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16 trends and predictions around South African internet usage

By 2019, there will be 27-million South African Internet users, up from 15-million in 2014. That’s according to the latest Cisco Visual Networking Index…

Google introduces News Lab, a project to birth journalists on steroids

Google has announced a new project called News Lab, designed to give journalism more power. The site is a new effort by the company…

How do you keep the socially conscious, hyper-connected generation interested in your product?

Short attention spans, flicking through multiple open internet tabs and having at least two windows open at once, this is the scenario your brand…

Wearables and the elderly: developing usable tech for technophobes

Despite still being in its infancy, wearable technology is beginning to grow old – fast. With many of us feeling uneasy beyond an arm’s…

Social media, messaging apps driving global mobile money adoption

It’s hardly news that mobile is important to emerging economies. Stories of those countries lepfrogging older technologies have been told so many times that…

Want to race a drone? This Cape Town company will teach you how

While new legislation may have been a blow to South Africa’s burgeoning drone scene, there are still people doing interesting things in the space….

Meet Bartesian, your personal robobartender

Waking up to the sound of your coffee machine starting up and brewing you a fresh cup of coffee beans you can possibly imagine,…

Innovation, health and wisdom in the digital age: why Cannes isn’t crap

While eating duck breast with strawberries on a bed of bulgur wheat laced with raspberry jus I decided yesterday that Cannes is not crap….

Spy games or no, China’s stuck with US technology

We recently wrote about allegations in the Chinese press that Cisco has been working with the NSA to help the US spy on China….

7 things you need to know about South Africa’s new data protection laws

South Africa is now putting the finishing touches on its first comprehensive data protection laws, aligned closely with those currently under debate in Europe….

Can Shuttleworth really help startups by taking on SA exchange controls?

When news broke that tech billionaire Mark Shuttleworth was looking to take on the South African Reserve Bank over its system of exchange controls,…

Cyberwarfare and the secrets of PRISM: top tech stories you should read

Sometimes, the big things actually appear to be quite subtle. Like the level of applause in a crowd during Sony’s PS4 event at E3,…

We know we’re being watched, but are we okay with it?

We all knew it was happening somehow, we just didn’t know that the services we trust and depend on almost daily would be directly…

TED Global lauds SA publisher, editor Toby Shapshak

If you want to see real innovation, you should check out Africa. That’s the message Stuff South Africa publisher and editor Toby Shapshak took…

The question no one’s asking: how secure is PRISM?

Many are concerned about the National Security Agency (NSA) collection of data on US companies and individuals and the very real possibility that it…

Can this couple live on Bitcoin alone for 90 days?

This is pretty interesting, a couple about to get married intends to spend the first 90 days of their newlywed life living on nothing…

4 things your IT manager could be doing instead of managing a server room

We all recognise the stereotypical IT manager sitting behind a desk in the company dungeon, wearing a t-shirt sporting an obscure geek reference, and…

Secret wars and cyber snooping: top tech stories you should read

Secrets. They’re everywhere — from the undercover digital battles sweeping the web to accusations around PRISM, the classified programme that surreptitiously collects user information…

We are in the process of becoming data [LeWeb]

We’re making far more data than we can derive actual value from, says John Battelle, Chairman and CEO of Federated Media Publishing. Battelle reckons…

PR’s digital makeover means it’s more crucial than ever

For a while now PR has moved steadily towards securing a seat on the board. The fact that reputational damage is a huge business…

Beyond wearables: brands could capitalise on the Internet of Things

“The Internet of Things” as a term dates as far back as 1999, but it is only recently that we have started to see…

Jeremiah Owyang: Brands, startups have to ‘let go in order to gain more’ [LeWeb]

The idea of a business utilising its idle capacity is nothing new but it’s fast emerging as the poster boy for the sharing economy…

Watch out Bitcoin, Feathercoin wants in on your limelight

Initially the popular e-currency, Bitcoin, snuck up on traditional media. Once outlets caught wind of it, though, it seemed to stick. Now, a new…

Huawei’s All-Optical smart-home showcase unleashes a new era of home connectivity in Africa

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