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Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters tops US Google Search after Tebow engagement

On Thursday former NFL player Tim Tebow announced his engagement to South Africa’s former Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters. Tebow broke the news on Instagram…

New activity cards feature groups and remembers your Google searches

A new Google Search feature will let you save your search history in categories for you to revisit at a later date. “To help…

Google Chrome will start blocking harmful ads globally from July

Google Chrome will block harmful ads worldwide from July 2019, following the new standards determined by the Coalition for Better Ads. “Today, the Coalition…

Google Assistant: flight check-ins, ‘interpreter mode’ and more incoming

Alongside its announcement of new products that will sport Google Assistant in 2019, the company also announced changes to Assistant itself at CES. “By…

AT&T renames its 4G service ‘5G E’ and its rivals are not happy

Network operators spend a large wad of the cash you send them formulating new marketing campaigns. But while some are awkward (if not downright…

Google brings Home Alone back to life with new ad

Google has released an ad for its Google Assistant titled Home Alone Again, featuring the original star of the classic Christmas movie Home Alone….

3 things you should look at when hiring big data team members

You can’t rely entirely on a predetermined set of criteria when hiring members of your data team. That’s what makes it so difficult. On…

Lionsgate adds 100 movies to Steam, not really for South Africa

Things are heating up in the video on demand space, so much so that it’s spilling over into gaming. Entertainment company Lionsgate has added…

Beauty and the brain: why it’s impossible to take your eyes off an iPhone

There is an inherent paradox in the title of this article: While beauty does not need “reason” to make an impact, there is still…

7 common misconceptions about database encryption

With technological advancements, we are easily able to store documents and records of medical information, tax, financial transactions and other important information electronically. Prior…

Marketing automation – spring cleaning for your content

No one likes clutter; it makes finding the important stuff that much more difficult. But based on the plethora of articles titled “10 tips…

Why you should have a plan to generate leads with magnetic content

Good leads and sales begin with great content. Even though you might have heard this a thousand times before, content is still king online…

Once upon a time… business leaders thought stories were for entertainment only

We’ve all grown up with stories –we’re told fairy tales when we’re very little, then the stories continue through school – and especially when…

5 steps to creating the customer data platform your business needs

For most companies, storing, accessing, and using customer data is a massive headache. Duplication of efforts is almost inevitable, and people rarely feel confident…

Why chatbots won’t replace humans

Fear-mongering is everywhere, in every industry. And most recently, the contact centre has experienced its own dose of this with the announcement that Facebook…

#IAmMuslim: powerful social campaign aims a blow at Islamaphobia

Every week seems to bring with it new incidences of Islamaphobia. Spurred by a growing migrant crisis and the recent terror attacks in Europe,…

4 WordPress theme design tips for improved conversion rates

Let’s make something clear. We’ll not be talking about trending themes and fads. I won’t tell you whether you should use this color or…

SA publishers join up to create digital co-operative

Like it or not, programmatic advertising is going to play an increasingly large role in the digital publishing landscape. South Africa is not immune…

Stopping the ‘killer robots’: Memeburn interviews AI specialist Toby Walsh

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a topic not many can say they’re experts in, and even fewer actually are. Enter Professor Toby Walsh, a world-renowned…

10 great pieces of business intelligence software

Business intelligence is based on understanding, visualizing and acting based on the data that you already have in your possession. So a good BI…

Google derps, thinks own Google.com domain is dodgy

Here’s a strange story. Google has a little tool for internet users to check the good standing of websites across the web. Its known…

Icon Home Energy Hub, the SA developed energy solution taking on Tesla Powerwall

Move over Tesla and Powerwall, because you’ve got competition in SA. Announced yesterday, Energy Partners unveiled their Icon Home Energy Hub, an all-in-one solution for storing…

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