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What PandoDaily’s NSFW merger tells about the state of tech reporting

Tech news site PandoDaily is merging with NSFW, a magazine based in Las Vegas, in a bid to “double down on investigative reporting.” The…

5 massive tech trends that will drive business in 2014

A few decades ago there were reasonably sized businesses that didn’t have a single computer and if they needed something big calculated they paid…

Mobile usage and apps in South Africa: the numbers you need to know

Sitting in your iOS 7 cocoon and assume everyone has an iPad? Or that SMS died out with the arrival of BBM? Perhaps you’re…

Dial Direct pays homage to Buzzfeed with designated driver site

This is pretty clever. Insurance company Dial Direct has created a Buzzfeed-style site to promote its new designated driver product. The site, which has…

How does Facebook remain relevant in a mobile world?

I noticed something over the weekend. I can’t recall the last time I visited Facebook.com on my laptop. Even though I sit at a…

Smartwatches set to lose out to tablets, fitness bands this festive season [Gartner]

If you’re the kind of person who regularly gets gadgets come Christmas time, then you might be expecting Santa to drop a smartwatch in…

Going Android? Start with these eight apps

Everyone at my office got iPhones last year, but I didn’t really think the screen would last in my pocket next to my keys…

Obox Design unveils a WordPress mobile theme framework

South African WordPress theme company, Obox Design, has recently made some significant developments in the area of theming for mobile devices. “Obox Mobile” is…

Cell C to MTN and Vodacom: ‘Stop bullying us!’

Cell C said via Facebook on Thursday that it intends to lodge an appeal with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) against Wednesday’s ruling over…

22 black SA bloggers you should be reading

The South African blogosphere has in the past copped its share of criticism for being rather male, and rather pale. In recent years, there…

Google testing ‘Baraza’, an African Q&A site

There’s a new service coming out from Google, tentatively called “Baraza”, which is the term used for meeting place in Swahili. It’s a service…

The speed of Google or the stickiness of Facebook?

Google’s most important launch this year was its recent debut of Google Instant search which cuts user search time down by as much as…

Zambian gov’t backs off threat to shut down ISPs

Zambia’s communications authority reversed its decision to shut down five main internet service providers on Wednesday, saying they would be allowed another chance to…

Cell C ordered to withdraw ‘4Gs’ campaign

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) on Thursday ruled that Cell C’s new 4Gs campaign is “dishonest” and “misleading” and must be withdrawn with “immediate…

Revenge: A Jason Calacanis-inspired Techcrunch Disruptor?

American Internet entrepreneur and blogger Jason Calacanis used to be a good friend and business partner with Techcrunch founder, Mike Arrington. Together they launched…

Is it a book? Is it a film? Is it a game? Or all three?

Is it a book? Is it a film? Is it a game? Or all three? Publishers and authors at the world’s biggest book fair…

A beginner’s guide to user testing

User testing (UX) is a fundamental component of the web development process. It is conducted as a matter of course in the US, UK…

Is SMSing making your child stupid?

SMS language or ‘textspeak’ is taking a lot of flak for the general misuse of the English language today – both in spelling and…

Seven essential mobile advertising insights

I recently attended a London roadshow event held by Mobile Squared, a mobile research agency that provides insight into mobile advertising, content and services….

The Digital Loeries 2010: Unpacking the Winners

So the Loeries weekend has come and gone – apart from the hangovers being nursed across Cape Town and Joburg this morning. And the…

iPhone 4 outranks Justin Bieber on SA internet searches

Apple’s recently launched iPhone4 has received greater internet search interest than Justin Bieber, despite the fact that the teen pop sensation was actually in…

Tapping Into Africa’s 230-Million AI Jobs Opportunity

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

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