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Google celebrates Mandela Day with artful Doodle

Today is Mandela Day and all over South Africa and the world, people are taking 67 minutes of their day to help their community…

Google Plus finally backtracks on its real name policy (after 3 years)

Don’t really want to attach a full name to your Google profile? Perhaps your online persona is all centred around a nickname? Google has…

New Samsung Android handsets in Nigeria to feature Celltick Start-based UI

Celltick, creator of the Android lockscreen replacement app Start, has announced a new partnership with Samsung West Africa that will see it develop a…

The skydivers and flash may have been missing, but this year’s I/O keynote was very important

Make no mistake, Google’s had some seriously heavy stuff to deal with since its bombastic I/O keynote in 2012. The child-like innocence it’s always…

Want to know what’s next for Android? Here’s how to watch Google I/O live

It’s almost time: the massive annual event where Google gives us a glimpse into what it’s working on (and occasionally lets us watch its…

How does Apple fix a broken App Store?

The App Store isn’t broken. At Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) earlier this month, it announced that there are now 1.2-million apps in the…

22 breathtaking images of Africa’s streets from Google Plus

Most people say Google Plus is the place to go when you want to be alone. Others say it is the platform where Google…

What does Marissa Mayer see at Yahoo! that we don’t?

By now you know that Google’s top female executive, Marissa Mayer, has jumped ship to take the helm at Yahoo!. Admit it, you did…

Marissa Mayer to take Yahoo! top spot

This is big. Google exec Marissa Mayer is set to take the top seat at Yahoo! According to the New York Times Google employee…

Microsoft Office 2013 launches, head firmly in the cloud

The all new version of Microsoft Office is here. Sort of. The Redmond-based tech giant today released a customer preview for the latest iteration…

Is Microsoft announcing the new version of Office today?

Sneaky. Microsoft has decided to attempt to recreate the pervasive air of suspense that hung around the Surface launch by sending out invites to…

Google Maps gives 44 African countries walking directions

Google Maps is great. Even if you don’t have the app on your smartphone, you can look up your destination on your PC and…

Ballmer: Microsoft will leave no ‘stone unturned’ in battle with Apple

Microsoft will do everything in its power beat Apple. Not just in personal computing, the space in which the two have been rivals longest,…

Apple becomes second biggest brand in Asia, but Samsung is number 1

Campaign Asia-Pacific and Nielsen have just published the 2012 Asia’s Top Brands report — a list of the most popular brands in Asia based…

Angry Birds, Instapaper hit by Apple app store bug

Developers may prefer iOS to Android, but a few of them aren’t going to be Apple’s biggest fans. Thanks to a technical issue, a…

21-year-old gives Microsoft a serious, if hypothetical, facelift

Take your average 21-year-old design student, now give them three days and a brief to completely rebrand a massive company’s corporate identity. Most would…

Apple gets its lawyers out, goes after iPad 3.com

It’s becoming even more difficult to predict what that fruity company will do next. Early this year, we were all waiting in anticipation for…

Tencent, Activision Blizzard to take ‘Call of Duty Online’ into China

This is interesting. One of China’s biggest social networking powers Tencent has been granted the exclusive rights to distribute Call of Duty Online in…

Why Microsoft’s $6.2bn writedown probably isn’t a harbinger of doom

Microsoft’s US$6.2-billion writedown for internet advertising company aQuantive has the press talking about “big oops moments” and “Bing Internet Web Woes“. It also has…

Is your Chrome broken? Here’s a solution

Chrome is the world’s most popular browser, so when something goes wrong the web’s bound to kick up a bit of a fuss. On…

Apple pays Proview $60m to settle iPad trademark case

The battle between Apple and the Chinese company, Proview, has finally reached its conclusion. According to a report by AP, Apple has agreed to…

Google wants the web, cloud to work across all devices, all the time

Google wants to make sure “your web works consistently, seamlessly across all your devices” and that you can always access all of its cloud…

Best demo ever: skydivers and bikers test Google’s Project Glass [Video]

If there was an award for ‘the coolest product demo ever’, the guys at Google would be cooing over the trophy right about now….

Samsung Celebrated for Transformative Tech by Consumer Technology Association

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

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

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

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