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Integration: the big tech trend businesses need to pay attention to in 2015

As 2015 kicks into high gear for business – there is one technology trend that is the holy grail of businesses looking to expand…

South Africa’s app economy is about more than just fun and games

When cellphones were first introduced to South Africa twenty years ago, the focus was almost entirely on the networks themselves. There were huge debates…

Africa may still have a large feature phone market, but that doesn’t mean you can neglect customer service

Despite having one of the largest telecommunications markets on the continent, only a third of South Africa’s mobile users own smartphones. This means that…

Facebook, WordPress to sponsor West-African hackathon

Facebook’s Internet.org and WordPress are set to sponsor a major Ghanaian hackathon aimed at come up with solutions to some of West Africa’s biggest…

Mobile users obsessed with health and fitness, companies not so hot on Dropbox [Report]

Mobile phones have ceased to be inanimate objects. Not only do we make use of them they have now become our best friends, helping…

Upwardly mobile: the power of a united approach to African payment innovation

The growing use of banking services in South Africa is driven by a national rollout of social security debit cards and strong economic growth…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX finally launches DSCOVR satellite into deep orbit

Scanning through Elon Musk’s Twitter feed seems like something out of Interstellar‘s transcript with Matthew Mcconaughey rocketing through space, giving status updates as he…

Voice assistants: who actually wants to talk to their phone?

In a world of communicating with our devices, voice control seem to have gotten a lot of attention. But is that really what we…

iTunes Music Store available in 56 new countries

iTunes 11, which launched on 29 November, has added 56 countries to its music store, including South Africa, India and Russia, according to a…

Google search app ads: one home run and a strike

Tech companies often seem to try too hard with their ads for new products. We saw it with Apple’s attempt at using celebrities to…

LeWeb Paris: bring on the Internet of Things

Imagine that everything you owned could talk to one another. Your fridge could update the shopping list on your cellphone to let you know…

10 practical must-do SEO tips for the non-SEO guru

Search Engine Optimisers (SEO’s) know that search engines have a very complicated scientific algorithm that they use in order to determine which web pages…

Big money: the 22 richest people in tech

If, like Bruno Mars and Travie McCoy, you “wanna be a billionaire so frikkin’ bad” then it looks like tech is still a good…

Ethical robots and forced piracy: top tech stories you have to read

Can machines have morals? Should anyone own the internet? Is the consumer software space all but saturated? Are outdated regulations actually making it inconvenient…

Connected tech communities and competitive advantage: the Kenyan way

In the last couple weeks I’ve had the opportunity to be in Nigeria (Maker Faire Africa), followed by South Africa (AfricaCom). Along with Kenya,…

Microsoft: IE sucks… less

The latest marketing ad for Internet Explorer is refreshingly honest. Rather than making big, bold claims about the browser it lists the marginal bits…

Malware and Adware: Microsoft fights back against cybercriminals

Pay-per-click (PPC) is one of the biggest ways of making money online. And wherever there is big money involved, fraud of some kind will…

RIM losing ground to competitors in big business

It appears Research In Motion is fighting the market share war on multiple fronts, having already lost substantial ground among the general public, the…

Using mobile, SA masses hit the internet — typical of emerging markets

If you a new internet user, you are likely to be young, black, and earn under R1 500 (US$170) a month. Overall 66% of…

How fake press releases could kill SEO for real press releases

SearchEngineLand has a very good, long look at the recent fake press release announcing Google’s US$400-million acquisition of Wi-Fi company ICOA. PRWeb distributed the…

RIM renames BlackBerry App World, launches $10k developer programme

BlackBerry today announced a series of updates in the run up to the launch of BlackBerry 10 on 30 January. Speaking at a BlackBerry…

Motorola and Swarovski Bring Foldable Luxury to South Africa with the Brilliant Collection

Sanlam Fintech Expands Its AI Coach to Tackle South Africa’s Medical Access Gap

OPPO A6 Pro 5G launches in South Africa with bigger battery and tougher build

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