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Square launches ecommerce play ‘Square Market’ to take on eBay, Etsy

Square is best known for building the small, white plastic cube that can read credit cards when plugged into a smartphone or tablet, but…

Computer modeling solves ‘fairy circle’ mystery

This is pretty cool. For years circular barren patches of land, known as Fairy Circles and typically found in the grasslands of the western…

Barnes & Noble abandons Nook Tablet operation

And now some news that could see Amazon employees engaging in some serious fist pumping. US book giant Barnes & Noble is calling it…

Sony puts micro-ads on Wimbledon player that can only be seen in 4K

Welcome to the era of 4K advertising. Sony has placed incredibly small adverts on the fingernails and clothing of British tennis player Anne Keothavong…

Edward Snowden took Booz Allen job to get at NSA documents

Edward Snowden, the man who unveiled the US National Security Agency (NSA)’s complex spying programme PRISM, has revealed that he took his contracting job…

Strawberries and cream anyone? Wimbledon comes to YouTube

Tennis fans, this one’s for you. Wimbledon is coming to YouTube. The video-sharing network has announced that you’ll be able to catch key moments…

Pistorius investigators ask Apple for help

Murder accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius has forgotten the four digit code to his iPhone, forcing police to seek help from Apple reports the Mail…

Google’s Umbono set to announce first winners

Google’s recently launched startup incubator, Umbono, is set to announce the first winners in its pilot programme on the 1st of November in an…

New Gmail intro video leaked

Google accidentally posted a video of a new version of Gmail that features a revamped look, redesigned conversation threads and improved search to its…

Smartphone-driven, context-aware computing the next battle-ground

There is little doubt that context will be the “defining principle” of mobile business for the next decade. That’s according to Gartner’s vice-president of…

Google remains confident in Google+

Google is determined that its social offering Google+ will be able to go toe-to-toe with social networking titan Facebook. According to Google executives, the…

NY Times adds 43 000 online subscribers

The New York Times reportedly added more than 40 000 digital subscribers in the third financial quarter of 2011. Although advertising revenue continued to…

Microsoft to buy Yahoo!

A consortium of companies led by Microsoft is assembling a fund to purchase the ailing Yahoo!, the Wall Street Journal reported after speaking with…

You better scale up: The ecommerce boom is upon us

By 2015 companies will generate 50% of their online business via their social presence and mobile applications. This bold claim comes from prominent research…

US issues demands to China on ‘Great Firewall’

Ratcheting up its increasingly stern line with Beijing on trade issues, Washington has added concerns about China’s infamous Great Firewall saying that it may…

Alibaba chair delivers Yahoo! ultimatum

Alibaba Group Chairman Jack Ma has delivered an ultimatum to Yahoo!. The head of the Chinese online retail giant says he expects an answer…

Apple holds Jobs memorial, tributes keeping pouring in

Two weeks after his death, tributes continue to pour in for late Apple co-founder and visionary Steve Jobs. The latest and, perhaps most poignant,…

Symantec, McCafee warn of precursor to next Stuxnet

US online security giant Symantec has warned of a new super-virus similar to the malicious Stuxnet worm believed to have preyed on Iran’s nuclear…

BlackBerry unveils new ‘developer friendly’ OS, BBX

BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) has unveiled its next generation operating system BBX, which it claims takes the best of the BlackBerry platform…

Google set to host G-South Africa 2.0

Google has announced that it will be holding its second large-scale web conference in South Africa. The event, called “G-South Africa” aims to provide…

Facebook, eBay dismiss Google threat

According to Silicon Valley super-star Sean Parker, for Google to take the title of leading social network, Facebook would have to blunder in a…

RIM woos developers as it looks to rebuild reputation

The Blackberry software developer’s conference begins today and RIM faces the difficult battle of gaining traction in light of its global BBM blackout. App…

China’s Alibaba halts fee hike after massive web protest

Chinese internet giant Alibaba says that it will delay a fee hike for some sellers on its online shopping site after a storm of…

LG’s New 100-Inch QNED TV Is a Game-Changer for Home Entertainment in South Africa

ASUS Taps Into South Africa’s AI Obsession With Smarter Devices

HONOR 400 and 400 Pro Redefine AI Smartphone Innovation for South African Users

SA SMBs are AI-Ready – ASUS Report Shows Local Businesses Are Already Seeing Real ROI

Ocellics Reinvents Fund Factsheets with Automation-Driven Platform for Investment Managers

AWIEF 2025 Awards Nominations Now Open

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