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The machines are coming: Top 10 tech predictions for 2015 and beyond

In a few years time life expectancy will increase thanks to health monitoring technologies. Refrigerators will deliver groceries and drones our clean laundry. These…

Consumer collaboration can help bridge the consumer chasm

Businesses have distanced themselves from people. By using marketing tactics to target consumers they have forgotten about the human being. A lexicon of military…

The rise of IP cameras: why surveillance is increasingly online

As the cost of bandwidth goes down, the appeal of IP-based camera systems goes up for companies that require a flexible, cost-effective surveillance solution…

Why we should be grateful to tech for helping unveil the mysteries beneath Stonehenge

For as long as many of us can remember, Stonehenge has been a mystery. Located in the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, this stone…

5 big data myths that need to be busted right away

Over the past couple of years, big data — the all-encompassing term for any collection of data sets so large and complex that it…

South Africans beware, cybercriminals are coming for you

Until recently, cybercriminals have tended to target countries with higher national income levels, according to the Global Cost of Cybercrime report, compiled by Intel-owned…

The weekly roundup: Windows 10, GoPro 4 and Kenyan startups

Welcome to BurnMedia’s “The Weekly Roundup” with Mich Atagana and Jason Bechervaise, a weekly podcast in which they discuss the week’s events in the…

Who the bleep are you?:The pros and cons of online anonymity

Anonymous has given anonymity a bad name. Pseudonyms, aliases, nom de plumes, all have lubricated social communication for centuries. Famously, several female authors wrote…

Education brought to Amazon by internet “distance-learning”

The internet has allowed a school to sprout in a remote area of the Amazon where teachers tend not to linger due to harsh…

Rumours of the PC’s demise have been greatly exaggerated

The personal computer is not dead nor is it dying. Hype and slick marketing may be painting such a scenario, but that is not…

What has the digital revolution actually done for musicians?

There are few industries that have felt the move to digital and online more acutely and publicly than the music industry. The rise and…

The group buying collapse is coming

Group buying. Daily deals. Social commerce. Call it what you will, but the sheer number of blatant knock-offs that have sprung up in global…

6 services for taking your data to the cloud

Saving your data to the cloud is crucial. The cloud provides what is probably the most reliable way of ensuring that, if your house…

3 reasons NOT to start a group buying site

The group buying industry sprang to life with very little warning. Groupon began a trend and soon everyone wanted a piece of the action….

The end is here for traditional telecommunications

Recently, Dutch telecoms operator KPN reported an 11 percent drop in net profit for the second quarter of this year, blaming the rise of…

MTN Mobile Money launches debit card-based online shopping solution

eCommerce service provider, MTN Mobile Money, has launched a mobile payment mechanism, which will enable users to purchase products online using a debit card….

8 ways music subscription services are rocking our worlds

I’m in the midst of a love affair with a music subscription service. No sooner had I thought of a song than it began…

5 chess principles for internet business practitioners

Gamification and how we can apply mechanics and principles from the world of games to our products is an idea on the rise, but…

Tech leaders look to Steven Spielberg for future of mobile

The pace of innovation and change in mobile devices is dizzying. At times it can be difficult to predict the winning platforms and products…

Taking a walk in the Cloud with Google Apps, Zoho and Office365

Entrepreneurs are always looking for innovative ways to save cash… right? Let me answer on my own behalf. I am always looking for web…

Twitter now looking to monetise from ecommerce

Twittter chief executive Dick Costolo has announced that in addition to its current money-maker, advertising, Twitter — in keeping with its monetisation drive —…

Is the TDL-4 monster the end guy?

One of my favourite Bash.org quotes is “ I beat the internet… the end guy is hard”. Now it looks like the Internet really…

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