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Do startup founders make great CEOs?

Calling yourself a CEO is easy. All it takes is getting a stack of business cards made, and slapping your name and the CEO…

Bitcoin’s first killer app? Bankymoon lets you pay your utility bills in digital currency

We’re living in a world where everything’s being labeled as smart. From our phones to watches and even our cars. But something that’s really…

The Citroen C4 Cactus: first impressions

There was a very brief period in the early years of the new millennium when Citroen, always a benchmark for automotive innovation, produced boring…

‘Pillars of Eternity’ review: vivid, vast, visceral

Obsidian Entertainment’s games have always been known for their vividly elaborate plots and immense settings (Fallout: New Vegas, Neverwinter Nights 2). Its latest title,…

Should budding entrepreneurs share their ideas?

There’s a general school of thought among a number of new entrepreneurs that one should not share their business idea with anyone else. The…

Recast opens its doors, lets you tune into your favourite radio station’s playlist online

People get really attached to their radio stations. Each one has its own personality and unique music taste. The only problem is that they’re…

Valentino Rossi wins, Marc Marquez falls: the weekend motorsport roundup

How dramatic was this weekend’s motorsport action? If the duel in the Bahrain desert wasn’t enough, the MotoGP action in Argentina was definitely more…

5 open world games we’re dying to play

Have you noticed? Open world is all the rage these days. The increased number of open world games in development seems to have sky-rocketed,…

NowFloats lets you create a business website with an app or SMS

NowFloats is an ambitious startup coming out of India — with offices in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi — that wants to help SMEs across the…

5 games that were sadly absent from E3 2014

E3 2014 provided us with many insights and glimpses into the near future of gaming, striking the chords of our inner gamer. But some…

7 of the ugliest concept cars ever conceived

Look, we get it. Concept cars are designed to be daring. They’re meant to push boundaries. By definition, they’re spawned to test public reaction,…

HTC Desire 816 Review: the mid-range phablet that makes sense

HTC’s focus on its high-end One line-up of smartphones didn’t work out very well. Now, the embattled Taiwanese phone maker is renewing its focus…

How Social Business Software connects and enables distributed teams

In today’s operating environment the ability to bring dispersed teams together is becoming a critical business advantage. Teams (focused on, for example, software development…

The Volvo V40 Cross Country T5 AWD: wave goodbye to Mr Tweed

There was a time when Volvo cars were driven by aging men in tweed jackets, who usually owned more than one long haired dog,…

A handshake isn’t enough: what happens when investors back out

Recently I had the opportunity to raise a small round of seed funding for my subscription sock company, NicSocks.com. The figure was about US$25…

7 things you really ought to know about Apple’s iPhone 6

In 2007, a Steve Jobs-led Apple announced “Project Purple,” the codenamed operation that would eventually spawn the original iPhone. After its official launch a…

8 common car features that could soon be consigned to history’s scrap heap

Confession time: I own a little vehicle bolted together back in the early 1970s. It was my first car and faithfully served as my…

Tom Happ, creator of indie game Axiom Verge, on his ‘vessel of consciousness and reality’

Axiom Verge is the sort of retro, independently created game anyone with a heart and an itching for exploration should take note of. Its…

Save, scale, secure: why small businesses should take to the cloud

The internet has changed all aspects of our lives. From how we bank, get around, or communicate with friends, or even — as I…

BurnCast: E3 2014 – VR, open worlds and indie games

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

10 Samsung Galaxy S6 features we’d love to see

Samsung’s rolled out its flagship phone of 2014, the Galaxy S5 – a smartphone that will place a sales headlock on most of the…

Consider this before taking your business on to mobile

Taking your startup’s website mobile is an expensive endeavor, especially if you want to go native and/or responsive. But Africa and South Africa’s mobile…

The rental industry is broken: can Ekaya fix it?

For startups, getting one’s foot in the target market’s door is everything. For people looking to rent, the story’s much the same. Ekaya describes…

Celebrating Innovation: Redmi Note 14 Post-Launch Event in South Africa

How iGaming is becoming more accessible in South Africa

HP Ditches the 15-Minute Wait: Is This the End of Customer Service Hell?

GITEX Africa: Shaping the Future of Tech and Positioning Africa as a Global Powerhous

Gozem Secures $30M Series B to Fuel Super App Expansion Across Francophone Africa

Koop’s AI Housekeeper: Could This Be the Solution to SA’s Startup Compliance Headache?

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

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life

Tariffs trump US new car affordability needs