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Forecast for 2030: connected with a chance of smart

Facebook, YouTube, the iPhone, Twitter, Uber and Instagram. These are all things that didn’t exist at the turn of the millennium. Which was only…

Your personal information probably isn’t as private as you think

You’re watching your son play a school soccer match. Your camera is ready when he scores the winning goal, taking his team to victory….

The challenges & benefits of hybrid cloud migration

n the quest to remain competitive within the market, businesses are introducing more and more innovative applications to improve processes and efficiency. However, maintaining…

Is our addiction to technology making us lazy or slowly transforming us into better people?

It’s a busy Friday night in October 2000. A time before budget airlines, mobile apps, smartphones and the Gautrain. I’m rushing to Johannesburg International…

Geeky TV shows, wearable, and tech trends: 5 Memeburn posts you loved this week

Fans of the show Shameless will be familiar with its cold intro, berating viewers for missing the previous week’s episode. We’re not like that….

Are we really about to enter the post-app era?

You don’t need me to tell you how important apps are. They might not, as Apple claims, be more important as the Industrial Revolution,…

‘Because the CEO said so’ and 9 other cloud myths to avoid

Cloud, schmoud, right? If you’ve been nodding your head sagely anytime the cloud comes up, while quietly thinking to yourself “what does cloud even…

Big Data is changing the future of insight: here’s how

An impressive collection of unusual experts on Big Data were brought together by (and from) the Future Foundation today for their first London conference…

Edward Snowden: we all need to fight government surveillance [SXSW]

In a rare appearance, and via Google Hangout from Russia where he has been granted political asylum, Edward Snowden urged thousands of tech enthusiasts…

Show off your work: Austin Kleon on not hiding your talents [SXSW]

The first of the keynotes kicked off SXSW 2014 with a speaker who once attended many a Southby sitting in the back, drawing illustrations…

Looking for an IT manager? Don’t go chasing unicorns

Unicorns exist — or do they? It seems as if many medium-sized organisations do think so, looking at their list of expectations versus what…

Two sides of the same coin: does Mt. Gox reflect a broken Bitcoin industry?

Now that Mt. Gox, once the largest cryptocurrency exchange, has collapsed, skeptics have seen fit to throw punches at the Bitcoin currency — but…

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Ah, the Oscars. The latest Academy Awards show was a spectacle filled with pizza, celeb selfies and the return of Pharrell’s mega hat —…

Why Biometrics is actually a simple, secure solution to a massive tech problem

Biometrics is shifting into the consumer space and being readily accepted by users because the industry has started to dispel the myths and deliver…

10 pieces of consumer tech that have transformed PR over the past decade

While we may not yet have the hover boards, flying cars and self-lacing shoes promised in 80s cult movie Back To The Future, the…

Looking for a lean-forward TED you can actually use? Check out Rewire London

Seven March sees the second Rewire London hosted at the Google Campus in the heart of the UK capital’s Tech City and it promises…

5 business archetypes to take note of [pt 4]: the archaeologist

In the fourth of her series of articles on business archetypes everyone needs to start paying attention to over the next few years, Megan…

The reason tech salaries are on the rise in 2014? Demand’s outstripping supply

The year 2014 marks the fifth year since the global recession was officially recognised by the IMF, although technically this economically restrictive period started…

CodeCombat: this game teaches you to code while fighting ogres

Always wanted to learn how to code but can’t face sitting through a lecture or an online course? How about playing a game? CodeCombat…

5 business archetypes to take note of [pt 3]: the no-ager

In the third of her series of articles on business archetypes everyone needs to start paying attention to over the next few years, Megan…

3 online scams that could break your heart this Valentine’s Day

February 14th is a day for love: couples celebrate their love and singles mingle. Regardless of which category you fall under, you’ll likely use…

Huawei’s All-Optical smart-home showcase unleashes a new era of home connectivity in Africa

Broadband Africa Forum 2024

Applications for the 2025 Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship are open

Africa’s AI Revolution: Reclaiming the Digital Narrative

South Africa’s Deskless Workers: A Workforce Under Strain

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

What is Northvolt worth for German car companies?

Jaguar rebranding creative is crazy – good?

German luxury cars require a rethink for China