General Tech

‘Take action now’: Bitly warns account security could be compromised

Fan of link shortening service Bitly? You’ll be greeted by something other than your most recent links and stats the next time you log…

Use this browser extension to replace Julius Malema’s face with photos of rescue pets

Tired of looking at shots of Jacob Zuma? Perhaps the numerous photos of Helen Zille on the campaign trail are getting too much for…

South Africa votes: 7 digital tools to help keep you informed ahead of May 7

South African citizens are heading to the polls on 7 May. Let’s be honest, while democracy and the functions of inner-government are incredibly important…

Perpetuating the IT, business divide: an insider’s perspective

As an active participant inside the South African SME IT industry for 20 years, I feel that I am allowed to reflect on how…

Here’s why the web’s new domains will change everything… and nothing

From next month you’re going to start seeing a whole range of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) popping up online. Alongside longstanding ones like…

Intel presses for conflict-free minerals in Africa with new microprocessors

Africa has a lot of conflict minerals, from blood diamonds to tantalum and tin. Pretty much all electronic devices require minerals such as gold,…

Hogwarts is here: you can now enrol to study witchcraft and wizardary online

Weren’t one of the lucky few to get a Hogwarts acceptance letter when you turned eleven? Fear not, muggle — the premier school of…

Facebook’s data and Mega’s suspicious aims: top tech stories you should read

If you’ve ever run a university society, or looked after your employees salaries, you’ll know that keeping tabs on more than a handful of…

Martyring Aaron Swartz: where were the activists when he needed them?

PandoDaily’s Hamish McKenzie recently attended a memorial for Aaron Swartz, the young activist who committed suicide while being prosecuted for downloading millions of academic…

The internet is an extreme sport, so expect injuries

It’s a funny moment when you realise that the internet has changed your body. I was burning through another late night session of League…

Google’s evil plan and loving BlackBerry developers: top stories you should read

This week’s round-up of some of the top tech stories on the web will introduce you to the team behind Square and the VP…

Beautifying Google and the story behind Siri: top tech stories you should read

From the big G’s revamp to the stories behind some major innovators: this instalment of our weekly tech round up features everything from Google’s…

Google’s ambitions and Facebook’s bet on search: top stories you should read

The two big names featured in this week’s round up of top tech stories aren’t just doing what you’d expect them to: Facebook is…

9 Chinese tech companies that could go public in 2013

2011 saw economic turmoil and financial scandals that led to only two Chinese tech companies venturing to IPO in 2012. But 2013 is looking…

US developer outsources his job to China so he can watch cat videos at work

Straight from the corner of the web that is populated with stories so crazy there’s no way they could have been made up comes…

Funding piracy by mistake and killing Netbooks: top stories you should read

Yep, pirates and assassins. And tech. But our latest round-up of top tech stories also outlines the problem with seeing online advertising as a…

5 steps to digitizing your old vinyl collection

Listen up kids, before the digital revolution the typewriter was your word processor, and the record player was your music center. But doing away…

Gangnam Style is now an 8-bit iOS game… really

Well, I guess it was only a matter of time before this happened. Korean pop star PSY has become a phenomenon over the past…

What did 2012 do for technology?

There’s little doubt in my mind that 2012 will not be marked in red in the technology history book for it was certainly not…

The pits and peaks of tech in 2012

2012 was a year in which technology and media companies were engaged in a veritable hive of activity and it produced a few winners…

‘Zuckered’ and ‘Gangnam Style’ are part of Collins Dictionary’s words of 2012

This has been an interesting year for words. New words were added to dictionaries, some were crowdsourced and we all marveled as ‘tweeps’, ‘Lolz’…

5 ways the internet has ruined Christmas

We’re only mere days away from Christmas and my house isn’t feeling very Christmassy. And it seems I’m not the only one. There have…

After legal threats, the UK Pirate Party shuts down its Pirate Bay proxy

It seems that a group of music labels have achieved their objective to shut down avenues to access The Pirate Bay in the UK….

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