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Smartwatch shipments set to go past 100m mark by 2020

If you only have a casual acquaintance with the tech space, you might imagine that smartwatches begin and end with the Apple Watch. And…

Facebook introduces three new native ad tools on its native ads format

Facebook has announced a slew of improvements to its Native ad products, which form a crucial part of its Audience Network. “Today, more than…

Is Elon Musk’s Tesla Energy just what Africa’s energy grid needs?

It’s a week-day evening in South Africa and I’m tapping away at my keyboard for an article due the next day. Suddenly, I get…

8 ways cloud services have changed the world

In the past 18 months we have seen cloud computing enabling great innovations both in consumer and enterprise products as it has become the…

Why are online companies still struggling to understand the SA consumer?

Leading South African online experts have their sights set on the convergence of customer-centricity, agility and data. These concepts have been around for a…

24.com folds regional English, Afrikaans papers into News 24 and Netwerk 24

This is big. News24 and Netwerk24 have announced that the online platforms of 11 English and 14 Afrikaans newspaper titles have now moved into…

Google confirms mobile has overtaken desktop search in 10 markets

Google has revealed that mobile search has overtaken desktop in more than 10 countries, highlighting just how vital smartphones have become to our daily…

7 key trends driving the consumerisation of IT [TechEd]

In a bid to make Windows 8 more attractive Microsoft is pushing the consumerisation of tech. The company has identified that it needs to…

Anti-viruses are cool: SA computers unprotected [TechEd]

Even in an age of Anonymous, dirty hackers, and constantly evolving malware, there are still computers out there that aren’t secure. According to Microsoft,…

Can Microsoft make Excel exciting with GeoFlow? [TechEd]

Microsoft’s latest addition to the Excel 2013 & Office 365 suite is a nifty little plugin called GeoFlow. GeoFlow for Excel is a 3D…

For your eyes only: Google will deactivate Glass if you loan or sell it

If you’re one of the lucky members of Google’s Glass Explorer team, who will be among the first members of the public to get…

Lumia sales solid but Nokia still misses with Q1 results

Nokia today reported its Q1 results for 2013 and while things look good for its Lumia range of smartphones, the company still has some…

The human body as interface, and a new language of interaction

As it stands, we have moved through a few core paradigms in terms of how we interact with computers and software. From the earliest…

Warby Parker took eyewear online, made it cheaper, socially responsible

Fashion, entrepreneurship and doing good are the corner-stones of the Warby Parker philosophy, which co-founder Neil Blumenthal explained during his time at the 2013…

The Yammerfication of the work place [TechEd]

When you spend more than a billion dollars on a social platform, make sure you do something amazing with it. Microsoft seems to be…

Windows To Go: a companion to Windows 8 [TechEd]

For Microsoft, Windows 8 is the future of computing, so the tech giant is doing everything it can make sure people use it. At…

Is responsive design really the future of web development?

While most hail it the future of web development, the concept has received its fair amount of skepticism. Regardless of your stand point on…

Now 30% faster, mobile speeds are catching up to desktop

Yes, the internet is speeding up — or at least, Google thinks so. The search giant has published a report on the aggregated site…

New Facebook Home ad: grandma’s boring, stare at your phone instead

Facebook seems to be taking a machine gun kind of approach to the advertising for Facebook Home. First there was that weird ad with…

5 signs your organisation has truly embraced digital

Companies around the world are still undergoing digital transition. Some believe they are there already whilst others still have their heads buried in the…

Crazy HTML5 game makes fun of North Korea’s nuclear aspirations

North Korea’s missile belligerence has been the target of an awful lot of humour, but the folks at Taiwan’s Next Media Animation have taken…

When AI Sees What We See – Why Its “Vision” Feels Weird (and Slightly Creepy)

The Comic Chaos of Sassy Smart Homes

Optasia’s $375 Million JSE IPO Could Redefine African AI Fintech

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel