Acer Africa has launched a refreshed portfolio of devices aimed at South African students, just in time for the new academic cycle. Designed for…
Jaron Lanier believes the internet is making us poor
Jaron Lanier understands the internet as well as anyone on Earth. He did, after all, help build it. Over the past thirty years, Lanier has…
Afrikaans music extravaganza, Skouspel, upset by tweeting rappers
Two Afrikaans rappers, Jack Parow and Snotkop have upset the organisers of Skouspel, Afrikaans music’s biggest festival, with their Twitter updates. Traditionally, the lineup…
Pigspotter is dead. Long live pigspotting!
The vicious dragnet of the South African police force is closing in on @pigspotter, trapping him in a vice-like grip from which there is…
Crowdsourcing: Cash in on the collective
I’m not a geek. I’m a geek-stalker. I like what digital is doing to the world. I don’t really understand it. But I like…