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What does the Internet of Things mean for your business and your network?

You’ve heard of the Internet of Things (or Internet of Everything) by now, I’m sure. It’s things like your fridge telling you when you’ve…

As tech takes over, we’re not always in control of our lives

Technology has a rapid rate of change and with this comes new mechanisms for communication. Today, most people use these services to communicate on…

Don’t assume you know it all: lifting the lid on the hybrid enterprise

Compared with IT even 18 months ago, we’ve come a long way. The hybrid enterprise is the new kid on the block – largely…

Wake up call: why mobile money should matter to the South African government

Speaking at The Economist Conference in Johannesburg, late 2014, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said, “There is a perception that financial inclusion efforts will necessarily…

Deep analytics could help resolve SA’s power crisis: here’s how

Now is the ideal time for Eskom to use advanced analytics to improve decision-making and better handle South Africa’s power crisis. Eskom has always…

11 massive predictions about the future of mobile and mobile data

At this stage, telling anyone that we live in a mobile world seems more or less pointless. Our phones are hardwired into our daily…

6 technologies that may govern our lives in 2013

It’s that time of the year again: time to take stock of what’s gone by and of things to come. For the purpose of…

5 steps to digitizing your old vinyl collection

Listen up kids, before the digital revolution the typewriter was your word processor, and the record player was your music center. But doing away…

What will Google do in 2013?

Last year I wrote an article called Google 2012: an internet oddysey which extolled my view of what Google would do in 2012. This…

Gangnam Style is now an 8-bit iOS game… really

Well, I guess it was only a matter of time before this happened. Korean pop star PSY has become a phenomenon over the past…

What did 2012 do for technology?

There’s little doubt in my mind that 2012 will not be marked in red in the technology history book for it was certainly not…

The pits and peaks of tech in 2012

2012 was a year in which technology and media companies were engaged in a veritable hive of activity and it produced a few winners…

Best tech innovations of 2012: Google Now, Leap Motion & Retina Display

This year has been pretty amazing for society: we have pushed ourselves and broken some boundaries. A curious little rover explored the surface of…

9 of the most bizarre Christmas presents you can buy online

Tired of the same old soap on a rope, bottle of wine or pair of socks Christmas present clichés? Want to liven up the…

Mozilla, Red Bull, HTML5 and the unstoppable growth of mobile

The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) 2012 Americas event brings together some of the biggest players in the mobile arena that shape and develop the…

‘Zuckered’ and ‘Gangnam Style’ are part of Collins Dictionary’s words of 2012

This has been an interesting year for words. New words were added to dictionaries, some were crowdsourced and we all marveled as ‘tweeps’, ‘Lolz’…

5 ways the internet has ruined Christmas

We’re only mere days away from Christmas and my house isn’t feeling very Christmassy. And it seems I’m not the only one. There have…

After legal threats, the UK Pirate Party shuts down its Pirate Bay proxy

It seems that a group of music labels have achieved their objective to shut down avenues to access The Pirate Bay in the UK….

Watch ‘the end of the world’ live online with this space camera

As we all wait for the world to be struck by an asteroid / succumb to the reversal of the poles / simply explode…

The terrifying invisibility of Connecticut shooter Adam Lanza

In all of the things I’ve read about Adam Lanza, the Newtown shooter, one thing has astonished me more than any other. Not the…

12 Ways to have an ‘appy’, digital Christmas

Christmas already, you say? Surely there’s an app for that? Of course there is and this Christmas we bring you the tops apps for…

Keep on selling, Samsung: Judge denies Apple’s application for a US injunction

In the latest news to usher forth from Judge Lucy Koh’s courtroom, Apple has been denied a permanent injunction against the sale of Samsung…

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

How UVU Accelerate is Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in South Africa

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

enza Secures $6.75M Seed Funding to Revolutionize African Payments

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

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