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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…

Have Spanish publishers shot themselves in the foot with Google News shutdown?

Google has shut down its News offering in Spain. The decision follows a ruling in a Spanish court that would compel Google to pay…

Microsoft adds Bitcoin as payment option for Xbox, Windows Phone stores

Microsoft users can now buy and download apps, games, movies, TV shows, and music at the Windows, Windows Phone, and Xbox Games, Video, and…

Google mobile results are now 100-150 milliseconds faster on Chrome for Android

Google search results are getting faster than you can say ‘Google it’. According to IIya Grigorik, a developer advocate at Google, when you tap…

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…

FNB named world’s most innovative bank

Innovation isn’t a word that you readily associate with banks. They’re staid, big institutions not prone to easily accepting change. First National Bank (FNB)…

10 reasons Google+, Skype should be used in the classroom: A teacher’s view

Traditionally a classroom has always been recognised as a portal to knowledge. It is a venue where ideas and content are shared, experienced and…

Google brings Steve Biko’s life, apartheid, holocaust online

This is very cool. Google is today bringing 42 historical exhibitions online telling the stories behind some of the major events of the last…

Microsoft headed in for ‘significant shift’ in its business

According to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, the software company’s future may see it take a page out of Apple’s book, reports Reuters. In his…

Space X successfully blasts off enroute to the International Space Station

Space X has successfully launched a Dragon capsule into space… again. After the company’s historical test flight in May, it blasted another capsule into…

Ralph Simon: Memeburn talks mobile’s future with the ‘Father of the Ringtone’

Mobile is pretty big right now: it’s where people are innovating and it’s the common denominator device. Gartner predicts that by 2015 there will…

From the Pirate Bay to Google’s self-driving cars: 5 stories you have to read

Sometimes, even well-meaning advancements in technology can cause unintended ripples. Sure, autonomous cars will change lives — but what effect will they have on…

Missed WordCamp Cape Town? Here’s a complete recap

330 WordPress hackers, fans and the CMS curious made the pilgrimage down to the fourth annual Cape Town chapter of WordCamp, the informal community-driven…

Content marketing 101: Why you really need to know your audience

Content marketing is about connecting with your audience. People are great at tuning out messages that they’re not interested in, so to attract them…

70+ absolutely brilliant mobile campaigns you need to know about

Mobile isn’t the future. It’s a fundamental part of our lives and will only get more so. Our mobile devices connect us to our…

Are social metrics really affecting SEO? [WordCamp]

So then, do link sharing on social media services like Twitter, Facebook and Google+ actually have an effect on our posts’ search engine rankings?…

8 African mobile money services that aren’t MPesa

No, I’m not going to talk about MPesa, you can read all about the Kenyan grandfather of mobile money here, here and here. Rather,…

Which country uses the web best? [Infographic]

You may have heard that Sir Tim Berners-Lee and the World Wide Web Foundation recently quantified the web by developing an index used to…

Acer’s New Nitro AI Gaming Gear Is Here—But Is It Worth It for South Africans?

R19,000 for Bass? Sony Tests South Africa’s Audio Appetite

Tech Stocks Tank – Can SA Survive a Global Meltdown?

SA Business Confidence: Fintech Lula Sounds Alarm on SME Reality

Why MVNOs are gaining ground — and how Huge NXTGN is accelerating the shift

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

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV

L2 charging and the power of dwell time

Tires and tariffs