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These are 2014’s most popular apps, games and movies on Google Play

If you have Candy Crush along with Duolingo, Facebook and MyFitnessPal on your phone, you’re probably one of the most average Android users of…

Why empathy matters for your marketing strategy

Decoding the intricate consumer mindset is something marketers have been trying to do for years. But to crack this complex puzzle, they need to…

Now, more than ever, content is king in the digital space

There are two defined parts in every ad agency’s strategy in the digital and social media arena. One is the technical side, and just…

Does the country you live in determine how you use your mobile? [Infographic]

It’s almost become cliche to say that we live in a mobile world. The thing about cliches though is that they often have more…

6 Cs that will dominate the business IT space in 2015

Not all that long ago, company IT wasn’t all that complicated. As long as everyone had a working computer, with a working internet connection…

YouTube introduces video offline playback for Android

Google has introduced offline video playback for YouTube mobile users. This feature is only available on Android devices in India, Indonesia and the Philippines…

Specialist tech companies need a specialist digital agency

Many B2B technology companies in South Africa have yet to fully embrace social media, perhaps believing that it does not give them exposure to…

Rethinking education: The effect of digital tools

Following Jacques Coetzee’s excellent post on how people have used crowdlearning to redefine both learning and teaching, we thought it would be a great…

Google told to change its privacy policy, give users more control… or else

Google’s questionable new privacy policy is in the spotlight again, after an investigation ordered by European Union data collection authorities has asked the company…

Microsoft Surface ad: Clicks, dancing school children, zero product info

And cue the next portion of Microsoft’s US$1-billion plus ad blitz. The Redmond-based giant has released the first TV ad for the Surface, and,…

How people are using e-learning and crowdlearning to change education

Author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has said that “big breakthroughs happen when what is suddenly possible meets what is desperately necessary.”…

Little Nemo in Googleland: Celebrating a comic great

If you like comics there is a chance you remember the adventures on Little Nemo in Slumberland. No? Not ringing any bells? Well Google…

Goodbye Zune: Microsoft launches Xbox Music to take on iTunes and Spotify

So long, Zune… hello Xbox Music. Microsoft has been slowly retiring its Zune brand over the past year, making way for its next attempt…

Google’s African affair: An internet giant puts its money where its mouth is

At the start of last year I wrote an article for Memeburn with the only slightly tongue-in-cheek headline: “Instead of smallpox Google is colonising…

How Hipstamatic got lost and the patent problem: top stories you have to read

Every day, tech stories hit the web about everything from Samsung’s mini Galaxy S III to Marissa Mayer’s tricky new situation as geek girl/CEO…

Busted: Apple caught tracking iPhone users… again

Another day another issue with an Apple product. Sigh. Except maybe you should hold off on that sigh, because this one’s serious. Apple has,…

CEO confirms: Amazon doesn’t profit from Kindle ereader or tablet sales

Yes, the ereaders and tablets that are so popular they have allowed Amazon to sell more ebooks than printed ones in countries like the…

Apple and Samsung at it again… ding dong let’s get it on.

The Apple vs Samsung patent war is heating up again with the two tech giants once more trading punches. The US injunction that the…

India mobile sales to hit 250m in 2013, will be 326m by 2016

India is a mobile country. Earleir this year, it became the first country on the planet to have more people access the web via…

The biggest Street View update ever includes palaces and Table Mountain

So, have you spent enough of your time swimming with turtles in Australia? Good… because Google has just released a batch of new special…

Why is Big Data still a marketing headache?

People the world over are having sleepless nights as they continue to get to grips with Big Data. It’s a two-word phrase with far-reaching…

Eric Schmidt: Android-Apple fight will define industry, MS Surface could be big

Eric Schmidt thinks the battle between Google’s mobile platform Android and Apple could be the “defining fight in the industry today.” He also believes…

What would China be like if the Great Firewall came crashing down?

Everyone knows that China’s internet is censored. There’s the government-run firewall that blocks and interferes with unwanted sites, and then there’s the extensive network…

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