict onus on businesses when it comes to…

6 examples of cool wearable technology for use in the car

A little bizarrely, your car is right now (don’t look!) quietly morphing into something resembling an oversized wearable gadget. Yes, the latest in in-car…

Nokia X review: plenty noise, zero x-factor

Nokia has released some great smartphones in the past couple of years — at least hardware wise. Devices like Lumia 1020 and Lumia 1520…

Built in Africa: Patrick Ngowi and his solar crusade to light up the continent

Built in Africa focuses on entrepreneurs, startups and technologies that are affecting the continent and empowering the African people. When you look at the…

5 ways people are trying to build the roads of the future

With all the technological advancements being made to cars both on the driver-facing and internal ends, it’s easy forget that the stuff we drive…

The Freemium boom and the games defining it

It might sound like a buzz word… scratch that, it really is a buzz word called “Freemium” and over the last year it’s been…

Governance and startups: the ‘but it’s my business’ problem

In my last column, I discussed the key differences between a craft and an enterprise and explained why an SMME can only become truly…

6 online co-op games we can’t stop playing

It’s never as good going at it alone. Console and PC games practically demand to always be connected, and the games have followed suite….

Shopstar is South Africa’s new up-and-coming ecommerce platform

It’s no secret that South Africa’s ecommerce is on the verge of booming. With the industry said to be growing by 30% a year…

8 cool car tech trends that could feature in your next vehicle

This may sound a little dramatic, but the humble automobile is evolving at a far greater speed than ever before. Huge handfuls of gadgets…

ASUS and AMD Launch AI-Driven Expert P Series PCs for South African SMBs

Calls vs Puts: Understanding the Two Types of Options

HONOR celebrates Amajita’s AFCON win with 400 Lite smartphone drop