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9 massive predictions for how tech will impact ‘the next billion’

Quartz held an impressive event this week with speakers from Uber, frog, and EVRYTHING to name but a few. Titled “The Next Billion”, the…

Want to see real innovation? Stop wasting time and money on failed projects

Innovating should be a priority for all businesses, yet too often, businesses approach innovation with a traditional mindset: they write a business plan, secure…

Your P@s$word is a complete fail, but it might not be all your fault

The IT security industry has been warning about the fallibility of passwords for years, yet the situation hasn’t changed. Millions of people still depend…

Google’s possible buy button — a local watering hole for retailers and consumers

If I am not onto something by now then I will eat my digital hat. Google, is announcing the creation of a fricken “Buy…

Billionaires, icons and movie stars — why geek is now chic

We’ve seen the unstoppable rise of the geek over the past few years. From popular culture to big business, the geeks have inherited the…

Worldwide mobile data usage expected to double over the next four years

According to a new research by Juniper Research, data mobile traffic generated by smartphones, featurephones and tablets will double over the next four years,…

Netflixification in full force: 330m to subscribe to OTT TV services by 2019

If your idea of watching TV involves the terms “binge-watching” and “Netflix”, and if you’re completely baffled by the sight of ad break, then…

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…

Bitcoin: beyond the bubble

Whether it’s a fad or a threat, the much hyped e-currency Bitcoin is making differences in people’s pockets and headlines across the globe. It…

Redditor apparently admits to murder, using the confession bear meme

What do you get if you combine Quickmeme, confession bear and Reddit? Um, that would be a supposed murder confession. A Reddit user recently…

1 688 examples of people doing awesome stuff on the web

The web is dead. Except it’s not. It’s just constantly changing. There’s still tons of space for innovation in and around it. That’s why…

Twitter’s silent partner and Facebook’s ad genesis: top stories you should read

Imagine if you’d helped start one of the most successful social networks on the planet. You’d probably expect people to know who you are,…

April Fools: some of the best jokes from the world of tech

Phew. It’s finally April 2, and we can stop being so automatically distrustful of any suspiciously timed new products launched by the companies inhabiting…

Computer pioneer Alan Kay: Silicon Valley is running out of innovation

Alan Kay is one of Silicon Valley’s top computer pioneers due to his work with colleagues at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) on…

Samsung’s story and harmful hashtags: top stories you should read

This week’s instalment of our top tech stories series involves everything from the changing music industry to a man who sold shares in himself….

Big data: the bite-sized lowdown

Reading through technology news and opinion articles today, it is pretty hard to avoid the term ‘big data,’ Harvard Business Review blog, Forbes, MIT…

3D print your own Google Glass

If you don’t have the requisite US$1 500 to be a Google Glass early adopter lying around your house, fear not. There is hope…

Why developers are licking their chops at the prospect of smart cities

The smart city market is at a tipping point. Having been led by IT industry stalwarts such as IBM and Cisco for the last…

Want the truth about the cloud? We’re still just getting started

The Cloud is without a doubt the trending buzzword of this decade. While it will be an ongoing drive to teach and learn more…

TV’s smart new age and Facebook’s app problems: top stories you have to read

Facebook’s irreconcilable interests may be putting its developers at risk, but TV is getting smarter and sexier as Myspace eyes a return to stardom…

What big data can’t do: the limits of computers and analytics

Big data is all about the software — but software has it’s limits. In a recent column, “What Data Can’t Do“, New York Times…

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

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

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV