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Apple releases kaleidoscopic video for Mac’s 30th birthday

Apple’s released a video celebrating 30 years of the Mac and while it might please some, we can’t help but feel that it will…

Old Spice aims for viral return with series of awfully amazing prank sites

Did your friend just send you a strange link to a website which sells push up muscle shirts? Or perhaps one for leather sheets?…

Cultish isolation: the most harmful side-effect of all those Silicon Valley office perks?

San Francisco is rapidly polarizing against its tech workers as protests mount about shuttle bus use, and a huge rise in rents and evictions….

Cisco claims Internet of Everything could generate massive global value

If you’ve been paying any attention to technology trends over the last couple of years, you’ve more than likely heard of the Internet of…

Here’s all you need to know about Microsoft’s CEO hunt today [Video]

Prominent PC-maker HP rolled out a new email campaign on the weekend promoting Windows 7 ‘Back by Popular Demand.’ That’s right, now a quick…

All flat and Instagrammed: Shutterstock’s 2014 global design trends

What would you do if you were one of the world’s top stock image sites, with users generating a terabyte of data a day?…

Act 3: In which Microsoft builds the consumer company its users deserve

Somewhere in a rainy Seattle, Microsoft insiders are pondering a long-overdue decision: who its new leader should be. As the company heads into its…

Instead of smallpox Google is colonising Africa with ‘cool stuff’

Sitting at the southern tip of Africa you get used to giving a resigned shrug and half-smile when the entire continent gets lumped into…

Afrilabs provide a model for African innovation, collaboration

In 2008 a couple of tech guys sitting around a table after Barcamp Nairobi first discussed the idea that eventually would become the heart…

AOL and Huffington Post: Media’s possible decline?

Dan Lyons of US-based news and opinion site, The Daily Beast, nails it in his look at the AOL acquisition of The Huffington Post…

8 of the best (and worst) email subject lines

You have around 2 seconds and less than 50 characters to grab your reader’s attention with the subject line of your email campaign, so…

Is digital marketing becoming the new traditional?

One of the “Big Discussions” in advertising at the moment concerns the growth of digital, and the effect it is having on the industry…

The best and worst Superbowl commercials of 2011

For those of you not residing in North America, Superbowl Sunday only registers as a vague blip on the media landscape. But for Americans…

“1984”: The possible future of mobile?

“To the youth of Egypt, beware of rumours, listen to the voice of reason, Egypt is above everything, preserve it.” — This is one…

How US diplomats are using social media, inspired by the Obama campaign

In 2009, the US embassy in South Africa embarked on a new approach to diplomacy. We set up a Facebook page, started a Twitter…

The 7 faces of the iPhone user [Infographic]

Ahh…. the iPhone, the height of status in our society today. Those who have it won’t stop gushing about how amazing it is. Those…

12 ways to mind your technology manners

In simpler days gone by, people used to operate within a defined set of rules regarding professional and private communication — rules which have…

Nigerian jailed for Facebook insult of governor

Nigerian police detained a man for 10 days after he insulted a state governor on Facebook, traumatising him to such a degree that he…

With The Daily, News Corp and Apple try to shake up the news business model

Rupert Murdoch is the biggest man in media. Apple is one of the hottest companies in tech. The two have teamed up to make…

Is SEO really killing Google?

A Memeburn article on SEO and Google search results a few months back got a lot of heat going in the comments section. Most…

Honeycomb and Xoom: Just one look and then my heart went boom

I’m in love with Android Honeycomb and I want it right now. Google held a special event at its headquarters in Mountain View on…

Gran Turismo 5: Missed opportunities at every turn

Getting ready to play a new game can sometimes be like that first conversation with a girl you like. She is very pretty (graphics…

Why AI in Education Still Needs Human Teachers

Speed Tests, Mbps Myths, and the Real Truth About Your Internet Performance

Lenovo Accelerate 2025 champions Innovation

Why 3 Out of 4 South African SMEs Still Can’t Raise Capital

Huawei Cloud and Elenjical Solutions Partner to Accelerate Financial Digital Transformation in Africa

Mastercard and enza Join Forces to Supercharge Fintech Innovation in Africa

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

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves

JLR channels its Camel Trophy history