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How a small app and a giant corporation are changing invention [PSFK]

In May, the fruits of a partnership between one of America’s biggest corporations, and Quirky, a crowd-funding site that has been making app-powered invention…

Here’s why no ecommerce outfit can ignore mobile…or the desktop

If you’ve ever told anyone you’re even contemplating setting up an ecommerce presence, you’ve most likely heard how important it is for you to…

The end of XP slows down decline in global PC market

When Microsoft finally ended support for Windows XP earlier this week, a lot of us braced ourselves for the inevitable conversation we’d have to…

Your very quick guide to Heartbleed, the encryption bug swarming the web

If you have a friend who’s seriously into online security, you may well have seen them talking about something called “Heartbleed” over the past…

A modern relic: why I won’t be buying Neil Young’s Pono player

At last month’s SXSW Neil Young took to the stage to announce a Kickstarter crowd-funding project for PonoMusic, a digital music player and accompanying…

4 models that can help you unlock real value from the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things, loosely defined as the growing number of everyday objects that are now being shipped with sensors and are capable of…

Microsoft’s still top dog in the software game, but the cloud’s giving Salesforce a massive boost

Microsoft’s failings in the hardware space might’ve lost it a lot of cool, but it’s still seriously dominant in the software space. In fact,…

Surviving the great dot.con

As Google embraces the stock exchange, many dot.com kids are rubbing their hands with glee at what could signal a return of the good times. Matthew Buckland has been through dot.boom and dot.bomb and spent lots on expensive therapy to forget it all, but here he reminisces.

The internet goes from free to fee

If only the internet had been invented by a businessman. It’s a common lament of internet publishers who are buckling and wheezing under the financial strain of running unprofitable websites

Dotcom dating dollars

When the internet arrived, people screamed let’s make lots of money. This new, interactive medium had the ability to deliver content to audiences in innovative ways and make money at the same time. Content would suck readers in, went the theory, and communities would form around these content genres. E-commerce areas would then be built around relevant content and wham bam thank you Ram, your community interacts and you have dotcom dollars.

Netocracy

If Karl Marx were alive today this is the book he would have written. This is the bold, if not slightly ambitious, claim of…

Hyperbole no longer

Convergence got a bad rap from the troubled AOL Time Warner merger, but the phenomenon is making steady progress. Matthew Buckland looks at some…

Why AI in Education Still Needs Human Teachers

Speed Tests, Mbps Myths, and the Real Truth About Your Internet Performance

Lenovo Accelerate 2025 champions Innovation

Why 3 Out of 4 South African SMEs Still Can’t Raise Capital

Huawei Cloud and Elenjical Solutions Partner to Accelerate Financial Digital Transformation in Africa

Mastercard and enza Join Forces to Supercharge Fintech Innovation in Africa

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

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves

JLR channels its Camel Trophy history