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Yahoo puts up the ‘for sale’ sign

This is big. Yahoo, one of the oldest internet companies still around, is exploring selling its assets. The move, announced by the company’s board…

SONA interpreter, Uber expansion, social media fire: 5 Memeburn articles you loved this week

Hello there dear reader. Congratulations, you’ve made it to the end of the week and while you may feel a little frazzled, you’re still…

How IoT can improve risk management for insurers

While the insurance industry has traditionally been driven by vehicle theft to embrace telemetry, the time has come to utilise the Internet of Things…

Digital economy or Big Brother in disguise: are you being watched?

In a world shaped by digital convergence, it is no longer realistic to expect a high level of privacy. If you consider just how…

Absa comes onboard as co-host of Blockchain and Bitcoin Africa conference

The Blockchain and Bitcoin Africa conference on Friday announced that it had secured headline sponsorship from South African banking giant Absa, a member of…

Google Play Movies officially available on South African screens

Hot on the heels of Google Music’s South African bow, Google has now announced that Google Play Movies is available in the country. The…

The art of analytics: moving from numbers to insights

Last year, the term ‘Big Data’ was thrown around a lot, but few companies have won the battle to stay ahead of this trend….

Turn your GoPro footage into a hyperlapse with this awesome new Microsoft research project

So you’ve bought yourself a GoPro and you’ve taken it down a ski slope, or on that awesome coastal ride, or up that sheer…

UberPool: a kickass idea to reduce the number of cars on city roads?

Uber is at it again with its world domination ploy. The company today announced UberPool, an offering that allows users to share a ride,…

Yahoo’s end-to-end encryption tool will combat email snooping

Yahoo is now the second major tech influencer to actively support email privacy. At Black Hat USA, the multifaceted tech giant recently announced to…

Ebola Facts site sees massive traffic spike as epidemic spreads

Without a doubt, ebola is currently the globes most pressing health issue. Since the outbreak’s inception in February, over 900 deaths have been reported….

Guys seriously, it’s 2014 and people are still think ‘Password1’ is secure?

The web’s been around for a good couple of decades now. That’s plenty of time to learn the damage people can do when they…

Critics of Native Advertising miss the point: here is why

The hilarious TV satirist John Oliver took a break from lampooning geo-political issues of life-and-death importance on Sunday to instead take on a media…

It’s possible to achieve BYOD success, you just need the right blueprint

Just like mobile analytics, big data, the internet, and social networks changed the way companies do business, so the adoption of mobile devices has…

16 graphs that shed new light on the South African smartphone space

As we’ve pointed out time and time again, South Africa is a mobile country. If you’re a regular reader then stats like the fact…

What can brands do to curb the rise of the content zombie?

With The Walking Dead TV series being all the rage, the gruesome image of what’s known as ‘walkers’ (AKA zombies) tearing someone’s stomach open…

What does it take to make it in digital marketing?

Before I got into digital marketing I was an accountant. Yup, I was one of those little boring men in grey suits stuck behind…

Screw the robot apocalypse, our tech future is all about doing good

After a 20-something-hour flight, I am about to face an immigration officer in the United States – not always the best experience. It’s my…

Location-based marketing could still be mobile’s ultimate saviour

Once the cutting-edge tactic of the marketing world, mobile has come a long way from its early days of SMS marketing and incentivized downloads….

Native advertising’s latest critic? That would be John Oliver

If you’ve read any site that covers the media in the past couple of years, then you’ve probably seen a lot of debate around…

Google, Pep Stores retailer partnering to develop ‘Africa-friendly’ Android

According to recent reports, Google and South African low-cost retailer, Pep Stores, are in talks to build an Android version that would better fit…

Leaping hurdles: the rise and rise of Bitcoin in Africa

Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that promises nearly seamless, low-cost international transfers of funds, a lack of centralised control and anonymity, has been variously called a…

Elon Musk is terrified of AI and thinks you should be too

Just because Elon Musk is determined to change the way we build cars, and travel to space, and power our houses, doesn’t mean he…

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