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Tim Cook takes the worst photo with an iPhone, faces Twitter ridicule

Apple has long promoted the iPhone camera capabilities, in fact it is one of the selling features of the iPhone. The company has a…

5 steps to making your WordPress site mobile friendly

Mobilegeddon or Google’s 2015 mobile-friendly update cemented the fact that we live in a mobile-first world. The algorithm update by the search-engine giant favored…

The sharing economy is doing amazing things for mobile payments

Over the past few years, the sharing economy has gone from something that a few tech-savvy idealists were excited about to a fundamental part…

Tigo Tanzania is giving its cutomers free access to WhatsApp

While MTN and Vodacom are waging war on OTTs like WhatsApp, Viber, Skype, Hangouts and so on in South Africa, in other markets telecommunications…

Visa opens up payment tech to devs around the globe

Visa this week announced that the launch of Visa Developer, a platform which it says makes its payment technologies freely available to developers as…

Al Jazeera launches audio-streaming app aimed at low bandwidth markets

The market for providing news to areas starved of bandwidth appears to be growing. Al Jazeera this week announced a new audio web app…

Was it actually okay for Elon Musk to decline Tesla to ‘rude’ customer?

Earlier this week, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk showed the world that there’s more to him than the smiling innovator we see at…

Digital innovation could seriously upscale Africa, but there’s still a long way to go

The biggest problem in the African health delivery system is not the number of sick people or the type of diseases, but ineffective system…

How far could a rocket made of beer kegs fly? This Kickstarter wants to find out

The uses for beer are multiple: it’s a great social lubricant, it works pretty well for conditioning your hair and, apparently, you can use…

Is Mweb’s tweeting couch a sign we’ve reached peak smart objects?

There was a time, not so very long ago, when we thought that the Internet of Things and smart objects would revolutionise the way…

Want to start a digital magazine? Here are 9 of the best publishing options

So you did it — you wandered into the Newsstand section and fell face-first into the glorious world of digital magazines. Oh, how beautiful!…

5 very important things you should be doing online to attract new business opportunities

Getting B2B online marketing right is an art and a science, a combination of multiple factors which involve people, process and technology. The analogy…

Retail’s omnichannel future could be great, but only if folks in the back office let it

Imagine for a moment what an electronics and appliance retailer might look like in the not-too-distant future… A customer walks into a bricks and…

Africa’s mobile banking apps are a serious weapon in their war against the telcos

“The money that goes through the MTN eco-system in one month is more than the money that gone through all the commercial banks since…

Be clear, be consistent: how to get personal branding right

In today’s hectic digital lifestyle, everyone has a personal brand that defines who we are, what we do professionally, our personal lives, and the…

Privacy is worth protecting, even if you have nothing to hide

Two categories of applications have been getting a great deal of attention lately: those that allow users to make purportedly anonymous comments and share…

Ever wondered exactly what a digital production agency does? Here’s your answer

Back in the boom of the dotcom era, the term ‘digital agency’ was virtually non-existent and the 90s were predominantly spent serving all aspects…

Human touch, actual actions sweep Indian PM past White House in global Twitter rankings

In a tight, non-politically driven race, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (5.01-million) has now overtaken the White House (4.99-million) in Twitter followers, to become the…

Cloud: a new world is emerging for Africa

A lot of myths pervade when it comes to cloud in Africa. In the not-so-distant past, to get their technology infrastructure up and running,…

Can a beer be so normcore it incites a hipster riot?

Can a beer ever just be a beer any more, or is it impossible for any brew to escape the frisson between the craft…

Retail and the Internet of Things: when will the other elephant drop? [2 of 2]

So how are we feeling about the Internet of Things? A recent mega-survey on the subject by the Pew Research Center revealed strong optimism,…

Hyprop and MTN Bring Call of Duty Tournament to Shift Gaming Experience

How Digital Platforms Are Enhancing Culture and Connectivity for Tourists in Portugal

South African Shoppers Tempted With Free Tablets As Windows 10 Deadline Nears

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

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel