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Google Search now allows you to star, bookmark images

Google Search is receiving a new feature. As it matures, it can only get better, and Google appears to be committed to seeing this…

What everyone in marketing needs to know about data analytics

The expansive growth of the internet is evident as the telecoms industry is spending billions in infrastructure to boost internet penetration even further. In…

2016: the year of the consumer snitch

Never waste a good crisis… this advice to business leaders was bandied about during the global financial meltdown and subsequent recession. Well, another crisis…

Excel is about to get sexy again: here’s why

This autumn in the US, Excel will be 30 years old. It’s difficult to imagine a business world without the spreadsheet, which first appeared…

Adobe’s video editor app Premiere Clip finally comes to Android

Adobe Premiere, the popular video editor, has introduced its Premier Clip app to Android. The app has been available on iOS since last year…

10 Reasons why 2001: A Space Odyssey stands as the best Sci-Fi movie ever made

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, MGM) was filmed before man stepped on the moon (1969, Neil Armstrong), before the use of Computer-Generated Imagery (1973,…

Is the Dark Web really the cesspit of the internet?

The Dark Web. The term was recently nominated for word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries, only to be beaten by an emoji, yes…

Mobile’s time is now: ad market rises 105% thanks to Google, Facebook

Anyone who’s been following Google and Facebook’s financials of late probably saw this one coming. Last year, global mobile ad revenue rose 105.0% to…

Flappy Bird’s creator is releasing a new game, but says the bird is coming back

If you missed the opportunity to bond with the face-planting pixelated bird the first time round, you may not have to trawl eBay in…

Samsung sticks with trend of mocking absolutely everyone in new ad

The US ad for the Samsung Galaxy Pro tablet might just be its most smug effort to date. The ad, which sticks people in…

Attention Fandroids! You can now take photos, video from Google Search

“OK Google, take a photo”. Expect to hear that sentence from dedicated Android lovers around you over the next couple of weeks. That’s because…

WeChat and ecommerce push Tencent past $3.15 billion in profit

China’s Tencent has published its Q4 and full-year 2013 earnings report, full of financial details and user numbers for its many web services. We’ve…

5 important ways your website impacts your online marketing efforts

Most companies today do some form of emarketing, made up of: paid media (like Google Adwords and online banner advertising), search media, social media,…

Android Wear could be Google’s killer weapon in the wearable arms race

With the launch today of Android Wear Google has made what could be its most important move to date in the wearable space. Sure…

5 tech trends that will disrupt your business this year (or next)

In case you haven’t realised it (um, hello?), the days of ‘business as usual’ are over. In addition to having to deal with shifting…

3 very good reasons why you should tread carefully with native advertising [#GDNCMS]

Some interesting tweets from the #GDNCMS Conference by the Guardian appeared this morning and there was heated debate about algorithms being better than young…

Apple’s Healthbook may change the game, but does it move the needle?

As we hurtle towards Apple’s flagship WWDC conference in June, the rumour mill is in overdrive. (But not hyperdrive, yet. That part comes in…

Durban’s Facebook con shows why digital agencies need to demystify, not take advantage

A story has broken in the South African media about an over the top Facebook campaign that is being run on behalf of the…

Biometric technology has a major role to play in healthcare: here’s why

When it comes to identifying individuals with absolute accuracy, biometric technology is one of the best options to consider. Biometric technology, once relegated to…

13 basic SEO terms everyone should know about

Many claim that the age of SEO is over. Do a search online for “SEO is dead” and you will see what I’m talking…

Hold on photographers, a new new Flickr is coming

No, you read that headline right. It turns out that the massive overhaul of Flickr’s mobile apps and desktop site that we witnessed last…

Google slashes Drive prices, undercuts competitors

This could be quite important. Google has slashed prices on the paid versions of Drive, its cloud storage product, seriously undercutting its Western competitors….

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