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What separates the good from the great in SA’s custom software development industry?

An increasing number of businesses are turning to custom software to improve company processes and drive efficiencies, but before selecting a software development partner,…

Building an ecommerce store? We look at 6 solutions for you

With ecommerce constantly gaining traction in South Africa, it may be time to start that online store you’ve always dreamed of. While larger retail…

Flash redux: form over function is back

We all remember Flash’s early days on the digital scene. Ten years ago, when the new player revolutionized animation, authoring, and video embedding, designers…

8 awesome web design tools to try out in 2016

Being a web designer nowadays means being able to constantly adapt to the latest industry trends. This is because emerging technologies are disrupting almost…

5 steps to making your WordPress site mobile friendly

Mobilegeddon or Google’s 2015 mobile-friendly update cemented the fact that we live in a mobile-first world. The algorithm update by the search-engine giant favored…

3 homes that will give you green energy envy

Renewable energy is the future. Not only does it reduce your environmental impact, but it also allows you to become more self-sufficient and less…

How good design is improving employee training and comprehension

There can be no doubt that design has a positive impact on a company’s training programme and the ability of employees to comprehend a…

Is trust becoming as important as good UX on the new ‘smart web’?

Chinese tech blog TechWeb recently reported that Sogou has begun internal testing on what it calls an “exploration engine”, a new smart service integrated…

Elon Musk’s Hyperloop transport system not a vacuum tunnel, here’s all we know

A simple tweet is all it took. Elon Musk, tech billionaire and founder of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, has sent the tech world into…

7 reasons a designer shouldn’t take responsibility for your site

When you need a website, most companies will try to find a graphic designer, web designer or simply brief their advertising agency. This is…

MyPermissions launches free developer certification programme [LeWeb]

Recently named one of Time Magazine’s Top 50 Tech Websites, MyPermissions, a tool that enables users to have a better handle on their data…

7 ways to ruin your website before it even launches

In the five years that I’ve been involved in the web development industry, I’ve learnt how to build great websites that delight clients and…

Microsoft’s dominance is over: Mark Shuttleworth closes Ubuntu bug no.1

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has officially declared an end to Microsoft’s dominance. The innovator and entrepreneur, who carries the tongue-in-cheek label of Self-Appointed Benevolent…

Matt Mullenweg writes a love letter to WordPress on its 10th anniversary

This is pretty adorable and one of the sweetest things we have seen on the internet. To mark the 10th anniversary of WordPress, founder…

Matt Mullenweg on how open source is democratising the web

From the mind of a 19-year-old to the world’s most popular content management system (CMS) — WordPress has done some serious growing up in…

10 exciting ways to learn how to code and why it’s important

As people, businesses and things get more and more computer-oriented, learning how to program at a young age is becoming a crucial skill. As…

Adobe kills Creative Suite, moves to service-based Creative Cloud

Adobe Creative Suite is no longer a product. It’s a service. What was once just an option, will become the only way to access…

The future of furniture is here: it’s the self assembling foam chair

The future of furniture is approaching fast as designer Carl de Smet from Noumenon plans on manufacturing a foam chair which can be compressed…

Engineering the Internet of Things, ‘climate responsive’ tech and serendipity

All tech giants seem to be redesigning and creating newer, smarter campuses. Google, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo have been undergoing changes to their employees’…

The human body as interface, and a new language of interaction

As it stands, we have moved through a few core paradigms in terms of how we interact with computers and software. From the earliest…

Is responsive design really the future of web development?

While most hail it the future of web development, the concept has received its fair amount of skepticism. Regardless of your stand point on…

7 things you should keep in mind when designing a data warehouse

Enterprise data warehouses (also known simply as data warehouses) are similar to what existed before we had computers, when there were central filing systems….

Broadband Africa Forum 2024

South Africa’s Deskless Workers: A Workforce Under Strain

How AI is Rewriting Urban Planning in Developing Regions

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

German luxury cars require a rethink for China

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Vivo update – a big safety gain