Big Tech

Tim Cook kicks off Apple launch with dig at FBI

Apple launches are usually all about product, whether that’s new headline-grabbing device or an update to a piece of its software. On Monday however,…

Google updates its analytics suite for more insight, less data

If you’ve only just gotten your head around what you need and don’t need from your Google Analytics dashboard (OK so maybe it’s just…

Mzansi Experience: Google gives virtual tours of SA’s national parks

South Africa has some of the world’s best, and most diverse, national parks. Thing is, not everyone can get to them and even those…

Where will It end? Why Apple vs the FBI affects all of us

Apple versus the FBI: which side are you on? Few technology stories, and even fewer cyber security issues, have broken into the mainstream media…

Yahoo puts up the ‘for sale’ sign

This is big. Yahoo, one of the oldest internet companies still around, is exploring selling its assets. The move, announced by the company’s board…

Google Play Movies officially available on South African screens

Hot on the heels of Google Music’s South African bow, Google has now announced that Google Play Movies is available in the country. The…

Google Translate now supports over 100 languages

Google Translate is turning ten this year and to celebrate coming of age it has added 13 new languages to its translating capabilities. When…

How Google clamps down on Android’s open-source: the key is Google apps

Google is often seen as the good guy of the big corporations operating in the world today. Its informal motto is “Don’t be evil”…

Apple’s gold iPhone TV spot feels more meh than goldelicious

What do you get when you melt some gold and make it dance around a screen to pun-filled music? An iPhone commercial of course….

Unseating Samsung: who has the stones to depose mobile’s current king?

On its relatively speedy ascent to the position as the world’s biggest phone maker, Samsung has crushed practically every incumbent and all new comers….

Apple brings in Burberry CEO as new retail head

Apple products have always blurred the line between consumer technology and fashionable lifestyle accessories. It makes a fair amount of sense then that the…

Aussie Google employee asks for a monorail, Google buys monorail cars

When you’ve got as much money as Google, you can afford to occasionally look at requests put in by your employees (even the joke…

Is Google’s anti-aging startup all about keeping its employees on forever?

Fortune Senior Editor Dan Primack recently returned from a visit to Silicon Valley and he reports new details on the Calico Google venture that…

Ballmer’s farewell tour takes in letter to shareholders

If you thought Steve Ballmer was going to spend the months leading up to his retirement, announced a few weeks back, quietly fading into…

Google launches the Analytics Academy for laymen to learn about data

The term “Big Data” gets thrown around a lot. It’s overkill really. Nevertheless, data is for businesses what vegetables are for kids — crucial…

Apple overtakes Coca Cola to become the world’s most valuable brand

Thanks to impressive performances on the stock market Apple has, at times, been the world’s most valuable company. It can’t really claim that any…

The Galaxy Gear: a lifestyle device that doesn’t consider your lifestyle

Samsung wants you to start designing your own life and rightfully so. The smartphone maker cares so much it has built devices that suit…

Google turns 15, launches new ‘hummingbird’ search algorithm

Yup, Google is 15. You probably can’t imagine life without it, but if Google were a human being, it would only be in high…

‘Google in 1998’: zoom back in time with Google’s birthday Easter egg

It may be all grown up now, but once upon a time, Google wasn’t a global tech giant famous for quirky campuses and dessert-flavoured…

Steve Ballmer bids crazy, tearful farewell to Microsoft

Say what you will about Microsoft’s fortunes under Steve Ballmer, the man clearly loves the company. That much was once again evident yesterday during…

Google 15th birthday doodle is ridiculously addictive fun

Google has a history of awesome doodles. Today’s effort, in celebration of the internet giant’s 15th birthday is no exception. The interactive doodle comes…

iOS7: three game-changers hidden in plain sight

Yes, iOS7 looks different and has caught up to 2013. The faux textures are gone and importantly, without the need for images of woodgrain…

Epson Survey Reveals Surge in Demand for Projectors as Home Cinema Trend Takes Off

Opera Mini Brings Free AI to South Africa, Tackling Data Costs and Boosting Digital Inclusion

HONOR X7c: Does This Budget Beast Deliver on Battery and That 108MP Camera?

Umvuzo Health Turns 21 with a Tech-Driven Medtech Model That’s Redefining Corporate Healthcare

Kazang Brings Card Payments to Spaza Shops, Driving Fintech-Fuelled Financial Inclusion

Flutterwave Launches Accelerate Workshop to Upskill Young Africans in Tech

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

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV