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5 super serious digital trends to look out for in 2015

Without fail, around November we start to see “Marketing Analysts” provide the top trends they predict for the coming year. I see these “Analysts”…

Lion’s Head, Devil’s Peak and Northcliff Hill spark SA’s latest Twitter war

Twitter‘s a cavalcade of strange people with even stranger opinions. Take the #ThingsLongerThanOscarsSentence trending hashtag yesterday after the Oscar Pistorious verdict if you need…

YouTube is opening a school and it has an easy curriculum: listen, laugh and give

YouTube is opening a school and wants you to listen, laugh and give. The School of YouTube will open from 8 to 12 September….

Could Mumford and Sons be to blame for all those baby pics polluting your Facebook feed?

If you’re in your mid to late 20s, chances are your Facebook news feed is increasingly filled with pictures of babies, oh so many…

12 Honest trailers you have to watch, trust us

We love trailers. Trailers are how studios get us interested in an otherwise not-so-interesting movie. A good trailer leaves us wanting to see a…

Sad Footballers tumblr shows just how awesome the internet is

Every now and again a seriously amazing tumblr account emerges, restoring not only our faith in the internet, but our faith in the world…

SNL shows how ‘discreet’ Google Glass can be

You are nobody until Saturday Night Live makes fun of you. So it is safe to say that Google Glass has arrived. During this…

‘iSteve’ is the 80-minute Steve Jobs comedy we’ve waited for

Funny or Die, comedian and actor Will Ferral’s comedy website, today launched iSteve, the free 80-minute long “autobiographical” spoof of the late Steve Jobs….

Crazy HTML5 game makes fun of North Korea’s nuclear aspirations

North Korea’s missile belligerence has been the target of an awful lot of humour, but the folks at Taiwan’s Next Media Animation have taken…

6 kinds of techie you’ll find in every fashionable coffee shop

Jeez. Self-employed techies. A big part of our working life is the coffee-shop-hop. We find our favourite places and we build relationships. We choose…

7 social media tips for the new Pontiff, Pope Francis

The Vatican has a new boss. The papal conclave has chosen a new Pope and the Catholic church can breathe a sigh of relief…

Want to quote R140m for a website? Here’s the right way to do it

This is clever. Anyone reading about the R140-million a South African provincial government spent on its website was probably left wondering how it could…

‘Bang With Nobody’ rips off Bang With Friends, gets international attention

This is hilarious. If you spend as much time hanging out online as we do, you’ve probably heard of Bang With Friends, the Facebook…

From Towning to Izikhothane: 7 SA Twitter terms that need to go global

I love Twitter for many reasons — in many ways, I’m in a relationship with it. But one of the things I value the…

Nando’s also has a confession for Oprah: it can enhance your performance too

It seems Lance Armstrong isn’t the only one confessing things to television’s queen of talk. Popular fast food franchise Nando’s has launched a campaign…

9 of the most bizarre Christmas presents you can buy online

Tired of the same old soap on a rope, bottle of wine or pair of socks Christmas present clichés? Want to liven up the…

Geeks petition White House to build Death Star, forces it to respond

This is either insanely cool, or just plain insane. We’re not 100% sure which. A petition asking the US presidency to “secure resources and…

HONOR celebrates Unsung Heroes this festive season with moving video and exciting giveaway

Here’s the answer to closing the digital divide in Africa

SA should be building own drones fast, here’s why

Amgen forges ahead with generative AI to expedite advanced therapies

Vodacom strengthens Mpumalanga network with R450 million investment

AWS supercharges Amazon Bedrock

SPONSORED: HONOR celebrates Unsung Heroes this festive season with moving video and exciting giveaway

Here’s an alternative for serious gamers

EcoFlow gets consumer thumbs up on Takealot

Budget speech misses NEV promise – again

Tokyo showcases a comeback for Japanese car design

Review: Amarok versus Ranger