Big Tech

Tencent set to take on Alibaba with 15% stake in ecommerce group JD.com

Tencent, the tech giant behind China’s QQ and WeChat messaging apps, is radically shaking up its ecommerce operations by forming a strategic partnership with…

Microsoft’s message to its customers: get to the cloud, be transparent [#SPC14]

Microsoft is trying to do for our work experience what Google did for our web experience — it wants to be the gateway to…

Microsoft rebrands SkyDrive Pro as OneDrive for Business [#SPC14]

In a bid to get more competitive in the online space, Microsoft announced at its annual SharePoint conference that SkyDrive Pro will now be…

Technology will help eradicate inequality says Bill Clinton [#SPC14]

“You know,” Bill Clinton said to the massive audience at Microsoft’s Sharepoint conference in Las Vegas, almost accusatorially, “the burden of knowledge is responsibility.”…

Welcome to Microsoft’s future of work, meet ‘Oslo’ [#SPC14]

Microsoft loves Office 365 and the cool things it gets to do with it but especially it loves the cool things it thinks you…

Google Hangouts gets iOS7 redesign, can now send direct video messages

Google Hangouts is a pretty nifty app. We’ve seen how well it handles video chat between individuals and groups of people, with the ability…

Google wants to teach everyday folk to interpret data

If you’ve been to a tech conference, or even just browsed through the odd tech site, then you’ve probably seen the term “Big Data”…

Apple iPad launch event: Memeburn’s iSoftware roundup

Okay, so the new iPad doesn’t appear to have a proper name — yes everyone, Apple really is that cool — but the software…

Apple unveils new iPad with retina display, new Apple TV

Apple’s CEO Tim Cook took the stage in San Francisco today to announce the next version of the iPad, as well as iOS 5.1…

Man kills vendor over fake iPhone

Police have arrested a man in Zhengzhou, China, for attacking a group of cellphone vendors after being sold a fake iPhone. Identified only as…

Google’s privacy policy: ‘This stuff matters’

Google’s new privacy policy is probably pretty old news to you by now. After all, for every search that you do, you get a…

10 Mac only apps I can’t live without

Mac owns a mere seven percent of the world’s desktop operating system market share (Windows has over 92%) and yet, it has some of…

Privacy? Why you should let Google, Facebook and others track you online

Mainstream news (in fact, all news outlets) will have you believe it’s the end of the world. Google’s new privacy policy came into effect…

Microsoft vs Google: 15 areas where they’re competing

Microsoft and Google have a growing battle list which didn’t exist a few years ago. Nowadays, the two titans have more competing products and…

Google’s new privacy policy now effective

Google’s new privacy policy went into effect today, despite requests from European regulators asking the search giant to delay. The move by Google to…

Apple hits $500bn market valuation as stock continues soaring

Apple’s stock market valuation rocketed past the US$500-billion mark in the wake of news that the Cupertino-based tech giant would be unveiling the iPad…

Eric Schmidt offers his vision of the future

Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt took the stage at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to talk about the role of technology in the “world…

Online censorship is the new black

Online censorship, it would seem, is no longer the preserve of governments bandying around acronyms like SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA. Google and Twitter both…

Why we shouldn’t be worrying about Google’s personalised ads

Through Google Apps for Business, Google is quickly building a new business model and new revenue stream. But for the time being, Google still…

Have a killer app idea? Check out Apple’s new getting started guide

You have ideas for killer apps all the time, but where do you begin? Apple’s new “Start Developing iOS Apps Today” guide will help…

Make Windows better, download the OS X Mountain Lion wallpaper now

If you’ve been checking out the OS X Mountain Lion developer preview, you might be craving that beautiful new desktop background. Instead of purple,…

Don’t Google it: 9 Alternative search engine options

In a world where Google is the most visited website, and “just Google it” is an answer to many questions, are there any up-and-coming…

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