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Ookla debuts Speedtest desktop app for Windows, Mac OS

Great news for those of you too lazy to open a web page. Ookla, the company behind popular internet benchmarking tool Speedtest, has this…

Adobe’s Photoshop voice assistant can edit snaps for you

Talking to your electronic devices and telling them what to do isn’t new. But while Siri can order an Uber, and Cortana open Microsoft…

Fitbit, out to kill smartwatch rivals, buys Vector

Fresh from acquiring and effectively dismantling Pebble, Fitbit has bought another smartwatch company in the form of Vector. The Vector Watch stood out on…

Watch: Tom Hanks roasts Sony at CES 2009

The annual Consumer Electronics Show is easily one of the biggest if not the biggest tech expo in the world. As a result, companies…

Marissa Mayer to step down from Yahoo board

Yahoo is shaking up its board and name several months after Verizon agreed to buy parts of it. The company is selling off much…

Going to the beach? Download these apps first

We’re pretty much in the thick of it as far as summer holiday madness goes. And if you live on the coast, chances are good that…

Paper-based battery to power small electronics?

Researchers at Binghamton University have created a working bacteria-powered battery which can be used to power small or disposable electronic devices. What makes this creation…

Are consumers about to become partners in the manufacturing process?

The maker movement has seen a massive resurgence in recent years, allowing ordinary people to get involved in the technology manufacturing space. And with…

Shazam now allows users to see what their favourite artists are listening to

Shazam has released a new update to its app that allows fans to discover music from about 30 famous artists. Starting today, Shazam users…

Apple Music is finally launching tomorrow

Way before Apple even confirmed the news Apple Music, it had been worldwide rumour. After hiring music DJs and signing artists, Apple Music is…

Facebook Africa office officially opens its doors

Facebook has officially opened its Africa office in Johannesburg, six months after Memeburn first reported it would be doing so. Based in Melrose Arch,…

5 tips for boosting SharePoint hybrid adoption with analytics

Your organization has implemented SharePoint, or perhaps a hybrid version including deployments across various environments. But, are you well equipped to thoroughly monitor your…

What is click fraud and how can you prevent it?

With the rise of programmatic buying in South Africa, the click fraud threat has been raised by publishers and advertisers alike. While click fraud…

Could Ruby on Rails be a godsend for manufacturing?

Optimizing processes using technology is common across business segments, and in manufacturing, this becomes important to ensure the full potential of a production set-up….

16 trends and predictions around South African internet usage

By 2019, there will be 27-million South African Internet users, up from 15-million in 2014. That’s according to the latest Cisco Visual Networking Index…

Lessons from adland legend Keith Reinhard [Cannes Lions]

This week I have been at the Cannes Lions festival of creativity. It’s the largest global gathering of its kind and all the who’s…

Microsoft officially launches Office for Android

Microsoft has announced that Office, PowerPoint and Excel are finally available for Android devices. These apps are not the first Microsoft apps to come…

Spike Lee to headline Digital Edge Live 2015

Renowned film director Spike Lee will be the headline speaker at this year’s Digital Edge Live event, set to take place on 9 September….

3 ways a freelance designer can freshen up your website

Are you tired of your website — frustrated by its limited capabilities and stale design? Perhaps the problems are easy to identify, but the…

Cannes Lions: Pharrell, Tim Berners Lee, and RTs from Busta Rhymes

Hello again, so as midweek approaches at the Cannes Lions I have I think finally moved from being overwhelmed to acceptance and just going…

Facebook to partner with Cell C for free internet in SA

It was only a matter of time before Facebook launched its free internet service in South Africa, but it can now be confirmed that…

Suffer from vertigo? You’ll hate Google’s El Capitan Street View

Apple may have laid claim to Yosemite and El Capitan when it came to naming versions of its operating system, but Google may just…

Google introduces News Lab, a project to birth journalists on steroids

Google has announced a new project called News Lab, designed to give journalism more power. The site is a new effort by the company…

High End Devices Unlock Superior Mobile Experiences in South Africa

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Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

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Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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