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MoneyGram, Vodacom give Tanzanians a new way to receive funds directly into mobile accounts

MoneyGram, a global provider of innovative money transfer and payment services, and Vodacom, an African mobile communications company, have announced that Vodacom subscribers in…

Microsoft’s Cortana now available on Android in public beta

First announced in May this year, Microsoft has finally launched Cortana for Android devices in public beta. Some of the digital assistant’s features include searching…

India’s ecommerce giant Flipkart introduces social network feature

India’s ecommerce company Flipkart has introduced a social network component to its app. The social network component is called Ping and it allows users…

Why South Africa really needs to embrace the Maker Movement

“More so than any other time, we are able to make things that can actually make a difference,” Steve Sherman, the CEO of Living…

Creativity unlocks the power of technology

Today the bar for creativity is extremely high. It starts with people. Anyone can use the phone in their pocket to shoot and edit…

Blend content marketing and SEO to reach more customers than ever before

Great content helps you earn links that increase domain authority, improving your search rankings. It also helps you earn familiarity with your audience, building…

Mobile, online transactions to reach 125bn annually by 2018

The world is set to see an explosion in the number of mobile and online transactions, growing to 125-billion in 2018, an increase of…

BBM for iPhone, Android to save us from iMessage, WhatsApp on 21 September

While BlackBerry is rumoured to be pursuing a sale — to be wrapped up as quickly as November — and preparing another round of…

5 ways China’s government will try to control the internet in the near future

China’s State Information Office director Lu Wei published a report yesterday on the importance of online public opinion work – what some might call…

Big Data: personalised targeting is the future… but don’t be creepy

Imagine you’re walking through a store. You’ve installed the retailer’s app on your smartphone, and it recognises it has just arrived at its brick-and-mortar…

Tencent approaches Facebook valuation following search engine merger

Yesterday evening, Tencent revealed it’ll take a 36.5% slice of search engine rival Sogou for US$448-million. The deal should boost both Sogou and Tencent’s…

Should Microsoft kill SharePoint? [Gartner]

Apparently SharePoint is on its way out and Microsoft should probably start thinking about doing away with it. This is according to Gartner analyst…

Microsoft gives Bing a makeover, introduces contextual search

Microsoft seems pretty determined to make Bing work for it. The Redmond-based giant has given the search engine a makeover, including a new logo…

3 big technologies every business needs to pay attention to [Gartner]

Every business is a technology business. No matter what field you’re in, tech can help you become faster, more agile and increasingly productive. That’s…

The Nexus of Forces: more business focus, less tech [Gartner]

The Nexus of Forces has been a huge focus for research house Gartner for the last two years. The Nexus, which comprises of the…

Rinse, repeat. Google Street View car crashes into bus, flees, crashes again

Google has been mapping out the world’s roads for drivers to enjoy everywhere for years now. However, not too many people have seen the…

Is it all over for Apple?

Apple’s low key announcement of the new iPhone 5S and multi-coloured iPhone 5C came and went without much fanfare. The technology press certainly weren’t…

The iPhone 5C was never meant for China, or any other emerging market

So here we are, in the aftermath of the announcement of Apple’s new iPhones, and as usual the entire world has exploded. This time…

The NSA’s pretending to be Google: that’s got to be bad for business

The NSA Edward Snowden revelations are getting worse and worse for the reputation of leading Silicon Valley companies as the latest information shows that…

Microsoft pulls its iPhone parody ads

A good parody is difficult to pull off and Microsoft has pretty much admitted it got it wrong with its latest efforts taking on…

13 top Chrome apps and extensions that will aid your quest for productivity

You know how it is. You sit down at your computer at the beginning of the work day, open up Chrome and eight hours…

Plastic iPhones, Twitter’s IPO and Miley again: #StuffToKnow this week

So the latest golden Apple iPhone has graced us with its official launch… unfortunately, it dragged its trashy plastic sister with. Nissan (yes, the…

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