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Here are your mobile gaming picks of the week

We’re back for a second running of our mobile gaming picks feature, where we choose some of the more notable and entertaining mobile titles…

Google promises to train one million Africans in digital skills

There’s no doubting that internet penetration, digital skills and economic growth are closely entwined. So it comes as no surprise to hear that Google has…

How social media is impacting web design and how you can integrate it

Social media is everywhere and seems to be affecting everything from the way marketers advertise and sell their products to how websites look. The…

5 ways innovation will change the job market, for everyone

Digitally-enabled innovation is coming to every corner of the world, and no old business model or way of life will remain undisrupted. This means…

Twitter lauds SpaceX after historic landing

After several agonising failures, SpaceX finally managed to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a ship. The company achieved the…

Should we be concerned about Amazon’s ‘selfie password’ patent?

Amazon’s trademarked “1-click” buying could get even more streamlined. The online retailer has applied for a patent to use selfies as a security measure…

How to communicate digitally without compromising your customer data

Today’s digital-savvy consumers have high expectations of how they should be serviced by their banks, retailers, utilities and other personal service providers. Having evolved…

Google fined for capturing a woman’s cleavage on Street View

Google has been fined 2 250 Canadian dollars for capturing a woman’s cleavage with its Street View cameras. Google’s Street View cars roam public…

African women in tech: Nkem Begho on being geeky and manly in the tech space

“Women in tech are thought to be geeky and manly. They are thought to have no fashion sense and probably all wear nerd glasses….

Be afraid, be very afraid (or maybe not): why you should take advantage of Halloween and other holidays

I have to admit that the Halloween holiday passes me by almost unnoticed every year. Apart from my cynical “What’s the point,” reaction, I…

Exit stage left: lessons from reporting Africa’s tech scene

In the last four years I have learnt a lot about technology, innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa. I have met Africa’s brightest and its…

Mobile subscriptions and SMS messaging on the rise in Kenya

Kenya’s mobile phone subscriptions grew by 5.6% to 32.2-million at the end of the fourth quarter ending June 2014. This translates into a mobile…

Android founder will exit Google to incubate hardware startups

Without Android Google would still be a pretty powerful company, but nowhere near as influential as it is today. In that regard, it owes…

The whats, whys and hows of building a good inbound marketing site

Amplifying your impact through targeted content is the cornerstone of a successful inbound marketing website. With consumers actively conducting extensive online research, the modern…

4 things I learned building my first indie Android game

Everyone seems to be talking about how easy it is to make money making a smash hit indie game for realise on Android or…

Google is developing a nanoparticle pill that will detect cancer, heart disease

Google’s quest to disrupt the health industry just got properly serious. While everyone else is fiddling around wearables and apps, Google is allowing people…

Samsung profits fall as it gets squeezed at both ends of the market

After blazing its way to the top of the smartphone pile — in sales at least — things have started to turn sour for…

How vocal apps are reaching illiterate populations in emerging markets

Illiteracy has been dramatically decreasing over the 20th century, but there still are large areas of the world where reading and writing skills are…

6 top SCRUM tips for wannabe agilists

It is always delightful to find and work with high performance teams. In one of our recent business endeavors, I met an exceptional web…

Watch this lion effortlessly hunt down a buck with a GoPro strapped to it [video]

We’ve spotted some real amazing thing on GoPro’s. From a stick-up in Somerset West, South Africa to swimming dolphins and people playing saxophone while…

HTML5 gets its final stamp of approval

It’s been a long, hard, winding road for HTML5 but the development language finally has an official stamp of approval. The World Wide Web…

Acer’s New Nitro AI Gaming Gear Is Here—But Is It Worth It for South Africans?

R19,000 for Bass? Sony Tests South Africa’s Audio Appetite

Tech Stocks Tank – Can SA Survive a Global Meltdown?

SA Business Confidence: Fintech Lula Sounds Alarm on SME Reality

Why MVNOs are gaining ground — and how Huge NXTGN is accelerating the shift

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

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV

L2 charging and the power of dwell time

Tires and tariffs