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MacOS Catalina will let you use your iPad as a second display

Apple debuted MacOS Catalina at its WWDC 2019 keynote on Monday. While the headline news for the new version of the operating system is…

WatchOS 6: the new features heading to the Apple Watch

It’s a software bonanza is Cupertino on Monday. During the keynote of WWDC, Apple’s Tim Cook unveiled iPadOS — a new operating system for…

13 things you should know about Apple’s iOS 13

Apple on Monday announced a slew of software updates and new products, including iPadOS. But while the iPad gets its own operating system as…

iPadOS: Apple debuts new operating system for its tablet range

In light of years of slowing tablet sales, and months of slowing smartphone sales, Apple has finally recognised that the iPad deserves its own…

Is Apple about to kill iTunes? Company scrubs social media in preparation

Apple will discontinue iTunes as we know it in favour of separate apps catering for music, podcasts and movies, reports suggest. Last week Bloomberg claimed…

Google Cloud outage knocks a chunk of the internet offline in the US

A Google Cloud outage on Sunday plunged most of North America and some of Europe into the 1980s. Services like Gmail, Google’s G Suite,…

Google Maps now highlights restaurants’ popular dishes rated by users

Trying out a new restaurant but have no idea what to order? Google Maps will now highlight a restaurant’s most popular dishes enjoyed, photographed…

Facebook Messenger’s bots can now send you advertisements

A lot has been said about Facebook and its advertising mentality this month, but this week the company announced that’s change its advertising policies…

Beyond the traffic: 3 ways to engage an online audience

The “Field of Dreams” principle generally doesn’t apply to web traffic. You can’t just build a website and expect that people will come. It…

Google Hangouts will be punted for business use, company exec explains

Google, after I/O 2016, vehemently denied it will be killing Hangouts after it announced two new chat apps, but the company has been mum…

Warning: build for a swift, responsive website or risk being left behind

The digitalisation of business is inevitable and companies that resist the change, risk losing customers, revenue and potentially, even their reputation. The stakes are…

Former Rovio CEO to lead Nokia brand’s return to market

Earlier this year, it was announced that new firm HMD Global would be bringing the Nokia name back to the smartphone world. At the…

Street-front businesses win with Pokemon Go, different story for those indoors

I’ll admit: I’ve got to catch them all. And in all probability you do too. The last few weeks I’ve been reading the various…

Google Duo video calling app now available in South Africa

Google’s new video calling app, Google Duo, is now officially available on the Play Store in South Africa. Google Duo was announced earlier this…

Pokemon or big data: can you tell the difference?

It’s 2pm on a lazy Tuesday afternoon. You’ve had lunch, you’re feeling sleepy, and likely also trawling the web to find something to do….

Google’s Alternative Olympics medal table sheds light on small countries’ achievements

After winning 26 gold medals, it’s not delusional to believe the US is running away the Rio Olympic Games. At the time of writing,…

How to advertise your brand, products and services to Millennials

If your business relies on being online to sell services and products, it’s important that you understand how to advertise to Millennials. This younger…

That was fast! Adblock Plus gets one over Facebook again

Earlier this week, Facebook announced that it would sidestep ad-blocking software in order to serve ads to users. The social network justified the move by claiming…

How organisations can address the cultural shifts inherent in digital transformation

In business, the purpose of digital transformation is to create a culture of innovation thereby enabling revenue growth in the new digital world. Many…

5 great services and ways to help quell your weekly music craving

Marilyn Manson once called music “the strongest form of magic”, and he’s right you know. After all, how else can we possibly survive the…

AdBlock Plus: Facebook’s ad-block sidestep is ‘anti-user’

Popular advertising filtering service AdBlock Plus has criticised Facebook after the social media firm announced plans to sidestep ad-blocking software. In a blog post…

YouTube Live: 4 ways businesses can use Google’s streaming app

Faced with stiff competition from Facebook, Twitter, and a handful of upstarts, Google-owned YouTube has announced it will be adding a live mobile streaming…

Facebook to circumvent ad-blocking software on desktop, because ‘choice’

Whether it’s due to aesthetics, data usage or horrible ads in general, ad-blocking software is only gaining steam these days. The trend has however seen…

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

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