Big Tech

Google’s Project Soli is an innovation from the distant future brought to the present

Google’s ATAP (Advanced Technology and Projects) department has been working on something very special. Called Project Soli, the technology could completely change how we…

All the facts, figures you need to know about Apple’s WWDC 2015

Apart from WWDC 2015 being longer than the Avengers 2 movie, over a 1 000 Apple engineers from 70 countries attended the Cupertino tech…

The Apple of our eye: turns out people loved the WWDC keynote

It may have clocked in at more than two hours in length, and there may have been no devices on offer, but it seems…

Apple Music: the right move, or a pricey dead end?

When Apple introduced the iPod in 2001, it changed the world’s approach to digital music forever. There was a however a downside to that…

iStore iPhoneography competition now open

The iStore’s iPhoneography competition is back and you can enter now. Apple has launched two campaigns to showcase the camera prowess of the iPhone…

Vendors shipped 11.4m wearables in the first quarter of 2015

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), vendors shipped a total of 11.4-million wearables in the first quarter of 2015. Fitbit shipped the most…

Microsoft acquires Wunderlist for around $200m

Microsoft has acquired Wunderlist, a to-do list app based in Berlin. Under Satya Nadella, Microsoft has not only made more inroads towards being more…

Anti-viruses are cool: SA computers unprotected [TechEd]

Even in an age of Anonymous, dirty hackers, and constantly evolving malware, there are still computers out there that aren’t secure. According to Microsoft,…

Can Microsoft make Excel exciting with GeoFlow? [TechEd]

Microsoft’s latest addition to the Excel 2013 & Office 365 suite is a nifty little plugin called GeoFlow. GeoFlow for Excel is a 3D…

For your eyes only: Google will deactivate Glass if you loan or sell it

If you’re one of the lucky members of Google’s Glass Explorer team, who will be among the first members of the public to get…

The Yammerfication of the work place [TechEd]

When you spend more than a billion dollars on a social platform, make sure you do something amazing with it. Microsoft seems to be…

Windows To Go: a companion to Windows 8 [TechEd]

For Microsoft, Windows 8 is the future of computing, so the tech giant is doing everything it can make sure people use it. At…

Now 30% faster, mobile speeds are catching up to desktop

Yes, the internet is speeding up — or at least, Google thinks so. The search giant has published a report on the aggregated site…

Google uses Person Finder to help locate people in wake of Boston bombings

Google has rolled out a special version of its Person Finder service following two explosions which took place near the finish line of the…

Plan for your digital afterlife with Google’s new inactive account manager

With all the news about Google’s product-killing spree and rapidly filling graveyard recently, it’s quite strange to think that Google’s newest feature is designed…

PC market in dire shape, Windows takes the blame

The PC market is in dire shape. It’s been falling for some time now, we all know that. But the first quarter of 2013…

Serious iFan? Perhaps you should take a trip to the Apple Pop-up Museum

If you have an predilection towards tech and you’re a serial Apple fanatic, this will delight you. What used to be an Atlanta-area CompUSA…

Still running Windows XP? You have less than a year to upgrade

In 364 days, Microsoft will shut down all support for Windows XP. The Redmond-based tech giant yesterday published an official blog post explaining that…

Initial denial of Apple’s ‘iPad Mini’ trademark application retracted

No it wasn’t a joke. The objections to Apple’s ‘iPad Mini’ Trademark Application issued on 1 April by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office…

What should we make of Blink, Google’s new rendering engine?

Google has announced that it’s moving from the WebKit rendering engine to its own, named Blink, for Chromium (and thus all Google products based…

Bad news for Windows as PC market set to decline 7.6% this year

Look, we all know that the PC market isn’t in the healthiest place at the moment. And while tablets and smartphones may never completely…

Blink and you’re dead: behind Google’s decision to fork WebKit

In what is widely seen as a political move against Apple, Google has forked WebKit into “Blink” which it describes as “an inclusive open…

Absa’s AI Clone of Fifi Peters Pushes Banking Into a Bold New Future

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

Cape Town Creatives Can Now Work for Free at Africa’s First Creative-Tech Hub

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

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