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Researchers use drones to find worrying news in ocean

A research vessel tasked with studying the ocean’s surface, has successfully used drones and other autonomous vehicles to discover new dangers to human and…

Google Search shows how much SA cares about ‘Donald Trump’

Google News Labs’ US Elections hub is about as interesting as the elections itself. Graphing its slew of data garnered from daily search habits,…

Groupon South Africa is dead: here’s what will happen to your orders

Back in September 2015, Memeburn reported that ecommerce platform Groupon began shedding global offices in an effort to “make the business more efficient”. And…

Microsoft Teams: Redmond joins the funky workplace collab party

Microsoft has today launched its answer to workplace collaboration tool Slack in the form of Microsoft Teams. The company’s announcement comes just weeks after…

Opera: OLX, Letgo tracks you more than Takealot, Gumtree

New research from Opera Software found that over half of the top 60 Android shopping apps collect personal information via trackers. However, South Africa’s…

‘Harambe’ lives on as emoji in Apple’s iOS 10.2 update

Good news, internet. Harambe might be making a triumphant return to your Apple mobile device in the form of an emoji. Although many Apple…

Uber is testing a cash payment option in Nairobi

Uber has launched a cash payment system in Nairobi, Kenya. Uber has been operating with a credit card-based system, a strategy that made sense…

Twitter bot corrects users referring to Caitlyn Jenner as ‘He’

It’s been a little over a week since Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, introduced herself to the world, but people don’t seem…

This ad lets the world know what Karl Ahari’s been up to lately

You may have been wondering what Karl Ahari, the second rate magician who starred in what turned out to be ecommerce giant Kalahari’s final…

iStore iPhoneography competition now open

The iStore’s iPhoneography competition is back and you can enter now. Apple has launched two campaigns to showcase the camera prowess of the iPhone…

Just how big a threat is cybercrime to South Africa?

The speed of technological change is leaving gaping holes in highly sensitive company IT infrastructure. These vulnerabilities are being targeted by cybercriminals at an…

4 basic digital marketing terms every website owner should know

Almost every day, I am approached by Companies that have difficulty with sales, These companies often have a great product with a great pricing…

10 strategic technology trends governments need to be paying attention to

Earlier this week, we reported on a partnership between the city of Accra and Microsoft and about how this partnership will ease the backlog…

Vendors shipped 11.4m wearables in the first quarter of 2015

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), vendors shipped a total of 11.4-million wearables in the first quarter of 2015. Fitbit shipped the most…

FNB confirms mobile network plans

This has been coming for a while. South African banking giant FNB has confirmed plans to launch its own mobile network, with SIM cards…

The security benefits mean you’re mad not to join the as-a-service revolution

It’s easy to get lost in the IT acronyms being thrown around. The tech world rarely slows down for long enough to give us…

Programmatic buying: the answer for small players who can’t afford big media fees?

This is a bit of a refresher of an article I wrote around two years ago on real-time bidding (RTB). Admittedly that was centred…

Microsoft acquires Wunderlist for around $200m

Microsoft has acquired Wunderlist, a to-do list app based in Berlin. Under Satya Nadella, Microsoft has not only made more inroads towards being more…

5 ways to get ‘tech-dumb’ CMOs to sign onto your digital marketing solution

It’s easy enough selling ice to eskimoes; they actually know the benefits of ice and see it everday, but try selling a technology solution…

DDoS attacks: 5 strategies for defending your network

DoS attacks have evolved in strategy and tactics to become a resounding threat to businesses anywhere. Hackers design Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed…

Beyond the mobile phone: 112m cellular-enabled devices to ship in 2015

It’s no secret that we live in a mobile world. According to the latest stats from VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, there are…

Pinterest introduces ‘buyable pins’, making it possible to make purchases within the app

Pinterest has revealed a new feature that will see users buying things, all within the app without leaving the platform. The feature, ‘buyable pins’,…

iGaming FAQ: Answering the Most Common Questions for South African Players

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AI in Recruitment: How Blue Pearl is Transforming Hiring for Modern Businesses

enza Secures $6.75M Seed Funding to Revolutionize African Payments

MGX’s $2 billion investment in Binance marks historic institutional backing

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

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