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5 simple ways to secure your web browser today

What is the most secure web browser? Google Chrome? Mozilla Firefox? Microsoft’s Internet Explorer? It’s a simple question—but the answer is a bit complicated….

Artist creates a 3D printed living replica of van Gogh’s severed ear

There has always been a very distinct line drawn between science and art. The left-brain and the right, linearly depicted, and figuratively drilled into…

4 reasons why you should find your next designer in South Africa

Thanks to technologies like email, Skype and Google Docs, offshore outsourcing is easier than ever before. Owing to the ubiquity of sophisticated communications technology,…

How should the techies in your company position themselves in relation to your business strategy?

In the previous articles in this series, we established two key requirements for aligning your business and technology strategies for achieving real value. Business…

Can’t make it to Brazil? Go inside the World Cup stadiums on Street View

Love soccer but don’t have the motivation (or means) to get off the couch and attend the upcoming FIFA World Cup games in person?…

Apple’s ad wants you to know that the iPhone is still its best fitness device

Apple’s latest ad confirms something we’ve thinking for a while now: when it comes to health and fitness, smartphones are pretty much still the…

Big ideas need big data and big love

It dawned on me two years ago that no digital idea can be truly great without participation. It also dawned on me that there…

BBM is not dying, it’s BlackBerry’s secret weapon

Much has been made about BlackBerry being backed into a corner. Its device sales are “falling” (not so, it has 20-million more users today…

Meet Romo, the robotic smartphone

I guess I’m getting tired of reading about nebulous stuff happening in the cloud, so I’m spending a bit more time checking out what…

You better scale up: The ecommerce boom is upon us

By 2015 companies will generate 50% of their online business via their social presence and mobile applications. This bold claim comes from prominent research…

SMS is alive and kicking [Infographic]

SMS is dead, or almost dead. It’s a fairly common refrain and one that is threading its way into the mainstream as smartphones become…

Apple announces $81.1-billion hoard, lobbies for US tax-break

We all know that Apple is immensely successful. After all, it briefly overtook oil-giant Exxon to become the most valuable company on Earth earlier…

Münchausen by internet — The little known but not uncommon illness

We all know that one person. One who is either terminally ill, has some or other rare disease or that one who has tried…

Five tips for reporting with Twitter

Real-time communication over the web through Twitter has had an enormous impact on journalism. Twitter is becoming an increasingly valuable tool for reporting. It…

Tech-Ed kicks off with Azure, Office 365, Windows 8

Microsoft is going through an exciting phase of innovation, says Microsoft corporate vice-president for Visual Studio, Jason Zander. The company’s aim, he claims, is…

How Google Earth is being used to track Typhoid in Nepal

For most of us, going a day without using a Google product is unimaginable. The internet giant serves up our news, email and maps….

BlackBerry shutdown: Are networks avoiding lawsuits?

If you are a BlackBerry user you’re probably quite aware of the BlackBerry Crash that crippled millions of phones across Europe, Africa and the…

3D printing for kids with Origo

When I was a kid, you could give me a stick and a puddle of mud and I would be entertained for hours. In…

10 Response management tips for email marketing

Today’s B2B and B2C communicators are subject to a daily digital bludgeoning of email queries. In the years before email became popular, senders shouldered…

Google kills Buzz, hedges bets on Google+

Google has announced that it will kill its social networking tool Buzz as it seeks to put its energy into the young, but fast…

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

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

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel