General Tech

Bitcoin: 99 problems, but getting rich ain’t one

Bitcoin is currently soaring up the charts as if Justin Bieber had just released a single with One Direction on a continent made up…

4 components to succeeding in a digital world: data and the Internet of Things [part three and four]

The world we live in is vastly different to what it was just a couple of years ago. There can be no doubting that…

5 important things you need to know about parenting in a digital age

How do you protect your child from the dangers of an online world, particularly online bullying and blackmail? This must be one of the…

Middle Earth online, those Damme splits and Harry Potter is lost: #StuffToKnow this week

Google lets us stroll through Middle Earth. Eric Schmidt thinks we can take away governmental censorship within a decade. The muscles from Brussels is…

Could pre-paid internet be Africa’s broadband saviour?

Depending on where you live in the world, it might be hard to imagine going about your life without easy access to the internet….

Bitcoin’s uncertain future: it has the power to change the world, but will it?

On a Friday morning in Singapore, an eclectic group of misfits gathered in a room to discuss Bitcoin, a digital currency that’s making headlines…

YouTube kicks trolls out, Snapchat turns down billions and Miley’s naked again: #StuffToKnow this week

YouTube exploded with trolls no longer having a bridge of anonymity to hide under as Google+ kicks them out. There is a guy named…

We can’t live without the internet, it can’t live without us

“We have a symbiotic relationship with the internet, we cannot live without it and I am pretty sure if it could think, the internet…

Privacy vs Social: Cool solutions to help you cope

I’ve been advocating a stronger approach to privacy for some time now. My biggest concern is that we share so much private information using…

What Scott Thompson’s fake CV teaches us about tech’s engineering cult

The discovery that Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson has been claiming to have a Computer Science degree for years, and did not correct statements that…

What is CISPA and why should we care? [Infographic]

It seems like the US government is just spending its time drawing up laws that cause online controversy. There was the Stop Online Piracy…

Women in tech: Leading the geek world one stiletto at a time

It seems no matter how much society evolves, women are always left just that little bit behind. No, this is not an article about…

Intel’s Ivy Bridge: Naming the Tri-Gate transistors

What’s in a name? Not much if you’re talking about the codename for the world’s first 22-nanometer processors that use Intel’s leading edge Tri-Gate…

Low Orbit Server Stations: Is The Pirate Bay trolling, or could it work?

Trolling, probably. You’ve heard The Pirate Bay’s annoucement that it will be experimenting with low orbit server drones to make its service impervious to…

Most of your website’s traffic doesn’t come from humans

You work hard on your your website right? You enjoy every spike in traffic like it was the first. After all, it must mean…

Privacy? Why you should actually be concerned about being tracked online

Hilton Tarrant recently wrote a piece on Memeburn entitled, “Privacy? Why you should let Google, Facebook and others track you online“. I had a…

Can ultrabooks halt the ‘post PC world’ onslaught?

At Apple’s iPad launch event CEO Tim Cook waxed lyrical about being in a post PC world. The overarching message seemed to be “tablets…

Flickr set for major design upgrade next week

Photo sharing website Flickr is scheduled to receive a much-needed makeover according to senior project manager Markus Spiering. In an interview with BetaBeat, Spiering…

Don’t Google it: 9 Alternative search engine options

In a world where Google is the most visited website, and “just Google it” is an answer to many questions, are there any up-and-coming…

What can the internet really tell you about your personality?

Personalities are peculiar things. They say that the first five years of your life are crucial to the development of your personality. Or is…

The US elections: A case study in political spam

We all know that spam is the bane of modern life. More and more of the email we receive on a daily basis are…

E-Waste and the underbelly of the tech industry

Last year, the EU updated its directives for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), in an effort to step up recycling and the safe…

10 Essential digital tools for budding authors

Ironically, I experienced a great deal of writer’s block when writing this article. In fact, right now, all I can think of is Fatboy…

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Everlytic’s new API Communicator feature enhances customer engagement across multiple channels

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

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Nio Firefly brings Galaxy design to compact EVs

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