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Ex UK intelligence chief wants spies to adapt digital ethics

Over the past few years, revelations from the likes of Wikileaks and Edward Snowden have shattered our image of the global intelligence community. Far…

4 ways real-time data is disrupting the way we do business

Real-time monitoring and experience tracking have become buzz words in the digital era. Ostensibly companies that have access to this type of data ultimately…

When choosing a cloud backup provider, it’s vital to ask the right questions

Data backup is a little like buying car insurance. You may never need to claim but it is statistically likely that you may have…

5 levels of ethical programming that determine how well smart machines will behave

People are going to have to get used to living and working alongside smart machines. With Gartner estimating that 1.1-billion connected things will be…

Phishing, exploits and botnets: how they can affect your business

More and more often companies — regardless of their size — are the targets of cybercriminals. The attacks usually end with sensitive information being stolen,…

Facebook introduces free payments on Messenger

Facebook has revealed that users can send money to other users using the Messenger app at no charge. Facebook Messenger payments will roll out…

5m people will use Bitcoin by 2019

While even people in the technology space might not entirely understand crypto-currency Bitcoin, you can’t ignore its rapid growth. It’s not about to slow…

What will it take to unearth Africa’s next great innovator?

Africa is full of innovators representing a potentially rich rewards for anyone willing to invest in them. Finding them hasn’t always been easy but,…

Cooking online: 8 resources to inspire your inner chef

Some people can cook, some can’t. Online cooking sites, as the crow flies, are plentiful. Doing a search on Google will provide you with…

Wireless charging: the tech’s here, standards are the new headache

You would once have had to be a nutty professor or James Bond to do the stuff that I am about to talk about….

Life under Google and lies on Twitter: 5 top stories you have to read

Google is greedy. Twitter lies. Colour is simple. Data is boring. Processing power is all that’s important. Well, maybe. This instalment of top tech…

MasterCard launches next gen touch screen bank card in Singapore

As part of a partnership with Singapore’s Standard Chartered Bank, MasterCard has launched its next generation interactive card, which features an embedded display and…

Microsoft develops software that lets you speak Mandarin in your own voice

If you’ve ever read The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, you no doubt remember the Bable fish. Well, Microsoft has posted a video that…

10 things your brand can learn from Obama’s re-election campaign

Having followed the Obama re-election campaign closely ever since the New Hampshire Primaries in January 2012, I have come to believe that there are…

Nate Silver: How a math geek used big data to predict the US elections

This year’s US elections saw statistician Nate Silver crunching numbers and spewing predictions guided by big data and smart algorithms — and the math…

Meeker files: Android is killing it, Zuckerberg is arrogant

Android is killing it. Google’s mobile OS is seeing adoption rates up to six times higher than those of iOS and it’s overtaken Windows…

Pedal power meets portable charging: introducing the PowerPac

An invention that stores human-generated energy generated during cycling for later use, for charging or providing power to household and personal electronic devices has…

Plotting Google glass and dying ereaders: 4 tech stories you have to read

We’ve probably all dreamed about waking up and putting on a pair of augmented reality glasses. But what should the team at Google include…

The challenges of ecommerce in Africa [Tech4Africa]

Building an ecommerce business in Africa is a markedly different process from other, more developed parts of the world as well as other emerging…

IBM taking a seriously big interest in Africa [Tech4Africa]

There are four key trends that are currently disrupting technology around the world says Tom Rosamilia, IBM’s head of global strategy. According to Rosamilia,…

Are smartphones turning people into workaholics?

Research in Britain has found that our all-encompassing magical devices are “doing us in” by adding an average of two hours work per day….

Smart glasses and wearable tech to be worth over $1.5bn by 2014

It’s not hard to see why Google’s project glass has received so much attention. Can you imagine living in an age where you don’t…

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

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

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV