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Looking beyond garments: The future is bright for Bangladeshi tech startups

We’ve been touring emerging markets for more than a year now, and are quite excited to visit Bangladesh soon — a country better known…

Acer C720P Chromebook review: a hero of practicality

Besides my trusty toaster, the Acer C720P Chromebook has been one of the most practical things I’ve used to date. To be fair, it’s…

Dragons’ Den SA episode 9: diesel, nerves and rental apps

We’re now starting to get towards the tail-end of the first season of Dragons’ Den SA. The episodes broadcast so far have shown that…

Meet the WooCommerce plug-in improving the way thousands of people shop online

Last year we wrote about how South Africa-based company WooThemes and its popular online retail theme WooCommerce were making waves in the online world….

Kevin Harvick is NASCAR Champion: 7 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…

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare review: a glorious assault on the senses

For over 10 years now the Call of Duty (COD) franchise has been the dominant force in war gaming and the FPS (first person…

7 things we know about The Order: 1886 so far

A huge part of the traditional console war is the list of exclusives each console can boast. Microsoft’s Xbox One can attest to titles…

BlackBerry 9720: too little, too late

While both the Q5 and 9720 look the same to a layman (as opposed to BlackBerry fans), the 9720 sets you back R2 600…

Design and vision: why your startup needs an online marketing strategy

Any startup that has not embraced the digital revolution will find it increasingly harder to captivate and retain their target audience. In fact, the…

Android 4.4 preview: KitKat to calmly and quietly change the world

Google’s an odd duck. A very rich duck but an odd one at that. For months we deal with leaked screenshots and rumours, only…

Naming your startup: fun, friendly or just plain hipster?

If your startup name can’t potentially be used as an everyday verb or doesn’t end with “ly” you’ve probably missed the trend train. Geekatoo,…

Apple iPad Air vs. Microsoft Surface 2: battle of the bulge

Apple and Microsoft are renowned for being rivals in the personal computer realm and as both companies introduce new products to the market, the…

Android 4.4 KitKat detailed: a smart, wafery unified OS

Kit Kat is only a “0.1″ update, but it seems to bring us a world of new features and wafery goodness. While Google unveiled…

Micro-finance: the fuel or fall of entrepreneurship in emerging markets?

It’s no easy feat becoming an entrepreneur in emerging markets, especially since one’s entrepreneurial potential is so often stunted by the onerous bureaucratic processes…

6 creepy but cool games for iOS and Android

Flesh-eating walking dead, Cthulhu, creepy ghosts and annoying demons: that’s how we roll on Halloween. We’ve rounded up some of the must-have mobile games…

Marketing ideas for startups: the Steve Jobs approach

When you consider that each of our stories are largely unique and that a great portion of success is situational, trying to come up…

6 sequels to ‘Assassin’s Creed’ we’d love to see

Pirates. Who’d have thought that dodgy blokes with wooden legs and eye-patches could create such an enthralling installment of the Assassins Creed series (89%…

Hear all about it: 3 of Android’s best newsreaders

When it comes to news reading apps, there’s more choice in the Play Store than I could ever need. I also have to admit…

7 inspiring TED talks every entrepreneur should watch

I think most entrepreneurs should dedicate some time out of their week just to watch TED Talks. It might seem silly or a waste…

Fold, rinse, repeat: risk-taking and startup failure in South Africa

Failure is basically being encouraged in Silicon Valley. The old-time favourite “failure is the greatest teacher” saying seems like their daily bread and butter….

Batman: Arkham Origins review – the dull knight rises

If you’re a fan of the previous Batman games, prepare for disappointment. Batman: Arkham Origins shines during many of its story missions, but fails…

LG G2 preview: the new screen queen

The LG G2 is an impressive Android phone and one that has a cool, almost novel hardware feature: its power and volume buttons are…

Worthless, impossible and stupid: the entrepreneur’s way

“If everyone tells you it is a good idea, run the other way,” Jay Rogers, Local Motors. Here in the second part of our…

High End Devices Unlock Superior Mobile Experiences in South Africa

South Africa Sees 77% Surge in Demand for AI Skills

Samsung Launches the Galaxy A07 Built for Every Challenge

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