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Vendors shipped 11.4m wearables in the first quarter of 2015

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), vendors shipped a total of 11.4-million wearables in the first quarter of 2015. Fitbit shipped the most…

The security benefits mean you’re mad not to join the as-a-service revolution

It’s easy to get lost in the IT acronyms being thrown around. The tech world rarely slows down for long enough to give us…

DDoS attacks: 5 strategies for defending your network

DoS attacks have evolved in strategy and tactics to become a resounding threat to businesses anywhere. Hackers design Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed…

5 big questions about the Internet of Things’ impact on business answered

Machine-to-Machine is about the ability to remotely collect data from devices and use this data in real-time to make more informed business decisions which…

The Internet of Things could see massive changes to logistics in South Africa

Recently, research firm Gartner released a report on the importance of the Internet of Things (IoT), a buzzword that simply refers to the connectivity…

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…

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…

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…

WeThinkCode_ and South Cape TVET College Bring Software Engineering Training to Rural SA Youth

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

MTN MoMo’s R10-a-Day Smartphone Offer Aims to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel