Future Trends

Gartner: 3D printing is still on the up, with shipments set to double in 2013

Imagining the day where you’ll casually download some designs online, pop over to your 3D printer and bash out some body parts, a pair…

Health, connectivity and the rise of wearables in the Age of Context

Age of Context is a new book by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel that is a must-read for anyone who is interested in the…

Big Data: personalised targeting is the future… but don’t be creepy

Imagine you’re walking through a store. You’ve installed the retailer’s app on your smartphone, and it recognises it has just arrived at its brick-and-mortar…

3 big technologies every business needs to pay attention to [Gartner]

Every business is a technology business. No matter what field you’re in, tech can help you become faster, more agile and increasingly productive. That’s…

Do we still need to go to big festivals? The ‘exclusive’ content overload

Glastonbury. Lollapalooza. Coachella. All internationally renowned music festivals, with a huge following and an impressive online presence — but are they killing off the…

Consumerisation, mobility set to remain tech’s top trends in 2014

Consumerisation and mobility are what’s driven Apple to the top. They’re also probably the biggest trends Microsoft failed to catch on to. In other…

6 ways the relationship humans have with technology is changing

Look, we all know the way we interact with technology is changing. Take smartphones for instance. Buttons gave way to touchscreens, which were then…

Google test drives automated cars of the future

An electronic brain devised by US internet titan Google has driven cars nearly a quarter of a million kilometres in California, on a quest…

Is it a book? Is it a film? Is it a game? Or all three?

Is it a book? Is it a film? Is it a game? Or all three? Publishers and authors at the world’s biggest book fair…

Microsoft can no longer dictate web standards

Microsoft has never been big on supporting standards that were not developed in-house, but external pressure has forced the Internet Explorer (IE) division to start…

Jaron Lanier believes the internet is making us poor

Jaron Lanier understands the internet as well as anyone on Earth. He did, after all, help build it. Over the past thirty years, Lanier has…

Sir Tim Berners-Lee on future of mobile, net neutrality and privacy

Anyone with some web pedigree will know who Sir Tim Berners-Lee is. He’s a computer scientist and MIT professor credited with inventing the World…

Six technologies that could murder the mouse

On the eve of its 50th Golden Anniversary, the humble computer mouse is staring extinction in the face. Steve Prentice, an analyst at consulting…

Stunning ‘experiment’ from Google and Arcade Fire showcases HTML5

There are some articles that you have to write because they are timely, relevant and newsworthy. And there are some you are compelled to…

Immersive journalism uses virtual gaming platforms to tell stories

Ernest Wilson, the dean of the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communications and Journalism, put it like this: “What if, after receiving…

Smartphones to rule by 2014, predicts Gartner

By the year 2014 the mobile environment will be dominated by smartphones. This is one of the many bold predictions by technology analyst Nick…

HD video: Big Brother will soon be in your pocket

We live in a world of ubiquitous computing — there are ever more computing devices everywhere. We will soon live in a world of…

The Internet’s profound impact on the way we live

The average age for Nobel Peace Prize winners is 63, but earlier this year it was decided by popular US tech culture magazine Wired…

Ridley Scott directs a crowdsourced movie

Crowdsourcing, if you haven’t heard of it, is also known as the ‘cheap, lazy bastard way to get something done’. It’s a technique gleefully…

Why Silicon Valley is only part of California’s innovative success

California seems to be on a constant roller-coaster of events – technological, economic and social. Strangely enough, the state keeps moving on as the…

Mobile phone interfaces should get with the social times

The user interface employed by mobile phones has not adapted sufficiently to accommodate the communication needs of the average user in the 21st Century. But help…

Productivity On A Large Screen

Everlytic Launches Cutting-Edge AI Studio with WhatsApp Chatbots for Smarter Communication

Everlytic’s new API Communicator feature enhances customer engagement across multiple channels

Savant Launches Savant Build Cohort 3 to Accelerate Deep-Tech Innovation in the Green Economy

Simplicity at scale: The role of leadership in agile transformation

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

Renault got design right in 2024

Nio Firefly brings Galaxy design to compact EVs

Google Cast and other Christmas goodies for Rivian