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When it comes to blockchain, caution should trump exuberance

While Blockchain technology is certainly worth investigating, company executives should not be fooled into thinking it is the panacea for all the potential use…

What you need to know about 2016’s biggest tech trends

Every year we see players in the business, technology and media space vying to outdo each other in predicting the digital trends that are…

Tech visionary Sean Parker talks Uber, the problems at Twitter and where he’s heading next

Sean Parker’s part in the evolution of today’s digital world can hardly be underestimated. From his early career where he lit a fire under…

Why IT should be focusing on delivering a great customer experience

A customer’s perception of an organisation is determined by the journey the customer undertakes, from consideration to requesting and ultimately using a product or…

Wikipedia iOS app gets update with 3D Touch, personalisation

Old players like Wikipedia are learning new tricks. Wikipedia today updated its Wikipedia iOS app and the 15-year-old fact-checking company is adding some nifty…

What do businesses need to do in 2016 to make the leap to digital?

The digital era is well and truly upon us, but it seems that many businesses are struggling to adapt to this change. Many businesses…

We can’t predict where tech will go next, only prep for the evolution

A decade ago, it would have been impossible to envisage exactly how the internet was to change the way we live, interact and operate….

These 5 South Africans have been shortlisted to go colonise Mars in 2024

South Africans Divashen Govender, Kobus Vermeulen, Adriana Marais, Edwin le Grange and Alexandra Doyle have been shortlisted as part of a group of 100…

Apple iWork, iCloud now available to everyone

Anyone with an Apple ID can now access productivity tools like Pages, Keynote and Numbers for iCloud, regardless of their device. This cross-pollination of…

Integration: the big tech trend businesses need to pay attention to in 2015

As 2015 kicks into high gear for business – there is one technology trend that is the holy grail of businesses looking to expand…

Upwardly mobile: the power of a united approach to African payment innovation

The growing use of banking services in South Africa is driven by a national rollout of social security debit cards and strong economic growth…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX finally launches DSCOVR satellite into deep orbit

Scanning through Elon Musk’s Twitter feed seems like something out of Interstellar‘s transcript with Matthew Mcconaughey rocketing through space, giving status updates as he…

Are South African companies underestimating the online security challenge posed by POPI

Although organisations accept that POPI is inevitable, many seem to be opting for a reactive as opposed to a pro-active approach when it comes…

I’m still standing, and other achievements with a DeskStand standing desk

Still standing? That’s the one question I’ve been asked most at my new job, not because I struggle with new pressures but rather because…

Should emerging markets take a different approach to battling online piracy?

In the West, the dominant issue touching all content creators, be it TV, movies, books or music, is how best to monetise products in…

5 powerful tech tools that can help you recruit the right people

Today’s recruiter has a range of powerful tools at his or her disposal to help make the recruitment process more efficient and cost-effective. From…

Google predicts massive growth in African ecommerce by 2017

Google South Africa is seeing considerable growth in Africa’s ecommerce space and expects 2015 to be another growth year. Luke Mckend, country director for…

Benefiting from the networked economy: he who connects wins

In this brave new world of the Networked Economy, one adage rings truer than ever: no company is an island. Mobile, cloud, social media…

Pargo’s pick up points hope to innovate South Africa’s growing ecommerce

Dutch founders Lars Veul and Derk Hoekert recently showcased their ecommerce solution called Pargo at the eCommerce Confex Africa. We caught up with them…

South African ecommerce won’t be a big force: here’s why

At each of the ecommerce conferences he’s attended over the last two decades the same lie was spread: ecommerce is booming. Massmart’s ecommerce executive Colin…

Disrupt and dismay: why Cape Town’s metered taxi operators are so upset with Uber

As always, popular car-hailing app Uber is rubbing some people up the wrong way. Over the past few weeks, the San Francisco tech company…

The internet of ‘we’: 5 digital trends that will impact your future

We live in the age of narcissism and social media’s only making it worse. That’s a fairly common sentiment among media pundits and one…

How can businesses protect themselves from cybercrime in 2015?

Last year was a difficult time for businesses when it came to cybercrime. In the US, organisations including Sony and eBay were compromised when…

Samsung Celebrated for Transformative Tech by Consumer Technology Association

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

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