Big Tech

Watch this Hangout with Sir Richard Branson, Elon Musk right now

Elon Musk and Sir Richard Branson have launched some of the most successful and innovative businesses on the planet. Space X, Virgin Galactic, PayPal,…

Samsung CEO: we want Tizen on everything

This is interesting. Over the past few years, Samsung has come to dominate the global Android and, to a lesser extent, smartphone space. But…

Yahoo! set to unveil new logo after ’30 days of change’

Yahoo! is finally ready to follow the path tread by the likes of Microsoft and eBay by giving its logo a makeover. Except it’s…

Why the Publicis, Omnicom merger really could hurt Google, Facebook

The recent announcement of the Omnicom and Publicis $35bn merger to create the world’s largest advertising company, is all about gaining the upper hand…

Google launches Views, allows you to add 360 degree panoramas to Maps

This looks pretty cool. Google has launched a community site called Views, which allows you to upload and share panoramic 360% photos to Maps….

Want to attract great software engineers? Offer life extension tech

Competition for software engineers is incredibly intense and Silicon Valley firms are pulling out all the stops to recruit and retain top talent. A…

The 17 labour rights violations found at one Apple supplier in China [Report]

How long does it take for endemic and institutional problems to be solved? Judging from numerous reports on labour rights violations at Apple’s various…

Google Chrome first impressions: Fast, clean & not evil

Downloaded it a few minutes ago and gave it a test run. Noticed a few minor rendering glitches here and there on some sites,…

Apple: Be evil?

Here’s a riveting read from Wired magazine, “How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong”, analysing the factors behind Apple’s success. Wired argues…

Google News secrets "exposed"

Many publishers that have signed up to Google News, probably now the world’s largest news aggregator, have instantly (ie results within a day) doubled…

The Douglas Merrill defection from Google, and the South African connection

Well, well, well. It turns out that Douglas Merrill, former Google CIO, is heading off to struggling record group, EMI. It was barely two…

Google not against ACAP, says CEO Eric Schmidt

The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) has now issued a press release that “welcomes Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s statement supporting the aim of the…

World's publishers face off against Google: It's getting ugly

I had a feeling this would be the end result. At first there was co-operation and pleasantries exchanged between the media publishers and Google,…

Kawasaki grills Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Vista

Duncan Mcleod of Fm Tech pointed me to this funny interview between Guy Kawasaki and Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft. It’s worth a watch,…

Google SA meets the media

Google this morning held their first ever local press briefing, from their new headquarters at Dimension Data’s Campus. They brought out a heavy-hitter from…

Cool Larry and Sergey Google presentation

Spotted this interesting Google video on Stafford Masie’s blog (the new local Google head). It’s a relaxed, informal talk at TED on Google’s philosophies…

SA sites caught up in Google PageRank 'carnage'

About a month ago, Google’s latest pagerank updates saw a number of major international news sites, A-list bloggers and local sites have their rankings…

First Google South Africa networking session kicks off

The new Google country head Stafford Masie held an informal get together and networking session for about 60 or so local internet players on…

Google have stars in their eyes

So Google is not satisfied with world domination, but wants to rule the universe too. Hey, even space shuttles need search engines. Ok, at…

The Search Wars: Can the Wikipedia boss take on Google?

Jimmy Wales, the Wikipedia boss, has now detailed how he plans to take on Google, the search behemoth. Google is so good and so…

New Google head for South Africa

South Africa has a new Google boss. Stafford Masie, the former head of Novell South Africa and a relative unknown outside IT circles, has…

Google joins fray to fight global internet censorship

Via an AP story on Wired.com Google, which hasn’t in the past got too involved in government affairs and advocacy issues, is now joining…

The Google plan: sell advertising everywhere

Those clever guys at Google… they’re planning to “organise the world’s information”, but also they should add that after organising that information, they’re going…

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