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Smartphones make humans less efficient, study finds

If you’re reading this on your phone at work, put that damn thing down. Well, that’s probably what your boss would say after reading…

Google buys branded content platform FameBit

Marketing and branded content platform FameBit has this week been acquired by Google. This is in an attempt to bring brands and creators, especially…

South Africa’s media landscape: what will 2020 hold?

A new PwC report has laid out predictions for the South African media and entertainment landscape by 2020. Entertainment and media (E&M) companies saw double…

Rand down: 3 apps to keep tabs on SA’s financial news

The South African rand isn’t doing well today. In the midst of finance minster Pravin Gordhan’s summoning over the SARS “rogue unit”, the national…

Are South African brands ready for augmented reality?

Although augmented reality (AR) technology is not new, it is only now beginning to gain the attention of media and marketing professionals. The big…

Samsung to buy artificial intelligence startup Viv

This is big. In light of Google Assistant’s move to its new home, Apple’s Siri finding refuge on the iPhone 7 and Microsoft’s Cortana…

Google Pixel is a physical search bar, according to ad

Google doesn’t do subtle any more. Sure, Google Tricks weren’t exactly marks of elegance, nor are the coy names for its Google Pixel smartphones’…

Google Chrome unleashes The Great Suspender

Chrome has introduced an extension that sounds like a film title with Denzel Washington and his definitive walk playing the lead. The Great Suspender…

Opera VP Richard Monday tells Memeburn why its mobile browser is still so important for Africa

Before the advent of smartphones, and long before iOS got popular in Africa, Africans were using their mobile devices to browse the web. In…

Taking a ‘partnership approach’ to digital pricing models

In today’s fast moving and digitally-driven world of marketing and communications, it can be difficult for small and medium sized service providers to get…

Netflixification in full force: 330m to subscribe to OTT TV services by 2019

If your idea of watching TV involves the terms “binge-watching” and “Netflix”, and if you’re completely baffled by the sight of ad break, then…

The new extreme rules in marketing

The marketing world increasingly sounds like something out of the world of the security services as the primary conversations are around behavioural profiling, extreme…

The first trailer for Michael Fassbender’s Steve Jobs is out

Universal Studios has finally released the first trailer for its Steve Jobs biopic. The controversy surrounding this film has built as much interest about…

I’m calling it: digital advertising is finally coming of age

Although tablets have become ubiquitous, their potential for engaging consumers in new ways is still being explored. Tablets and tablet advertising offer a new…

Cybercrime: It’s going to cost a lot more by 2019

As we move more of our lives to the digital space, cybercrime becomes more of a threat. This includes the theft of personal data,…

Forget the quest for a single gadget, the use of multiple devices is here to stay

There is a school of thought that the future will see us using only one digital device to meet all our needs. However, this…

Facebook launches Internet.org in Malawi

The Internet.org project by Facebook is now available in Malawi through the TNM and Airtel Malawi. The project is an initiative by Facebook to…

Is the war against piracy in Africa impossible to win?

The atmosphere in the room was tensed and the panelists weren’t smiling. Members of the Mobile West Africa 2015 audience were on the edge…

Going to the office? BYO Apple Watch

“Gorgeous”. “Beautiful”. “Actually useful”. “Epic”. The accolades from the reviewers of the Apple Watch keep pouring in and the new device – though not…

Mystery group creates publicly accessible online Sapa archive

A group of civic-minded hackers have come together to launch SapaFiles, a publicly available, searchable archive of articles belonging to the recently shuttered South…

Google Fit receives an update, now estimates distance and calories burned

Google Fit has received an update and can now estimate distance and calories burned. The LG Health has this feature so Google Fit is…

Make no mistake, SKA will transform South Africa’s tech skills, research landscape

More than two thirds of South Africans live in urban areas and more make the move from rural areas daily. This means South African…

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