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Jeremiah Owyang: Brands, startups have to ‘let go in order to gain more’ [LeWeb]

The idea of a business utilising its idle capacity is nothing new but it’s fast emerging as the poster boy for the sharing economy…

Community: why Etsy’s on track to earn $1bn with almost no marketing [LeWeb]

“Community is king” is a key theme coming out from LeWeb London today — we heard it from Airbnb and it is echoed by…

Airbnb is not competing with hotels says co-founder [LeWeb]

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia had an easy ride from LeWeb Founder Loic Le Meur when the pair took to the LeWeb stage in London…

LeWeb London 2013: the social media stream

Two days of trends, startups, interesting discussions and a host wearing a pair of Google Glass – yep, it’s time for LeWeb London. The…

MyPermissions launches free developer certification programme [LeWeb]

Recently named one of Time Magazine’s Top 50 Tech Websites, MyPermissions, a tool that enables users to have a better handle on their data…

Innovation, tech and startups: live from NetProphet 2013

What do you get when you pack 1 500 or so geeks into an auditorium, chuck in inspiring speakers, secret performances and a few…

Elon Musk talks Mars, Chinese solar power and having more fun [SXSW]

Space explorer, entrepreneur whizz and the inspiration behind Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark character in Iron Man, Elon Musk took to the stage of…

Tech-Ed kicks off with Azure, Office 365, Windows 8

Microsoft is going through an exciting phase of innovation, says Microsoft corporate vice-president for Visual Studio, Jason Zander. The company’s aim, he claims, is…

Technology, a language not an industry: Discovery Invest Leadership Summit

“We have technology that not even the wildest science fiction writers could have believed,” said Adrian Gore, opening the Discovery Invest Leadership in South…

TEDx Soweto: ‘Delve deep into the conversation about our future’

TED started out as a group of bright minds meeting up every year in Monterey, California 25 years ago. The principle behind it was…

The holy grail of marketing — Tapping into the social matrix [WordCamp]

“Community means building a grid. Attracting, converting and retaining loyalty. Community marketing means building an active social matrix which ultimately allows the community to…

How a flexible and scalable website is key to prolonged success [WordCamp]

The combination of scalability and flexibility is becoming more and more prevalent, encouraging a single web presence that is not only ubiquitous but adaptable…

Experience WordCamp Cape Town 2011

Some 20 renowned speakers will take to the stage when WordCamp Cape Town 2011 kicks off on the 15th of September. WordCamps are community-organised…

Tech4Africa to reward innovation

Technological innovation will play an important role in solving a number of the problems which are unique to Africa as a continent. In recognition…

Water and flow: The focus of TEDx Cape Town

South Africa may have a digital divide, but more importantly, it has a cognitive divide. Too many of us grow up in households where…

The IFA global press conference 2011

The IFA Global Press Conference takes place this weekend in Alicante, Spain. The conference is a showcase of some of the top electronic brands…

What digital tribes can learn from Native Americans

For all our ability to change the world around us with new technology, humans have never been very good at naming our new inventions….

Twitter: A key player in the 2011 World Wide Web conference

The 2011 World Wide Web conference took place in Hyderabad, India from March 28th through April 1st. More than 800 researchers from around the…

Startup conference Net Prophet announces dates and lineup

Africa’s premier technology startup conference, Net Prophet, is back and taking place on 12 May at Mutual Park in Cape Town. In just two…

Viral marketing with the creator of ‘The Oatmeal’ (SXSW2011)

Meeting Matthew Inman, you’d never guess that this shy, slightly built 27-year-old is the caustic genius behind The Oatmeal, one of the web’s most…

TEDx comes to Cape Town

The highly successful non-profit global set of conferences, TED has spawned a program of ‘local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a…

ClawDBot: The AI That’s Quietly Taking Over South African WhatsApp

Crypto Enters 2026 With New Momentum And A Very Different Mood

Why South African Parents Are Turning Chores Into Games

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

OPPO Reno15 Series Lands In South Africa With Big Cameras And Bigger Battery Ambitions

OPPO Reno15 Series Brings Flagship-Level Hardware Logic to the Mid-Tier in South Africa

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel