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11 Google Now voice commands worth remembering

Voice assistants are all the rage now but, alongside Siri, Google Now has played a major role in the current trend of smart, voice-enabled…

Brexit, volatile markets should not affect customer experience investments

The global economy entered 2016 under a cloud of uncertainty that has been further exacerbated by the Brexit shockwave. Now more than ever, company…

Google Search improves for holiday makers, simplifies online shopping

Google wants to make searching, booking and paying for your December holiday an easier affair, according to its new additions to Google Search. The…

Google Hangouts for Android gains video messaging, loses SMS merging

Google vehemently denied at its I/O 2016 conference that it would be ditching Hangouts in favour of its two new chat apps. And good…

What more can be done to deliver fibre connectivity across South Africa?

It seems like we hear news of fibre developments every other week, as the likes of MTN, Vodacom, Vumatel and Telkom announce suburbs and…

South African travellers connect to unsecured WiFi at any cost – study

A new study by Kaspersky has found that many South African travellers connect to unsecured WiFi networks in no time flat, shedding light on their…

Is it time we just dumped passwords for good?

The more news that trickled in about last year’s Sony hack, the more depressing the situation appeared to get. At one point, it was…

Drones, maps and social networks: how SA’s media has used tech to report on the #CapeFire

The fire sweeping across Cape Town’s Southern peninsula has dominated South African headlines for three days now. A number of factors, including the scale…

Cape Town startup throws its weight behind Cape fire rescue efforts [update]

As raging fires in the Cape’s Southern Peninsula continued today, rain finally brought relief to some of the firefighting efforts although it wasn’t enough…

Ultra hi-res photo illustrates destructive beauty of #MuizenbergFire

Plenty of people have been sharing photos of the wild fire that’s been sweeping through the Cape’s Southern peninsula since the early hours of…

Are machines really the call-centres of the future?

Artificial Intelligence is not yet a reality. But very smart computers are. They’re poised to take over all sorts of routine, repetitive tasks. After…

What The Guardian’s next editor might think about technology, and what that would mean for journalism

It was the first major news organisation to introduce live blogging, and the first to open commenting across its site. With 120-million unique visitors this…

Apple sold more smartphones than anyone else in Q4 2014

Things are looking better than ever for Apple. Already the world’s first US$700-billion company, it now looks like it sold more smartphones in the…

10 technologies that will have a huge impact on education in 2015 and beyond

Technology has the capacity to fundamentally change every aspect of our lives. There are few sectors where this is more visible and obvious than…

Is South Africa ready for B2B-scale ecommerce?

Ecommerce in South Africa is enjoying explosive growth, with the total internet shopping spend in 2014 estimated to be near the R6-billion mark, increasing…

The world of work is changing in South Africa, just ask Generation Y

The South African workplace is being defined by technology and the Generation X and Y workers that are using it. The Internet of Everything…

Vodafone’s digital school in a box will benefit 15 000 child refugees

The Vodafone Foundation has announced an initiative called Instant Classroom, a digital school in a box. The concept, which can be set up in…

5 things you’re getting wrong about innovation: a business analyst’s perspective

Companies are finding it increasingly difficult to be innovative as they struggle to keep up with the ever-changing needs and demands of today’s consumer….

Design Indaba 2015: Celebrating the continual incubation of ideas

“Whatever the hell this thing is, it’s amazing. I never even heard of it until this guy sent me this weird fake film […]…

Sebastian Thrun: Is education poised to breed the next major moonshot? #AccentureIC2015

From self-driving cars and Google Glass to online universities, Stanford professor and former head of Google X Sebastian Thrun has made quite a name…

Opera Mini Helps South Africans Stay on Top of Every Game

High End Devices Unlock Superior Mobile Experiences in South Africa

South Africa Sees 77% Surge in Demand for AI Skills

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

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

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel