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Printed eyes, Lego cars, Chuck Norris splits and Obama vs NSA: #StuffToKnow this week

The NSA is really getting wave after wave of pressure from all sides to curb their tactics after Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing caused a ripple…

MEF’s 10 key mobile trends for 2014, ‘cos mobile is big

It’s that time of the year again when everyone stares into their crystal balls and tries to predict the future. Mobile is becoming a…

On the Road: LeWeb Paris 2013 Roundup [Video]

Global tech conference LeWeb Paris 2013 was over as soon as it started. Across the three-day event people were exposed to, and inspired by,…

The smartwatch: everything you ever imagined and nothing you really want

Comedian Lewis Black called it out: This new millennium sucks! It’s exactly the same as the old millennium. You know why? No flying cars!…

Redditor asks for iPad for Christmas, gets Bill Gates as her secret Santa

When user NY1227 decided to take part in Reddit’s massive secret Santa exchange, little did she know she’d be getting something that didn’t quite…

Blogging was supposed to topple mass media — so what happened?

Om Malik, publisher of GigaOm, recently posted some thoughts about his 12 years of blogging and he came to the conclusion that blogs today are where…

WeChat gets serious about e-commerce with its latest update

WeChat, China’s most popular messaging app, has unveiled an update to its Android app. In addition to some notable UI additions, the update sees…

Google’s Groupon deal makes no sense

Faith Merino at VatorNews reported on Monday that Google had purchased Groupon for $2.5 billion: “… according to an unnamed insider who spoke with…

Seven essential ingredients of your mobile strategy

There isn’t a single web trend report or an analyst who isn’t screaming “MOBILE!”. The tipping point for mobile web access has arrived. It…

The quest for the perfect portable computer

An ideal product doesn’t exist in the device world. But in order to get close to “ideal”, the product would have to be able…

Nando’s CEO ad: Great fun, but is it effective?

I love the Nando’s CEO campaign, but it’s still an old school advertising campaign in the ‘interrupting the viewer’ model. There is no doubt…

EU announces antitrust probe into Google

Google received the news on Tuesday that it was to be the subject of an antitrust probe by European Union competition watchdogs. The Commission…

Click to Call: Google releases another innovative advertising tool

With over 97% penetration of mobile phones in South Africa and almost 9-million people capable of surfing the web on their phones, it is…

Tencent gearing up for Facebook challenge?

It looks like Chinese internet giant Tencent is gearing up to take on Facebook. A report indicates plans by the company to offer users…

The liberating power of SMS

According to Clay Shirky, renowned digital media commentator, “communication tools don’t become socially interesting until they become technologically boring.” Now while I’ll never consider…

Three changes to Google ads you should be aware of

While Google Instant Preview pretty much stole the show this month, it wasn’t the only development in the wonderful world of search. Here’s a…

Salesforce.com in major expansion drive

Salesforce.com has been on a tear this year with financial results exceeding Wall Street estimates; a massive expansion of its headquarters in San Francisco;…

Where good ideas come from

It is often claimed that Cape Town’s Table Mountain contains a greater number of plant species than the entire British Isles. So what is…

Hackers take Microsoft’s Kinect into unexplored territory

Giant, monolithic corporations have never been ones for the “sharing is caring” motto. Sometimes they have valid reasons for being against the open source…

Google turns fashionista with Boutiques.com

Online clothes shopping has evolved from traditional mail-order catalogues plonked onto a website into a multi-billion dollar industry that gives anyone the chance to…

ComScore: Microsoft’s Bing growing faster than Google

The latest US search engine rankings from comScore show that only Google and Microsoft grew their market share in October while Yahoo!, Ask and…

Netflix’s New South African Series Exposes the Dark Side of Fame

Opera Mini Data Campaigns Reshape Mobile Access in South Africa

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

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel