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Who’s winning the concept car game at this year’s Detroit Auto Show?

The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is important, not least because it’s the first car show of the year. Get the tone right…

Redfish wants to become the top space for SA’s manual labour workforce

Ever find yourself paging through the Yellow Pages (or Google), looking for that one plumber who knows what he’s doing but doesn’t cost a…

Grim Fandango: remembering a gaming masterpiece

On 27 January 2015, Planet Earth will bear witness to a truly magnificent event. Presidents will make speeches, Kings and Queens will bow while…

How do you infiltrate the startup ecosystem in Africa?

The question posed by the headline makes Africa’s VC ecosystem seem like the mafia, where your cousin Vinny has to introduce you to the…

Mini dominating the Dakar Rally: 5 moments you missed in motorsport this weekend

There are just too many great motorsport events and series to fit into a comparatively short weekend. Sadly because of this, many exciting moments…

5 questions you need to ask before introducing your startup to the world

Introducing your stealth startup to the world is an exciting and monumental time. It’s the first step in determining whether your product is the…

Cougar 700M Black Edition review: best gaming mouse under R1000?

I’m particularly glad to see Cougar plying its trade this side of the Atlantic. Although the market is rather saturated with peripheral companies all…

Pet Heaven hopes to become SA’s top dog in online shopping for pets

Got a hungry pooch or a meowing kitten? Pet Heaven is a South African startup that wants to simplify your shopping habits by delivering…

Why we still need the iPod

Time hasn’t been kind to the iPod. Back in the early Noughties, Apple’s white brick of musical power was the fuel that essentially ignited…

Here’s all you need to know about Microsoft’s CEO hunt today [Video]

Prominent PC-maker HP rolled out a new email campaign on the weekend promoting Windows 7 ‘Back by Popular Demand.’ That’s right, now a quick…

Cooler Master Pulse-R, Reaper, Ceres-300 review: ready for battle

Additional reporting by Jacques Coetzee and Ronan Steyn. Right now we’re speaking to you, the core gamer, the one who demands the best headsets and…

India’s entrepreneurial landscape according to Ernst & Young

Entrepreneurs in India don’t have it easy. Research by Ernst & Young underlines the country’s challenging entrepreneurial environment, and yet, of the twenty countries…

The race for the connected car: who’s winning?

The by-line of this website is “Because Cars Are Gadgets” and this phrase is particularly poignant in 2014 as the race for the connected…

eShip: SA’s first online transport marketplace

Transporting goods across South Africa is not a task one undertakes lightly. Although South Africa’s infrastructure is designed around the road system, knowing where…

12 brilliant mobile games made in Africa

In the last decade, it has been made clear that the thirst for quality gaming in Africa is much larger than most would think….

What does Audi’s new Smart Display tell us about the future of motoring?

The English-speaking world is quite good at coming up with new words…, well, kinda like all other languages actually, so that’s not surprising. But…

Hisense Infinity Prime 1 review: can a dual-SIM Android own emerging markets?

Mention the name Hisense to someone and they’ll probably expect you to start talking about fridges or TVs. That’s hardly surprising given how good…

Looking for leadership in your startup? Everyone’s capable

Everyone has an innate ability to become a leader. There are a number of reasons why many do not become leaders or do not…

Lawyers and domains: Rocket Internet and Konga to face off

We told you things in Nigeria’s ecommerce space were about to heat up and at the center of the brewing storm is Konga and…

Do we even need Steam Machines?

While the world continues to mourn the lack of information on Half-Life 3, Valve has decided that it hasn’t quite finished playing with our…

Twitter now has targeted ads and a new redesign [Burning Hot]

Twitter has started off 2014 with some changes. First off is the rollout of a new redesign which makes the desktop site look more…

Should all startups not have a radical transparency policy? The case of Buffer

Last month the whole Buffer team’s salaries got posted online, sparking a near viral conversation on the subject of business transparency and privacy. All…

LG G2 vs LG Nexus 5: separated at birth

Nexus, a programme started to give Android developers a platform to create and test applications and games on has now been transformed into a…

New Ookla Insights Show MTN Holding Mobile Speed Lead as Vodacom Claims 5G Advantage

Motorola and Swarovski Bring Foldable Luxury to South Africa with the Brilliant Collection

Sanlam Fintech Expands Its AI Coach to Tackle South Africa’s Medical Access Gap

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel