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JJ Abrams is giving you the opportunity to be in the next ‘Star Wars’ movie

Always wondered what it must be like to be behind the scenes on a mega sci-fi movie watching aliens go by? You may have…

Julian Assange: Bitcoin could establish a new global consensus [Net Prophet]

“Bitcoin is the most intellectually interesting development in the last two years,” said Julian Assange via a WeChat Livestream at Net Prophet — the…

The future of online shopping: customer control and offline [Net Prophet]

“A new retail is emerging — it is consumer driven and tech-enabled,” says Jody Ford, VP of eBay Marketplaces. As our world keeps evolving…

Here’s why you need to recognise the strategic value of your IT team

This is the second article (the first was merely an introduction) in this series towards pulling together the facets of your Information Technology architecture…

What happens when biology, data and our brains meet? [#ChinwagPsych14]

A feisty crowd of 200 behavioural psychologists, analysts, researchers and agency folk poured into the annual Chinwag Psych London this morning to hear the…

The future of wearables: nail art, expressive hats and a smoke machine

When I walk around this show (Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair) and talk to the young geniuses that Intel has brought together, it…

11 lessons on innovation from Nobel laureates [#IntelIsef]

The modern world is about how innovations and technologies can make our lives easier. As a society we keep finding ways to disrupt our…

Is the Semantic Web just a dream?

While we all continue to talk up the benefits of Web 2.0 and all that it brings, there are a number of companies and…

Mind your Google language

While we carry on in our Anglophone world, assuming that English is the general lingua franca of the world wide web, it’s worth pointing…

20 hot Nigerian startups to watch

As we gradually approach the end of the first half of 2010, we are expecting to see more web 2.0 innovations and mobile-based platforms…

Can SA expect a boom in ecommerce?

The ecommerce landscape in South Africa has historically been hampered by slow and expensive Internet access, but things are beginning to change for the…

Web forms: Get them right and make more money

A web form is like a solid wall between you and your customer. The customer wants to buy your product. You want to sell…

When will a search engine understand like a human?

The blank search box is often a starting point for our journeys into the web. We search when we think it will be the…

Not all traffic is created equal – a guide to ecommerce

While recently preparing a report on the annual traffic to a large corporate website, I had many opportunities to pause and reflect on the…

3 things ISPs need to learn from petrol stations

Recently, I wrote a post about Koos Bekker and MWEB’s decisive masterstroke over South African Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and this post is meant…

The end of the website

Having been involved in this industry for a very long time, I have the benefit of a long and wide perspective of the business…

Open is the new black

Open is a paradigm shift about how society is organised around simple rules that enable distributed co-operation, which breeds innovation and creates value. Open…

5 tips about the e-commerce gold rush

It’s a brave world out there for the intrepid that roll the dice in the hopes of cashing in on the ecommerce 2.0 goldmine….

Why PayPal sucks and Kwedit doesn’t

One of the biggest factors, apart from bandwidth and audience size, that’s restricting the development of the internet and the emergence of startups in…

Open Calais joins DocumentCloud initiative

Thomson Reuters today announced that it has joined forces with two dozen world-leading publishers on the DocumentCloud initiative. Funded by the John S. and…

South Africa’s Cyber Shield Weakens: 70% of Firms Lack Basic Security Awareness

Your Couch is About to Become a Stadium: TCL’s QD-Mini LED Arrives in SA

TikTok Tightens the Reins: New Parental Controls and Digital Well-Being Tools Rolled Out

AI in Recruitment: How Blue Pearl is Transforming Hiring for Modern Businesses

enza Secures $6.75M Seed Funding to Revolutionize African Payments

MGX’s $2 billion investment in Binance marks historic institutional backing

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

Also is Rivian’s e-bike and tiny EV future

Ranger 3.0 V6 Platinum double cab review

G63 AMG is a better build with Grabber AT3s