Big Tech

Google wants women to also be professionally represented with emojis

Google’s on a mission to makes emojis more inclusive, and that starts with a new set of proposed Unicode emojis representing women in the…

Apple loses exclusive rights to ‘iPhone’ name in China

This has to be one of the strangest legal battles of the year, but Apple has now lost a case against a company in…

Microsoft launches its cloud solution provider programme in SA

Microsoft South Africa announced the launch of its Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) programme on Friday. This will allow select partners to directly support, bill,…

Why Apple is a lot like Gary Player right now

There are many times when you buy a particular stock and then question why you own that particular stock. In fact, it happens all…

Google derps, thinks own Google.com domain is dodgy

Here’s a strange story. Google has a little tool for internet users to check the good standing of websites across the web. Its known…

Icon Home Energy Hub, the SA developed energy solution taking on Tesla Powerwall

Move over Tesla and Powerwall, because you’ve got competition in SA. Announced yesterday, Energy Partners unveiled their Icon Home Energy Hub, an all-in-one solution for storing…

Windows users, say goodbye to Apple’s QuickTime

To all Windows users with Apple’s QuickTime installed, it’s time to let go of the dream and uninstall that piece of software. In an…

Books arrive on South African Play Store

If you live in South Africa, you’ve probably become fairly used to getting the latest tech products and services a little later than most…

Microsoft’s OSA: think like a hacker to secure your online services

Flame was a bad time for Microsoft and for Mike Reavey, General Manager, Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft — he is still gets Nam-like flashbacks…

Google will soon show your name and Google+ pic if you phone Android users

Well, that’s another level of caller ID. In a move which is equal parts cool and creepy, Google has announced that it will be…

Microsoft narrows hunt for new CEO: Mulally, Elop on the shortlist

Microsoft has narrowed down the search for its CEO with the list of external candidates now down to five. Among the candidates who’ve made…

Google goes live with real time expert assistance service Helpouts

Google has gone live with Helpouts, a service that allows you to receive help from experts in a variety of fields using the company’s…

All of Google’s big work perks aren’t really necessary for keeping top talent

There’s enormous competition for software engineers and many companies offer an ever larger array of work perks convinced that it will help them recruit…

Hey Bing users, you’ll still be able to get tweets in your search results

Microsoft really wants Bing to work as a search product. There’s evidence enough that in its recent revamp and various marketing campaigns meant to…

Google Hummingbird and its role in the promotion of content marketing

Premium copywriters should be jubilant about Hummingbird. Google’s latest algorithm is able to hone in on good quality writing and reward it with high…

Create your own witchy brew with Google’s interactive Halloween doodle

Nope, Google hasn’t jumped on the sparkly vampire bandwagon (or even the trendy Walking Dead) — the search giant has gone traditional but quirky…

Why yes, Google Plus does have users… 300 million of them

A ghost town you say? Not quite. According to Google, its networking site / online social identity is still growing — it’s now up…

Microsoft thinks you should get off XP, right now [RSA conf]

If you are among the 21% of people still using Windows XP, Microsoft would really like you to stop and upgrade to something newer…

With 5 billion from China, Apple’s slump is over (but it wants ‘to do better’)

Yesterday, while Asia was asleep, Tim Cook announced Apple’s earnings for the fourth quarter 2013 and revealed that sales in China had bounced back…

Less tech, more Louis Vuitton: welcome to the new Apple Inc

The new Apple Inc. fully emerged at the October product announcement event, and a fascinating company it is too. Apple is looking more and…

5 graphs that show exactly what Twitter thought of the iAnnouncement

In the run up to Apple’s latest iPad event, sentiment among the press seemed to be mixed. Some suggested that Apple had clearly lost…

Cheat sheet: iPad Air, iPad mini, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro and OS X

Apple today re-introduced the iPad, calling it the iPad Air, a thinner, lighter version of the iPad with a dramatically smaller bezel. The iPad…

Forget the fashion: Apple hiring Burberry’s Angela Ahrendts has nothing to do with wearables

Finally the curious Burberry fashion show shot entirely on the iPhone 5s four days before the phone was actually available makes sense. The original…

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