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Microsoft narrows hunt for new CEO: Mulally, Elop on the shortlist

Microsoft has narrowed down the search for its CEO with the list of external candidates now down to five. Among the candidates who’ve made…

Yup, it’s true: young people don’t like talking on the phone [report]

Young people prefer communicating via electronic messaging and smartphone apps. You, along with most people on the planet, have probably suspected this for a…

Feed the CEO to the wolves! Raise $1bn! That solves everything for BlackBerry! (except it doesn’t)

Let’s be honest. Fairfax was never going to be able to raise the US$4.7-billion it needed to take BlackBerry private. And let’s remember: the…

Digital forensics is becoming vital to HR: here’s why

What if an employee visits the Human Resources Department with allegations that a colleague sent them offensive emails? What if the suspected employee deleted…

Google goes live with real time expert assistance service Helpouts

Google has gone live with Helpouts, a service that allows you to receive help from experts in a variety of fields using the company’s…

BlackBerry’s $4.7 billion buyout bid fails, CEO Thorsten Heins steps down

Well, there goes that potential acquisition… and the CEO. Embattled smartphone giant BlackBerry announced today that its buyout plans with shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings…

#100knaija: Google is documenting Nigeria’s history through photographs

This is pretty cool. As Nigeria’s centenary anniversary approaches, Google Nigeria has kicked off an initiative called 100k Naija, a project that hopes to…

Thesis vs WordPress resolved: A new era of collaboration beckons

The heated debate that has swirled around the WordPress community over the last few days appears to have been settled amicably with the news…

Is Flipboard the killer iPad app we’ve all been waiting for?

It’s only been 24 hours, but Flipboard — a brand new iPad app — is already living up to the hype of revolutionising the…

6 ways to turn your WordPress blog into a web socialite

A blog is usually a place where individuals or groups publish thoughts and ideas on niche topics, current affairs or daily occurrences. But how…

All hail the DMMA: SA’s new digital oversight body

South Africa’s digital industry is a thriving world of creativity, innovation, engineering, design and media, and its importance in the world of marketing and…

Facebook celebrates half-a-billion with half-arsed campaign

Facebook has just announced the mind-boggling achievement of 500-million active monthly users, placing it way out in front of all its rivals. It’s not…

Oriella Survey: Journalists are working harder, better, faster, longer

The Oriella PR network, an alliance of 17 communications agencies in 20 countries around the world, has recently concluded its third annual survey of journalists….

Newspaper paywalls are freemium business models

Newspaper paywalls have been criticised by many people in geek communities across the world and also by popular journalism bloggers such as Clay Shirky,…

A few tips on understanding the relevance of ad keywords

So you’ve spent a fortune on search engine marketing, but you’re not getting the results that you had hoped for. You think you’ve covered all…

Why Silicon Valley is only part of California’s innovative success

California seems to be on a constant roller-coaster of events – technological, economic and social. Strangely enough, the state keeps moving on as the…

Interview: UX guru Andy Budd on why most websites are ‘leaking buckets’

User Experience (UX) guru, Andy Budd, says most of today’s websites remind him of “leaking buckets”. UX, he says, can plug these leaks to…

The importance of familiarity and search engine marketing

Search Engine Marketing (SEM) is a mysterious mix of art and science, but for the purposes of this article, we can conceive of it…

Mobile phone interfaces should get with the social times

The user interface employed by mobile phones has not adapted sufficiently to accommodate the communication needs of the average user in the 21st Century. But help…

Don’t like Facebook? Build your own social network

Social networking has become a huge phenomenon, with a couple of big players dominating the market. Yet if one looks around the web you’ll…

Could the giants of the web heat the cities of the future?

An old World War II bomb shelter under a cathedral in Helsinki, combined with some brilliant thinking, will soon lead to the greenest databank…

When AI Sees What We See – Why Its “Vision” Feels Weird (and Slightly Creepy)

The Comic Chaos of Sassy Smart Homes

Optasia’s $375 Million JSE IPO Could Redefine African AI Fintech

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