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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…

Rain changes its name to ‘Go Proteas’ for the Cricket World Cup

Don’t be alarmed, Rain users. The South African national cricket team didn’t just buy the data-only network. Instead, Rain has changed its network name…

You can’t save contacts’ profile pics on WhatsApp’s latest iOS beta

If you’re using WhatsApp on an Apple device there are a few interesting if not flat-out inconvenient changes coming to the app. As spotted…

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…

Google wants to project holograms of super famous people using drones

It seems Google‘s mad scientists have been playing a little Killzone: Shadow Fall recently. The Mountain View tech giant wants to build smart drones…

Security vs productivity: the mobile device management conundrum

Given the significant productivity benefits delivered by mobility, it is unsurprising to note that it is fast becoming a way of life in many…

Quadrooter: 900m Qualcomm Android phones vulnerable to security flaw

The latest set of smartphone nasties floating around the internet has a pretty cool name, but could very well leave your own phone at…

5 amazing technologies that are yet to find their killer apps

The history of innovation is essentially a love story. For any new technology to be embraced and find mainstream success, it first must find…

5 bite-sized tips for using video in your marketing campaigns

The art of digital story telling is constantly evolving, and 2016 is the year of the video. It makes the cut in almost every…

Microsoft’s new alerts encourage users to ditch Google Chrome

The browser wars are hotting up again, largely thanks to Microsoft. According to a number of user reports, the company is once again issuing…

Is your organisation digitising the workplace in a healthy manner?

Smartphones, 4G and cloud technologies have done wonders for our productivity and freed us from being desk-bound. We can now work from anywhere, at…

Simplicity is the key to generating leads on your website

You might have the best looking website, the most innovative product or service and even the best digital marketing strategy, but it won’t generate…

Why AI in Education Still Needs Human Teachers

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Lenovo Accelerate 2025 champions Innovation

Why 3 Out of 4 South African SMEs Still Can’t Raise Capital

Huawei Cloud and Elenjical Solutions Partner to Accelerate Financial Digital Transformation in Africa

Mastercard and enza Join Forces to Supercharge Fintech Innovation in Africa

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

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves

JLR channels its Camel Trophy history