General Tech

Elon Musk’s SpaceX finally launches DSCOVR satellite into deep orbit

Scanning through Elon Musk’s Twitter feed seems like something out of Interstellar‘s transcript with Matthew Mcconaughey rocketing through space, giving status updates as he…

I’m still standing, and other achievements with a DeskStand standing desk

Still standing? That’s the one question I’ve been asked most at my new job, not because I struggle with new pressures but rather because…

Should emerging markets take a different approach to battling online piracy?

In the West, the dominant issue touching all content creators, be it TV, movies, books or music, is how best to monetise products in…

5 powerful tech tools that can help you recruit the right people

Today’s recruiter has a range of powerful tools at his or her disposal to help make the recruitment process more efficient and cost-effective. From…

Benefiting from the networked economy: he who connects wins

In this brave new world of the Networked Economy, one adage rings truer than ever: no company is an island. Mobile, cloud, social media…

Disrupt and dismay: why Cape Town’s metered taxi operators are so upset with Uber

As always, popular car-hailing app Uber is rubbing some people up the wrong way. Over the past few weeks, the San Francisco tech company…

6 tech events likely to dominate headlines this week

One of the largest conferences on African ecommerce kicks off tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The eCommerce Africa Confex runs…

What did tech do for us in 2013? It made us think about privacy and the future

With every passing year, the line between technology news and the news becomes harder to distinguish. That’s because technologies like smartphones, the internet and…

BlackBerry blunders to magnificent Marissa: 2013’s biggest winners and losers in tech

The year 2013 has been a big year of highs and lows for the tech industry. We’ve seen some great start-ups hit the big…

Printed eyes, Lego cars, Chuck Norris splits and Obama vs NSA: #StuffToKnow this week

The NSA is really getting wave after wave of pressure from all sides to curb their tactics after Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing caused a ripple…

Redditor asks for iPad for Christmas, gets Bill Gates as her secret Santa

When user NY1227 decided to take part in Reddit’s massive secret Santa exchange, little did she know she’d be getting something that didn’t quite…

Is the UK government about to make a £25 million mistake?

The UK can a funny place sometimes. On the one hand we sexualise people, things, everyday life happenings, indiscriminately but are pretty backwards when…

#asksmartpeople: questions to ask yourself to do better in 2014

It’s almost 2014 and it’s as good a time as any to think about being better in the coming year. I decided to ask…

China bans transactions between Bitcoin exchanges, third party payment companies

Less than two weeks after the government hammer came down on Bitcoin in China, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has struck another blow….

Yahoo collapses, Firefox drops Java and Instagram kills Snapchat: #StuffToKnow

While the pope is the person of the year, Yahoo Mail is the undoubted failure of the week. Firefox meanwhile has decided to block…

Firefox 26 says no to Java plugins

Mozilla’s flagship product Firefox just released its latest version, number 26, and although it comes with an array of features, one stands out: by…

4 massive trends and events that completely changed the face of tech in 2013

In 2013, big companies in the cloud space faced downtime challenges, companies in the social media space were valued at costs seemingly much higher…

Web hosting: the complete beginner’s guide

Being a ‘good host’ was definitely high up the list of what parents of middle class spoilt brats, like me, expected from their children….

Google, Microsoft lead tech coalition to limit government spying on their users

After months of leaks and revelations about exactly how the US’ National Security Agency has been spying on everyone from presidents to casual Facebook…

Mandela mourned, NSA knows where you are and Amazon’s drones: #StuffToKnow this week

Madiba passes and leaves behind a better world than he came in to, but the NSA is tracking your every move, and I do…

5 top tips for making your business’ next web translation project awesome

With more than a third of the global population online, web content production is growing faster than ever and website translation increasingly features on…

Man throws away millions and Google will print your phone: #StuffToKnow this week

He might not be happy about the upcoming movie about Wikileaks but at least he go to the States to watch it. Microsoft continues…

Bitcoin: 99 problems, but getting rich ain’t one

Bitcoin is currently soaring up the charts as if Justin Bieber had just released a single with One Direction on a continent made up…

You Mailed It! Celebrating South Africa’s Slickest Email Campaigns of 2025

Gen Z and Millennials Quietly Disrupt South Africa’s Insurance Industry

Stranger Things Season 5 Teaser Drops

Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa Joins AWIEF 2025

Perfecto AI Introduces Agentic Testing for Africa’s Fast-Moving Tech Ecosystem

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

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves