General Tech

7 things you can do to make a difference, inspire change for #MandelaDay

To honour former South African president Nelson Mandela’s first birthday since his passing in December 2013, people from around the country, and the world,…

Explosive growth, increasing regulation: how can businesses cure their data headaches?

In today’s information-driven world, data is at the heart of enabling businesses to operate and innovate effectively. However, the exponential growth of data, combined…

Few options, bad habits: legitimate video streaming in SA’s uphill battle

All habits are difficult to break, but the bad ones especially so. Once we get used to doing something, it’s hard to change our…

Yup, this just happened: Friskies ranked the top 50 most influential cats on the internet

The internet can sometimes be a confusing place — I mean, how do you keep up with all the cats? Pet food brand Friskies…

JK Rowling crashes Pottermore with a new update on Harry Potter’s life

Desperately missing updates on Harry, Ron and Hermione but not satisfied with the ending of JK Rowling’s last book in the series? Of course…

3 reasons why big government tech projects can fail hard

Anyone who’s ever tackled a big online project knows just how much capacity there is for things to go spectacularly wrong. It’s bad enough…

Uber [enter African city here] is happening sooner than you think

Like it or not, Uber’s path to world domination cannot be stopped. The San Francisco-based car ordering technology company is making its play for…

Do we really need to replicate Silicon Valley? [Net Prophet]

The latest craze in the world of tech is to build a version of Silicon Valley in different regions. Africa has its tech-infused locations…

The Napster Effect: why Bitcoin really matters

I’m not going debate nor justify the volatility of Bitcoin and how it may or may not stabilize. I’m not going to discuss whether…

Why are Huawei, ZTE facing so much scrutiny?

I’m beginning to think we might as well just consider Huawei and ZTE, given that they seem to pop up together constantly in the…

Instagram’s history and internet in space: top tech stories you should read

When you snapped, cropped and filtered your last latté, did you stop to think about the company behind the retro photo app, and how…

You’ve been breached: 5 things you need to know about online security

Ethical hackers. Third party service providers. Security breaches. These all sound a lot like party favours at an event held by uber geeks at…

BitTorrent launches locked bundles, trying to distance itself from pirates

BitTorrent — the company behind the file format that users have been gleefully using to share and download pirated content for years — has…

Facebook’s invisible design and big data recruitment: top stories you should read

You’ve probably seen it a thousand times, but do you really notice the subtle lines on Facebook beckoning you to post that photo, give…

Google Street View: good for directions, great for catching crooks

Google Maps capture all sorts of things — like people getting on with their daily lives blissfully unaware of the fact that something is…

Shareholders: Amazon’s real advantage over its competitors

This quarter Amazon reported a US$82-million net profit on US$16.1-billion in sales for its fiscal first quarter and warned that it might lose more…

Slipping private boundaries: how the web is changing language

“What the internet has done is to create a space for language that runs and slips over the boundary of public and private language,…

Mistakes on social media and iTunes’ old age: top stories you should read

Chances are that you caught up on the events in Boston on social media. But what were you reading: fact or fiction? Perhaps you…

Google or the government: who’s really controlling our freedom online?

It’s an apt time to reflect on online freedom. On 3 May it’s World Media Freedom Day and South Africa, which has just passed…

Think your home broadband is saving you mobile bills? You’re right

If you’ve had broadband piping into your home, and the various devices within it, for a while now, you might have forgotten what it…

Inside Facebook Home and Google’s Star Trek dream: top stories you should read

So you thought Glass was a crazy ambition? Google has something else up its sleeve: it’s trying to replicate a gadget previously only glimpsed…

5 signs your organisation has truly embraced digital

Companies around the world are still undergoing digital transition. Some believe they are there already whilst others still have their heads buried in the…

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…

Jumia Taps Mirakl Ads to Supercharge Retail Media Across Its African Marketplace

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Raising the Bar for Smartphones

Ecentric and MoneyBadger Partner to Bring Bitcoin Payments to South African Retailers

Cape Town Creatives Can Now Work for Free at Africa’s First Creative-Tech Hub

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