Big Tech

Reuters TV app brings innovation to the confines of a news bulletin

Reuters believes you want to build your own newscast and be your own executive producer. That’s partly why it’s released a new iPhone app called…

Apple is dropping iPhoto, Aperture for cleaner Photos app

Since 2007, when first introduced, the iPhone has taken the art of taking photos out of the hands of niche photographers and into the mainstream,…

Google predicts massive growth in African ecommerce by 2017

Google South Africa is seeing considerable growth in Africa’s ecommerce space and expects 2015 to be another growth year. Luke Mckend, country director for…

Microsoft acquiring Sunrise iOS, Android calendar app for around $100-million

Microsoft, the software and hardware giant, is in the process of acquiring Sunrise, debatably the best calendar app on Android and iOS, according to TechCrunch…

Google earnings disappoint analysts while ad revenue continues to grow

Apple blew investors out of the water with its record earnings. So did Facebook. Google, on the other hand, fell short of analysts predictions…

Google Indoor Maps now in SA

South African Google Maps can now get directions for select indoor locations. The indoor areas that have been selected to be mapped by Google’s…

Apple’s latest quarter was the biggest in world history

Apple has just reported its results for the first quarter of 2015 and they’re the biggest in history. Not just Apple’s history though: the…

Apple cuts Chinese supplier for employing 74 underage workers

We’ve been looking at Apple’s annual ‘supplier responsibility’ reports for a few years now and, depressingly, it’s still battling the same ingrained problems among…

Google gives image search a makeover, puts your results front and centre

Google has given image search a fresh new look in what it says is a bid to put your search results first. So, in…

Ashton Kutcher’s ‘jOBS’ set for Apple anniversary release

After months of waiting, Open Road Films has set a date for the release of it biopic on legendary technology pioneer Steve Jobs, according…

Apple defies skeptics, posts solid Q1

Before Apple announced its latest financial results, there were naysayers suggesting that sales of the iPhone 5 were weak and that the Cupertino-based giant…

Google Q4 results completely crush analyst expectations

Boom. Looks like anyone who thought that Google was losing its way financially just got a slap to the brain. The internet giant announced…

Former Microsoft exec: Ballmer culls his corporate rivals

Anyone who’s watched Steve Ballmer’s “Crazy Eddie” probably views the Microsoft CEO as slightly unhinged but ultimately harmless. If an ex Microsoft exec is…

Yahoo! COO: the future of web lies in personalisation and content

The excitement about the new Yahoo! is starting to fade, and it’s getting to crunch time. The company has major problems and the tech…

How Google’s Penguin update is changing publishing… for the better

Both updates to Google’s algorithm in the recent past (Panda and Penguin) are going to have a profound effect on not only SEO but…

Samsung mocks boring businessy BlackBerrys in its new Galaxy ad

Well, the iPeople already had their turn: now I guess it’s time for Samsung to try to convince the BlackBerry fans to make the…

The Memeburn interview: Google exec on the future of the ‘third screen’

We currently live in the world of three screens. We are connected to our PCs, mobile phones and tablets, and soon there will be…

Google officially the best company on Earth to work for, again

We already know that Google is prone to building the odd goofy Easter egg into its products, and that it has really cool data…

‘App store’ still under fire as Apple, Amazon trade punches over the name

Apple and Amazon have a trial date set for later this year as the dispute over the term “app store” continues. Amazon has the…

John Sculley: Apple needs to focus on emerging markets

So Apple’s adamant that it has no intention of building a low-cost iPhone, but if former CEO John Sculley is to be believed that…

Innovating in Google’s shadow: Facebook Graph Search is 2000 and late

With the launch of Graph Search, Facebook now allows users to see the people who post stupid quotes as content, and avoid them. Far…

Google invites developers to play with Project Glass and its API

Finally! We’re getting somewhere on the Google Glass front. Remember how the lucky attendees of Google I/O were given the chance to pre-order the…

Samsung’s rise continues as Galaxy S range sales hit 100 million

Global domination: all but complete. Samsung’s Galaxy S range of flagship smartphones (as in the Galaxy S I, II and III) has passed the…

Lenovo Accelerate 2025 champions Innovation

The Alarming Truth About Gen Z Gaming Cybercrime

SA’s Smallest Businesses Are Job Engines – So Why Can’t They Get Funding

Novare Holdings anchors R2.8 billion Investment

Investors Finding Their Way Back to the Kenyan Market

African VC Market Rebound

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

Luca de Meo and his Renault legacy

Gemini AI to enhance Volvo infotainment

Everest better at exploring than Explorer