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Take a gorgeous tour of China’s Lantern Festival with Google Street View

The Google Street View team recently sent its cameras into a few major tourist spots in China to get a 360-degree view of the…

Those nostalgic Facebook ‘a look back’ videos were shared over 100m times

We know that Facebook’s personalised “A Look Back” video tool has been pretty popular. Even Facebook though must have been a little surprised when…

Towards a properly measurable industry: the state of digital [IAB]

The DMMA, a voluntary non-profit body which represents the interests of the South African digital industry recently rebranded as the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)…

Naspers company attacks Google over international tax practices

Google is once again under fire for its international tax practices. This time though, the flak isn’t coming from an international government, but South…

Google vs Russia, Facebook timetravel and Ballmer on the curb: #StuffToKnow this week

It’s been kind of a needly week online. Google’s decided to take on Russia in winter at the same time as science has been…

Sorry folks, Google won’t own any Lenovo shares until the Motorola deal goes through

You may have read one or two stories circulating today about Google buying shares in Chinese tech giant Lenovo. Thing is, that’s not really…

Google’s Winter Olympics doodle protests Russian anti-gay laws

Go onto the Google homepage today and you’ll see a doodle marking the start of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. That’s not really…

The importance of the ‘long tail’ in SEM campaigns

At a recent digital marketing conference I attended, I heard one speaker talk about the irrelevancy of the ‘long tail’ and how concentrating on…

How will Google+ make money?

Google+ is clearly Google’s most successful foray into the social web thus far, and it looks set to get a lot of usage. One…

Facebook add Skype video chat feature

Facebook has added a Skype video calling feature in the face of a direct challenge from Google in the social networking arena. “We think…

What should Google be doing in Africa?

Google has done what few other tech companies have done on this continent. Having 54 countries to scale across isn’t easy. However, in a…

Google realtime given the boot following expiry of Twitter deal

If you’ve gotten used to receiving real-time updates from the likes of Facebook, Twitter and Quora in your Google search results, you’re going to…

Google Engage to launch in SA

Google has just announced the launch of Google Engage, a new partner programme to support South African web professionals who provide services to SMBs….

Is internet censorship out of control?

Internet censorship is rife and seems to be getting worse. This month, Reporters Without Borders ran an article about bloggers and human rights activists…

Google in early talks to buy Hulu

Google has entered preliminary talks to acquire the online video site Hulu, the LA Times reported on its website Friday, citing anonymous “sources familiar…

5 things to consider when building a team vested in your success

People matter to organisations. While we may get a headache from those who overplay the importance of relationships against the basics of operations and…

Google Places combined with SEO can help your business

Until recently, having an organic website rank in Google results with mapping was an easy feat if you knew what you were doing. The…

Google News: Four-billion monthly clicks, and counting [Q&A]

It’s not easy to run an online content business in an age where everyone is a publisher. Everyone is doing it and there’s never…

Sayonara IE7… or is it?

At the beginning of the month, Google announced that it was phasing out support for older web browsers like Internet Explorer 7(IE7) for any…

Opera Mini Helps South Africans Stay on Top of Every Game

High End Devices Unlock Superior Mobile Experiences in South Africa

South Africa Sees 77% Surge in Demand for AI Skills

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel