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Delivering against ‘always-on’ expectations with software-defined infrastructure

We’re living in an “always-on” age, where consumers, employees and business leaders alike expect 24/7 responsiveness and availability. Keeping an IT infrastructure performing at…

Could Stellar be the answer to enable financial inclusion around the globe?

When the internet first came round in the mid-nineties, people didn’t expect to see impactful tools like open-source libraries like Wikipedia or renting sites…

7 top tips for making it as a woman in tech

As a woman with more than 17 years of work experience in the challenging and constantly evolving tech industry, I have had my fair…

3 reasons you should be wary of free WiFi

Public Wi-Fi is almost everywhere nowadays. Coffee shops, libraries and even airports have installed hotspots to feed the growing demand for ubiquitous Wi-Fi. While…

Buy shoes with your watch: wearable tech’s transformative power on retail

The days of going online to buy the next addition to your wardrobe, a power bank for your laptop or even your groceries are…

Protect yourself, protect your business: get your website’s terms and conditions in order

Does your website protect you and your business? You may have a website for your business which is an important tool as you grow…

6 trends that will help accelerate Nigeria’s tech revolution #MWA2015

On Day One of Mobile West Africa in Lagos, Nigeria, a panel of five experts predicted what they believe are the next things that…

7 major tech trends your business needs to take advantage of right now

Ahh, the future. That mystical place filled with robots and flying cars… and hopefully your businesses. Things are moving incredibly fast when it comes…

5 reasons why innovation in health care is important

Innovation in healthcare is becoming a key trend in many emerging market countries as well as developed markets. It makes sense too: it’s a…

Big Data, cloud and mobile must leverage augmented reality

Data is a big deal. We digitise more data in a day than we have ever done before, as social media and quick tech…

How FNB’s dotFNB stores are merging the digital banking and retail experience

First National Bank (FNB) recently added another string to its innovation bow with the launch of the dotFNB store — a unique type of…

Hey big retailers, the way you’re using Big Data is starting to get creepy

The data grab is underway at every retailer in the world at the moment, not to mention large enterprises and your favourite social networking…

Netflix’s bet on data and the death of Friendster: top stories you should read

Ah, technology. As popstars and Netflix have discovered, advances in computing can mean big business — be it a smoother sound in your next…

Groupon: why we need to stop viewing it as a tech company

Groupon CEO Andrew Mason was fired after more than four and a half years during which he managed to cash out US$30-million and holding…

As part of its emerging markets push, Evernote Business heads to South Africa

The to-do list app that has become the backbone of entire businesses is expanding its global roll out to offer its business products to…

Gaga and Bieber’s days are numbered: we’re in the age of the virtual pop star

If you think pop stars are becoming more and more fake, accusing them of not writing their own material, and think that, God forbid,…

Facebook’s search issues and building Nest: top stories you should read

Hey, remember when Google launched Project Glass? Remember the feelings of desire you felt when you saw the first pictures and understood just what…

The next wave of computing’s here and it’s cognizant

At the moment a lot of the technology we own still does one thing. Your watch, for instance, is probably still — for all…

9 tech innovations that changed the film industry (through the ages)

One industry that has been expansively affected by technological changes is film. Both mechanical and digital innovations have influenced everything from equipment to distribution,…

Alibaba rolls out new search engine, heats up competition with Google

China’s biggest e-commerce company, Alibaba, now has a search engine. Using the name of its cloud computing division, the newly-launched search service is at…

What is the state of Silicon Valley today?

There is always a vibe in the Valley. Something is in, something is out. Someone is the shit, someone is shit. It doesn’t matter…

Hacking Facebook and surviving a job at Amazon: top stories you should read

Believe it or not, there was apparently a time when online advertising was useful, at least in the minds of the people who were…

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