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BurnCast: is the internet safe for women?

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

Lock down your smartphone with these handy security tips [Video]

Welcome to the seventh episode of our new YouTube show MemeTV — a weekly show where we’ll share social media, online marketing and tech…

HTC One M8 Review: Old name, new tricks

HTC One was one of the most beautiful and sought-after smartphones from last year which taught us to focus on overall experience more than…

POPI will have a big impact on how your business does tech: here’s how

The Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) act is about ensuring the personal information of your employees, partners and customers is relevant and managed securely….

Why Google Glass is destined to fail

“Can technology be something that frees us up and keeps us in the moment, rather than taking us out of it? Can it help…

Listen to the early adopters: 3 tried and tested Lean Startup principles to follow

The day I picked up Eric Reis’ The Lean Startup I couldn’t put it down. If you’re a startup or just looking to move…

4 new station wagons that give us renewed hope for the breed

For a while there, it seemed like the station wagon was on the verge of disappearing entirely, consumed by a wave of SUVs and…

Food ordering service Delivery Hero expands to China

Food ordering startup Delivery Hero is moving into China. China becomes the 12th market for the Berlin-based startup and will operate its service from…

Human powered helicopter: is this a new era in flight?

Wright brothers, eat your heart out, because here is a flight to truly be proud of. It is the longest human powered helicopter flight…

iDrifta mobile decoder — new look, same tricks

Here’s what I love about technology. Sometimes it’s just too smart for its own damn good. Case in point, the DStv iDrifta. It’s a…

How meeting Dropbox’s founder helped an SA tech startup pivot

Getting your startup off the ground can be intimidating as all hell. Sometimes you can get so obsessed with your vision that you don’t…

International startup competition to hit Cape Town

This is big. Startup World, an international competition organised by The Next Web, is set to hit Cape Town and several other African cities…

UK startup offers Usain Bolt some shares, ‘all the McNuggets’ he needs

Well that’s one way to get attention, UK startup Shutl has offered Jamaican sprinting sensation Usain Bolt a one percent stake in the company,…

Prezence Digital set to launch student mentoring initiative

South African digital agency, Prezence Digital has announced that it will soon be launching a project it calls the 10Teams/10Brands/10Grand initiative. Established in the…

Google Schemer — our new favourite app

I spend a lot of time customising and tweaking my Galaxy Nexus to try squeeze as much as possible from it, but often this…

5 of the best cases for the new iPad

So, you just forked out a ton of money for a new, shiny iPad. If, like me, this was your first introduction to the…

Best and worst sub-Saharan African countries for startups

We decided to delve into the World Bank’s Economy Rankings for 2012, released earlier this year, to see which sub-Saharan African countries have economies…

HP Envy 17: defying the skeptics

When it comes to reviewing laptops I prefer to stay away because they’re basically all the same, with a few exceptions. So when it…

FNB injects Acer laptops into its interest free eCommerce lineup

Award for the geekiest bank in South Africa? That’s easy. FNB. In addition to gadgets by HTC, Apple, BlackBerry and Samsung, FNB clients can…

Fresh out of beta Moneysmart reveals bank integration, master plan

Moneysmart, the online personal finance manager (PFM) we covered last year, will be exiting beta in the next few days. It sports a new…

South African VC Knife Capital receives international recognition

To the people living on the African continent, the brilliant innovation emerging from the continent’s unsung entrepreneurs is axiomatic. The rest of the world…

Let the Jelly Bean customisation begin

If you love mobile tech, regardless of which OS you support, you should’ve heard about the new version of Android by now. Android 4.1.1,…

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Aura Edition Review: A Sleek, AI-Powered Ultrabook for the Work-Anywhere Era

WeThinkCode_ and South Cape TVET College Bring Software Engineering Training to Rural SA Youth

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

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

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel