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Google celebrates Claude Debussy’s birthday with moonlit musical doodle

Google’s recent interactive doodles have involved everything from bacteria to Ferris Wheels, but today the tech giant proved it could also bring some subtle…

New Gmail is filtering out its biggest competition: others in email marketing

Promotional email has long been an effective way of delivering opt-in commercial messages and many have rediscovered this method after experimenting with advertising, social…

Why Apple hiring Nike’s Jay Blahnik adds a heap of potential to the iWatch

Before I start, I should reiterate that no one really knows anything certain about the iWatch, but it’s a rather safe bet to say…

Google is forcing a massive change in PR: here’s how

I’ve long warned that PR companies would be subject to similar forces of disruption that have been destroying the media sector for the past…

Google to let you check flight statuses, package info in the near future

If you want to know whether your flight is delayed or where exactly that package you ordered a few days ago is, you could…

Samsung exec: anti-iPhone ads worked a treat

Have you ever wondered what effect those anti-iPhone ads from the likes of Samsung and Nokia might have? Well apparently, for the Korean electronics…

Yahoo pays $81 million to keep Tumblr’s David Karp onboard for 4 years

Tumblr founder and now Yahoo employee, David Karp, will receive an additional US$81-million in cash and stock if he sticks it out on the…

Gmail Labs rolls out ‘Got the Wrong Bob?’

Last year, Google launched Labs as a forum within Google’s free online email product, Gmail, for delivering useful — and maybe not so useful…

Google sends out the cars for Street View SA

At last: Google today announced that it will begin imagery collection in South Africa for the Street View feature in its Google Maps. In…

10 questions for new Google SA head: Stephen Newton

New Google SA Head Stephen Newton (Credit: FM Tech). Stephen Newton is the country’s new Google head. He’s an American who has been living…

Big Idea: How online publishers can rival Google

Quite sometime ago I did a rather entrepreneurial proposal to the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) about a new, non-profit industry-focused search engine and…

Is SEO evil?

It’s an old debate, but always worth a good discussion: The Digital Edge podcast by Jarred Cinman and Saul Kropman is tackling the topic…

"SA companies beat internet giant to the pinch"

Um, received this rather surreal press release yesterday. Not sure I would have sent this out as a piece of public relations, myself. It’s…

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…

Opera Mini Helps South Africans Stay on Top of Every Game

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Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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