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Technology in 2025: 5 reasons it’ll be the same, but different

Technology is an amazing thing, for many it’s miraculous, and once enjoyed, the benefits are hard to give up. Ten years in technology is…

Accra embraces Microsoft CityNext applications

On 22 May, Microsoft Ghana, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and the Global Alliance of Mayors and Leaders from Africa and African Descent signed an…

This text message called the ‘Unicode of Death’ will crash your iPhone

The scariest line of characters on the internet right now makes absolutely no sense, but will crash your iPhone nonetheless. Word on the web…

Y&R CEO David Sable chats advertising’s next big markets, why ‘Dumb Ways to Die’ secretly sucked

For a guy at the top of an industry worth billions upon billions of dollars, David Sable doesn’t seem all that concerned with the…

Lenovo: why the world’s biggest PC maker isn’t really a PC company any more

Lenovo is an anomaly in the PC space. While the market as a whole has struggled with declining growth, the Chinese tech giant has…

Popular tech site ReCode bought by Vox Media conglomerate

The media landscape has been in flux for quite a while now, with digital eating into print publishers’ business models and more global audiences…

Global online video ads seeing double digits, to grow over $13b this year

The moving pictures on the newspapers in Harry Potter make it all seem so magical, but they’re not much different from the animations on…

The Meeker files: ‘Queen of the net’ says mobile internet growth still accelerating

If for some reason you still think that mobile is anything less than the present and future if the internet, think again. While global…

Chinese double amputee creates bionic arms using pulleys, wires

A Chinese double amputee has circumvented the limited functionality of traditional prosthetics and the prohibitive costs of high-tech versions by building his own bionic…

The day the music died: confessions of a (former) iFanatic

Like everyone else these days, I also predict the end of Apple… but I can prove it. It’s not the tax dodging management. It’s…

Hooked! PR’s gone mainstream in the age of social media

It’s an interesting time to be in public relations. Just like our peers in the marketing world, a few years ago social media disrupted…

Warner Bros., NBC Universal request Google to takedown Dotcom’s Mega

Hollywood studios Warner Bros. and NBC Universal have asked Google to remove Kim Dotcom’s Mega from its search results. If Google complies, the cloud-storage…

Apple’s Tim Cook thinks the best place for wearable tech is the wrist

Ever wondered why the most likely rumors surrounding Apple and wearable tech have focused on a potential smartwatch? If that’s the direction it chooses…

How publishers can get ready for a programmatic advertising future

Premium publishers around the world are faced with a set of very unique challenges that they are trying to overcome. There has never been…

Digital advertising: it’s time to get real

Digital advertising spend is increasing annually on a global scale and this global trend is being felt in emerging market countries too. According to…

Sexism in tech: why gender needs to stop being an issue for female geeks

The world of technology is exciting. It changes all the time and the opportunity to use your mind to create something new is right…

Aspiring data journalist? This book is a must-read

It was work in progress, but after almost one year and 40 ‘versions’ later, Paul Bradshaw’s ‘Scraping for journalists‘ is published. Bradshaw is teaching…

Google to launch blimps to carry wireless networks across Africa and Asia

Google has made it public knowledge for some time that it wants to connect the world to the internet. The challenge of facilitating this…

Buzzfeed’s launching a YouTube channel with CNN. No, really.

It’s the end of the web as we know it. The latest news to emanate from Buzzfeed HQ is that the social media marvel…

Eric Schmidt on Google’s UK tax practices: ‘What we’re doing is legal’

While Google’s tax contributions in the UK continue to be under scrutiny, the search giant’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt recently quipped that he is…

Matt Mullenweg writes a love letter to WordPress on its 10th anniversary

This is pretty adorable and one of the sweetest things we have seen on the internet. To mark the 10th anniversary of WordPress, founder…

The next tech giant to fall under EU scrutiny? That may be Apple

The European Union seems to pretty much have its hands full investigating Google’s suspected abuse of its market dominance, but now it may end…

Samsung sets up a US patent office to protect its intellectual property

When Apple takes you to the cleaners, you get prepared it seems. Korean tech giant Samsung has announced a US$25-million venture to set up…

South Africa’s Cyber Shield Weakens: 70% of Firms Lack Basic Security Awareness

Your Couch is About to Become a Stadium: TCL’s QD-Mini LED Arrives in SA

TikTok Tightens the Reins: New Parental Controls and Digital Well-Being Tools Rolled Out

AI in Recruitment: How Blue Pearl is Transforming Hiring for Modern Businesses

enza Secures $6.75M Seed Funding to Revolutionize African Payments

MGX’s $2 billion investment in Binance marks historic institutional backing

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

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