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Smart 4 Mini review: an affordable, efficient Jelly Bean smartphone

As I was set to retire my battered old handset, I was in the market for an affordable smartphone. That’s when Vodafone’s humble Smart…

8 ways iOS 8 stole from WhatsApp, Android and everyone else

I watched Apple’s WWDC 2014 keynote presentation last night without expecting much innovation, but Tim Cook’s company delivered unexpected surprises like a brand-new “more…

4 cars that went way past their production run and the countries they did it in

Whenever a carmaker decides to release a new model name, it’s taking a pretty big risk. Focus too much on design and engineering in…

EFL uses psychometrics to give entrepreneurs access to bank loans

One of the greatest challenges for almost every entrepreneur worldwide is access to financing. There’s a very logical reason for why this is the…

BurnCast: Is Apple lacking innovation? [WWDC 2014]

Welcome to BurnCast, our weekly podcast that discusses tech trends, innovation and news. Hosted by Mich Atagana and Stuart Thomas. This week’s BurnCast sees…

8 lessons for your war (or startup) from Game of Thrones

Some of us have read the books and some of us are also watching the series. If you think about the warring factions of…

WWDC 2014: OS X 10.10 Yosemite, iOS 8 and Swift revealed

“Write the code. Change the world” reads the tagline for WWDC 2014, Apple’s yearly developer conference held in San Francisco. From 2 till 6…

Dropping the ball: It’s a fight for your post iPhone heart

So it was that time of year again where your favorite tech blog goes into overdrive. But I’m not here to try to spin…

Acer Aspire V3: a desktop doozy

cer’s V3 is a well-priced, decent-performing desktop replacement goes against the current trend towards smaller, thinner more mobile laptops. What it sacrifices in portability…

40 African news innovators you need to know about

Google has just announced the finalists in its African News Challenge, a project aimed at strengthening and transforming African news media. Forty digital journalism…

MacBook Pro with Retina Display — there is no equal

Humankind is governed by fear. The fear of the unknown being the most prevalent. It’s this sticky enigma of hope and desire that separates…

Leap — more than a gimmick

We all use a mouse and keyboard in our daily (computing) lives. No matter what kind of application we are accessing the mouse and…

How a hacker used Kinect to help his disabled mom send emails

If we had a series called “Awesome stuff people can do with a Xbox Kinect”, this would be the latest instalment. Also, this guy…

Attention tech gurus: change a budding entrepreneur’s life with Business Bridge

There are fervent entrepreneurs out there, hungry for your entrepreneurial knowledge. Business Bridge, a not-for-profit organisation, is attempting to start a movement which enables…

Beauty subscription startup rubybox receives funding from HPV Africa

Rubybox, the innovative, try-before-you-buy beauty subscription startup, announced that it has received funding from venture capitalist Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa, for an undisclosed sum….

A closer look at GE Software: a rising startup in Silicon Valley

One of the largest startups in and around Silicon Valley is GE Global Software in San Ramon, California, a brand new division of giant…

CdTDroid, father of AndroidME, talks custom builds

So in the second of my ‘Interview with the Developer’ series I ask ROM developer CdTDroid, Chris Turner, a couple of questions. A little…

Logitech Tablet Speaker for iPad: not the sound you want

Ugly, aesthetically unsound and turd-shaped, it’s the Logitech Tablet Speaker for iPad or anything really with a headphone jack. Here’s why you shouldn’t spent…

Meet the South African finalists for TNW’s Startup World

Here we go Africa. The African leg of the The Next Web‘s Startup World competition kicks off in Cape Town today. The startup scene…

5 of the latest, hottest iPad games

Presenting five of the best, and most recent, games for iPad. All titles are valid for a purchase on the US App store. Bastion…

Health and welfare mobile service Impilo is powerful, free

Impilo is a new mobile service that helps people easily locate health and wellbeing service providers in South Africa. It can also be used…

Windows 8 RTM — love at first sight

Like it or not, Windows 8 is about to take the world by storm. I had the chance to play around with the latest…

Roelof Botha on startups: Ditch the polish, it’s about ‘raw authenticity’

As a regular feature on the Forbes Midas List of top tech investors, Roelof Botha is a big deal. As a partner at venture…

Huawei’s All-Optical smart-home showcase unleashes a new era of home connectivity in Africa

Broadband Africa Forum 2024

Applications for the 2025 Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship are open

Africa’s AI Revolution: Reclaiming the Digital Narrative

South Africa’s Deskless Workers: A Workforce Under Strain

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

What is Northvolt worth for German car companies?

Jaguar rebranding creative is crazy – good?

German luxury cars require a rethink for China