We all have them. Those apps we open without thinking. Not because we need anything in particular, but because they feel… safe, in some…
What the web thinks of eBay’s Magento buyout
When auction giant eBay announced this week that it was buying out the well-known ecommerce platform Magento, reaction was varied. In announcing the buyout…
Omidyar-backed Africa entrepreneurship award launched
The 2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship, open to entries from every country in Africa, is awarding up to $350,000 in prize money to successful…
Nicholas Carr on how the internet is damaging our brains
US technology writer Nicholas Carr is worried about what the internet is doing to our brains. “The seductions of technology are hard to resist,”…
US military contractors face cyber-attacks, Lockheed Martin confirms
Like the plot of a Hollywood blockbuster, the US military’s largest contractor, Lockheed Martin in a recent statement confirmed that it had faced cyber-attacks….
