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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…

Smart Villages launches energy challenge to address off-grid settlements

Smart Villages is inviting East African entrepreneurs to form teams and come up with imaginative ways of distributing and implementing new or existing energy…

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…

How efficiently is your business using its tech resources?

For most of us, it’s impossible to consider doing our work without the internal systems that communicate, organise and report on our efforts. Impossible…

Android rocks, iOS not so much: the 50 fastest growing online jobs right now

If you’re in Android developer chances are your services could soon be in high demand. The same is less true of iOS developers, although…

Online tracking: how you can reduce and stop being tracked

We’ve spoken about the tracking that happens in the background while you are surfing the web a couple of times this year. The most…

What hackers curing malaria, Lady Gaga and eyetests have in common

It’s not your normal conference that would present you with details on how computer hackers are ridding the world of malaria. I was lucky…

Vodafone set to launch global NFC-based mobile wallet

It seems that yet another company has decided to enter the mobile wallet game… this time, it’s telecommunications giant Vodafone. The group has reportedly…

Africa slow to adopt Windows 8

Analysts and Microsoft business have questioned whether Windows 8 could persuade African enterprises to switch over quickly or completely. Some companies have argued that…

Unfriendly Facebook and Apple’s PR machine: top stories you need to read

Ever thought that even though ereaders have supposedly “revolutionised” the publishing industry, an ebook on your Kindle looks pretty much the same as its…

MTN Clinches SA’s Best Network Title Again – Backed by Data and R14bn Infrastructure Push

Xiaomi’s “Screens for Change” Powers Township Esports With Purpose and Mandela’s Legacy

SAVCA 2025 Industry Awards Spotlight Africa’s Most Ambitious Private Capital-Backed Innovators

Ecentric and MoneyBadger Partner to Bring Bitcoin Payments to South African Retailers

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

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves