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Discovery Insure wants you to drive like a boss with this new app

It’s well known that South Africa’s roads aren’t the safest in the world. Local insurance company Discovery Insure agrees, and has recently released an…

Facebook’s back up, but Thailand’s still blocking 219 sites after coup

In the first few days of Thailand’s military coup, the country’s MICT shut down over 100 websites deemed a threat to the country’s stability….

Mary Meeker files: we are entering the age of the reimagination of everything

Once a year, all of the tech world stops to listen to what influential analyst Mary Meeker has to say. According to Meeker, current…

Own it, earn it or pay for it: how to get the right customers in your hands

Everyone wants to get their brands in the right consumer hands, in order to have that demographic trial, purchase, or emotionally connect with the…

5 things you should know about Apple’s $3-billion Beats buy

Apple is officially acquiring the stylish audio product company Beats for a total of US$3-billion. Founded by Jimmy Iovine and Dr Dre (formally Andre…

Microsoft reveals Skype Translate: a real time voice interpreter

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that in the future Microsoft’s Skype will be able to translate voice and video calls in near-real-time. Nadella’s news…

Quirk wins YouTube film hack with its LEGO Mandela video campaign

Annnnd they’ve done it! Digital agency Quirk has won the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Film Hack, with its clever use of LEGO to tell the…

Getting to grips with Twitter advertising

Twitter’s advertising model kicked off more than a year ago in April 2010, and it is already starting to get a lot of traction…

How Firefly could inspire Africa’s tech future

When I was a kid of around 10 years old, I used to collect small motors and electrical components with my school friends in…

Tablet computers set to become ‘the brains’ of all devices

Tablet computers are set to become the central brains of almost all electronic devices. For example, a tablet computer could be docked into a…

Security by obscurity returns to online cryptography

It seems that a new research paper released by the Royal Holloway, University of London, and University of Twente is ready to change the…

Lead generation through email marketing

Direct digital marketers are always under constant pressure to generate sales leads. Lead generation tactics have evolved over time and become more sophisticated, and…

Real-Time Analytics brings Google closer to the Grail

Google’s on-site Analytics program has gone from strength to strength since the internet giant bought out Urchin way back in 2005. What started out…

Q&A: Bob Garfield on the future of marketing and ‘masturbating thieves’

A columnist, critic, host, writer, analyst and panelist, Bob Garfield is an advertising legend who has written for publications including The Washington Post, The…

Four ways to improve security on your WordPress site

In recent months, the web world was hit with a code exploit that affected many users across various web development platforms, from custom systems…

Yo mama’s blog: 10 of the ‘best’

“Why don’t you write about the non-mumsy mom type sites? Or something like that. You know what I mean” was pretty much the brief…

Steve Jobs Was Silicon Valley’s Babe Ruth…

I used to meet with Steve jobs in the 1980s, when he was lauded as a visionary. To be honest I wasn’t that impressed…

iLegend: We are privileged to have lived in the time of Steve Jobs

One day we’ll fully realise just how much Steve Jobs changed our lives. I just don’t think we can appreciate it as much as…

The Steve Jobs tribute for misfits: To your vision, fire and creativity

Most of the headlines I’ve read about Steve Jobs’ death — October 5, 2011 — shout the obvious factoid: Apple’s Steve Jobs DIES or…

New Yorkers build Steve Jobs shrine at 5th Avenue Apple store

It’s 1am and the temperature has dropped much lower than what it should be for an Autumn night, but that hasn’t stopped people from…

Story-telling, UX, and how to find your spine

When I changed career path from journalism to user experience design, it was largely on the faith my friend Lidia had in my journalism…

‘Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish’: The best Steve Jobs quotes

Steve Jobs’ passing will leave a hole in the hearts of tech fans. He was revered for his industry-changing devices and progressive ideas, with…

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