Trends

Google refreshes, reinforces its user privacy and security settings

Google has rolled out two improvements to its privacy and security tools in a bid to give users more flexible options. There’s now a…

Forget the buzzwords: mind your (IT consulting) Language

What I mean to say is: Mind your buzzwordlittered jargoninfested language. Yikes. Too much? Well, let me tone it down a little. Among the…

Don’t be blinded by the buzzwords… why choosing the right cloud provider requires a critical approach

Earlier this year, Goldman Sachs released a study which projected that spending on cloud computing infrastructure and platforms will grow at a 30% compound…

The Data Cycle: data’s journey across the network and how hacking can change that

It’s nice when everyone gets along, isn’t it? When websites play fair with each other and allow users to link up various accounts –…

Technology in 2025: 5 reasons it’ll be the same, but different

Technology is an amazing thing, for many it’s miraculous, and once enjoyed, the benefits are hard to give up. Ten years in technology is…

Lenovo: why the world’s biggest PC maker isn’t really a PC company any more

Lenovo is an anomaly in the PC space. While the market as a whole has struggled with declining growth, the Chinese tech giant has…

AI smartens up as robot learns through trial and error

Over the past few years, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) have come a long way. The technology has evolved from soccer-playing spiders to bipedal…

Google Glass’ real promise is among the elderly

Google Glass has a promising future — although not in the markets that Google thinks it’s targeting: urban early-tech adopters — they are a…

Shareholders: Amazon’s real advantage over its competitors

This quarter Amazon reported a US$82-million net profit on US$16.1-billion in sales for its fiscal first quarter and warned that it might lose more…

Slipping private boundaries: how the web is changing language

“What the internet has done is to create a space for language that runs and slips over the boundary of public and private language,…

Mistakes on social media and iTunes’ old age: top stories you should read

Chances are that you caught up on the events in Boston on social media. But what were you reading: fact or fiction? Perhaps you…

Google or the government: who’s really controlling our freedom online?

It’s an apt time to reflect on online freedom. On 3 May it’s World Media Freedom Day and South Africa, which has just passed…

The end of work? Why we need new models to understand digital disruption

Jaron Lanier, an early internet pioneer, recently spoke with FT Business about the new digital economies, and why free information is not a good…

Think your home broadband is saving you mobile bills? You’re right

If you’ve had broadband piping into your home, and the various devices within it, for a while now, you might have forgotten what it…

Engineering the Internet of Things, ‘climate responsive’ tech and serendipity

All tech giants seem to be redesigning and creating newer, smarter campuses. Google, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo have been undergoing changes to their employees’…

Inside Facebook Home and Google’s Star Trek dream: top stories you should read

So you thought Glass was a crazy ambition? Google has something else up its sleeve: it’s trying to replicate a gadget previously only glimpsed…

What big cloud trends will impact us in the near future?

Over the past couple of years cloud computing has proven itself worthy and, although many businesses are still slow to transition, there is no…

The human body as interface, and a new language of interaction

As it stands, we have moved through a few core paradigms in terms of how we interact with computers and software. From the earliest…

Warby Parker took eyewear online, made it cheaper, socially responsible

Fashion, entrepreneurship and doing good are the corner-stones of the Warby Parker philosophy, which co-founder Neil Blumenthal explained during his time at the 2013…

5 signs your organisation has truly embraced digital

Companies around the world are still undergoing digital transition. Some believe they are there already whilst others still have their heads buried in the…

Crazy HTML5 game makes fun of North Korea’s nuclear aspirations

North Korea’s missile belligerence has been the target of an awful lot of humour, but the folks at Taiwan’s Next Media Animation have taken…

Baidu goes in for ‘deep learning’ with Silicon Valley, China AI labs

Since Chinese search giant Baidu opened its ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Lab back in January, it has been making some interesting research dedicated to ‘deep learning’….

Twitter CVs and Google’s plan to make it rain: top tech stories you should read

Imagine you’re looking for a job. Which social network would you hit first? LinkedIn’s the obvious choice… but perhaps you should give Twitter a…

iGaming FAQ: Answering the Most Common Questions for South African Players

AI’s $4.8 Trillion Explosion – Will Africa Get a Slice of the Pie?

10 Must-Know Photography Tips for New Camera Owners

AI in Recruitment: How Blue Pearl is Transforming Hiring for Modern Businesses

enza Secures $6.75M Seed Funding to Revolutionize African Payments

MGX’s $2 billion investment in Binance marks historic institutional backing

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

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Also is Rivian’s e-bike and tiny EV future

Ranger 3.0 V6 Platinum double cab review

G63 AMG is a better build with Grabber AT3s