Web development

6 top SCRUM tips for wannabe agilists

It is always delightful to find and work with high performance teams. In one of our recent business endeavors, I met an exceptional web…

HTML5 gets its final stamp of approval

It’s been a long, hard, winding road for HTML5 but the development language finally has an official stamp of approval. The World Wide Web…

Things will never be the same: the shifting role of the developer

Today’s competitive business landscape is calling for a shift in the role of the software developer as we currently understand it. Increasingly, businesses are…

Personalisation should always be the number one goal in all your digital marketing efforts

In a 2013 SAP-sponsored, Forrester thought leadership paper “Delivering New Levels Of Personalization In Consumer Engagement”, it was stated that: “Personalisation will enable firms…

Business at the heart of the arts: what we can all learn from the new National Arts Festival site

Just like the National Arts Festival itself, the new festival website has plenty of colour and personality. The site got a much-needed makeover just…

4 reasons why you should find your next designer in South Africa

Thanks to technologies like email, Skype and Google Docs, offshore outsourcing is easier than ever before. Owing to the ubiquity of sophisticated communications technology,…

Screw rich media, I just want to read

There seems to be an assumption among a lot of websites nowadays that their content has to fill of “rich media”. I’m talking about…

WordPress. Joomla. Drupal. Yawn. 25+ powerful CMSes for hipsters

It’s estimated that WordPress, Joomla and Drupal combined, constitute roughly 70% of the CMS market. Probably for good reason too. All three are highly…

Getting to know you — how internet security is changing

In my predictions for security in 2012, I pointed out that hand-in-hand with an increase in governmental control over the internet will come a…

Five ways to decide if HTML5 is for you

They say that the only certainties in life are tax and death. Nowadays there seems to be a third: you need to mobilise your…

Is HTML 5 the olive branch for the Open Web?

The web is in a state of transition where the experience and more so, the language of the web is receiving a makeover. This…

Four ways to improve security on your WordPress site

In recent months, the web world was hit with a code exploit that affected many users across various web development platforms, from custom systems…

A new path to internet privacy: Breaking the SSL addiction

Last week, I wrote an article titled Is it time to rethink SSL?, where I pointed out that SSL’s reliance on Certificate Authorities is…

How a flexible and scalable website is key to prolonged success [WordCamp]

The combination of scalability and flexibility is becoming more and more prevalent, encouraging a single web presence that is not only ubiquitous but adaptable…

Is it time to rethink SSL?

The recent attack on the lesser-known certificate authority known as DigiNotar, and previously on Comodo, has security experts pondering the future of certificate-based encryption…

Ignore the URL at your peril

In the online world, the URL is ever-present. It is the digital home of businesses large and small, the currency of social exchange, the…

How Microsoft is changing version control for images

If you’re used to working with version control systems like CVS, Subversion or Git in order to keep track of changes to your code,…

Online behaviour tracking and the erosion of your privacy

Marketing and media companies are always looking for innovative ways to gauge consumer behaviour and activity online. It affects how accurately they’re able to…

How HTML5 follows in the footsteps of Java’s proven WORA

Java was released by Sun Microsystems back in 1996. As a new programming language, it entered a space long dominated by the likes of…

Lulzsec and Anonymous: Showing us that internet security is a joke

If you’re a bit slow off the mark, you may be wondering who ‘Louise Boat’ is. LulzSec and Anonymous have been topping all of…

Winners and losers in cloud computing and what your business gains

The buzz around cloud computing has been around for a while now, and it doesn’t seem like the frenzy around this new phenomenon will…

Flashplayer 11 brings native 64-bit support to Linux… and more

Adobe has announced that it was making available its first beta of Flash Player 11, and whereas with new updates being released almost as…

3rd party comments: Which system is best for your website?

Putting the functionality in place for users to comment on your content is key to building relationships with your readers. Getting them to engage…

How VR Meditation Apps Like Realms of Flow and Others Are Redefining Our Connection with Reality

How forex trading is transforming startup investment strategies

How One Energy Project Could Reshape Climate Action

South Africa’s online grocery boom signals digital shift

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

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Vivo update – a big safety gain

Review: Range Rover Evoque P300e Dynamic HSE