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Yahoo will become the default search engine for Firefox in the US

Firefox just dumped Google for Yahoo. After celebrating its 10 year anniversary earlier this month, Mozilla flaunted new initiatives to further its vision of…

WhatsApp bulks up its Android encryption efforts

WhatsApp has made end-to-end encryption the default for all Android users, following a partnership with nonprofit software group Open Whisper Systems. Privacy is a…

New Chrome experiment puts you in the feet of a hobbit

If you’ve been a little underwhelmed by the Hobbit trilogy, we’re sorry but there’s not much we can do to fix that. You may…

There’s absolutely no reason for publishers to panic about programmatic buying

The hype about programmatic marketing has hit South Africa, creating great excitement among media buyers and as much anxiety among some publishers. This approach…

Searching for association: why reinvention isn’t just about product

Have you ever played that game where one player says a word and the other player says another word that they associate with that…

Opera Mobile Store now the default on Nokia feature phones

If you’re part of the increasingly small portion of the planet that owns a Nokia feature phone then you might notice something different come…

Real Madrid scores a Microsoft sponsorship

Microsoft is set to announce a significant partnership on Tuesday with Spanish soccer team Real Madrid. The details of the deal are sketchy and…

5 simple steps for making your blog posts kick ass

Blogs are lame, right? Everyone on earth has had a blog before. At one point your auntie from the sticks had a blog. Except…

China set to pass US in smartphone shipments… and India, Brazil are next

The latest report from research firm IDC yesterday showed that in contrast to its March’s report, China will surpass the United States in terms…

The Loeries: why SA’s top ad awards are still relevant in a digital world

As usual, around Loeries time, the assaults have begun in the media, social and otherwise. As a past subscriber to the criticisms leveled at…

Google, Facebook won’t be your next bank and here’s why

Everywhere you look, big tech players are looking to get into the financial services game. But that doesn’t mean Apple, Google, Facebook will replace…

Has technology really killed marketing?

The Harvard Business Review is one of the most respected and watched academic journals in the world. So when it publishes a piece with…

Online piracy: how African innovators are tackling music’s biggest scourge

Despite a cat’s cradle of challenges around digital rights and payments, not to mention the constant threat of piracy, digital music is seen as…

Where is mobile headed in the next five years?

The next couple of weeks are going to be incredibly busy in the mobile world. Nearly all the big players are set to announce…

Yes, improving content could really hurt your site’s search ranking

My recent post about Google’s battle with spammers seems to have confused some people in the Search Engine Optimization industry. There’s a perception that…

7 myths about mobile finance that need to be busted

Mobile finance is massive. In fact, mobile payments alone are set to be worth US1.3-trillion by 2017. In emerging markets, mobile financial services have…

Is iTunes really set to launch in South Africa next?

Speculation is rife that Apple’s famous iTunes Store will become available for South African users in September. This could possibly be in-line with the…

The jury: why Apple was never going to lose against Samsung

So Apple won its patent claims against Samsung in the United States, big surprise there. Those of us really invested in the patent war…

Who really inherits your digital legacy when you die?

Many people will accumulate vast digital libraries in their lifetimes. The ease of buying titles from Amazon, iBooks and iTunes has meant more people…

Gartner: Google and Apple are disrupting Microsoft

Apple and Google have the potential to disrupt the status quo of the tech industry says Gartner analyst Jeffery Mann. Google Business and Apple’s…

Black hat, White hat: everyone could be an SEO spammer

I’ve always advised people not to worry about search engine optimization (SEO) with the explanation that it’s the job of the search engine to…

Gartner’s Nexus: the next age in computing?

The future of computing is here and it’s called Nexus. No, I’m not talking about Google’s seven-inch tablet, although that’s pretty amazing. It’s actually…

What is the cloud computing scenario for 2012?

Cloud isn’t a buzzword any more. In fact it’s become so entrenched that it has its own myths. And they’re already being exploded. Take…

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