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BlackBerry, HTC squeezed tightest in consolidating mobile market

Announcements by BlackBerry and HTC show the two companies are feeling the pressure and are likely to be increasingly marginalised into the future as…

Ireland re-examines its status as tech tax haven

Over the past few years Ireland’s managed to attract serious investment from international companies, especially in the tech sector, thanks to its relaxed tax…

Change, loudness and incomplete strategies: how to survive (and thrive) in a digital agency

A digital agency is a dynamic, fast-paced and frequently exhausting environment. Here, slick suits work alongside casual creatives — all meeting under one roof…

Aussie Google employee asks for a monorail, Google buys monorail cars

When you’ve got as much money as Google, you can afford to occasionally look at requests put in by your employees (even the joke…

Is Google’s anti-aging startup all about keeping its employees on forever?

Fortune Senior Editor Dan Primack recently returned from a visit to Silicon Valley and he reports new details on the Calico Google venture that…

Senior Google engineer: building innovative products requires team work

When building technologies that can change the course of history and reshape mankind, team work is pretty important. In a place like Google, where…

RIP: app discovery on iTunes and Google Play is dead

When last did you browse an app store? As the iTunes App Store hurtles towards 1 million apps, with Google Play passing this number…

China’s top internet portal drops Google for own technology

Sina, China’s largest internet portal, said Tuesday it has replaced Google‘s search service on its websites with its own technology. A move that further…

Twitter’s future with third party apps

February’s shutdown of three UberMedia owned Twitter platforms, most famously UberTwitter now named UberSocial, for “Terms of Service violations,” was seen by many as…

Six ways companies cash in on Facebook ads

We have all seen them, but how many of us have made good use of Facebook ads? The major selling point on a network…

Quick hits around the African tech scene

There’s a lot happening in and around the African tech scene. Take a look at some of the most important developments. Umbono: Google’s South…

Cars get connected with onboard internet access

A few months ago we published a story about innovations in the world of automobile from the North America International Auto show. We also…

Are the days of curation numbered?

It’s clear that the interest of internet users can be very fickle indeed. Sites and services can have sudden boosts of popularity and then…

Think Quarterly: Google’s new online magazine

“In a world of accelerating change, we all need time to reflect,” says Google about its online quarterly publication, Think Quarterly. Launched out of…

Yahoo! speeds search queries with Search Direct

Yahoo! has began a US only beta testing of a search feature that displays answers to queries and links to websites as people type…

Tips on adjusting to Google’s Panda algorithm change

Google scared a lot of web masters when it unleashed the Panda, an update that made a massive impact on the web. A full…

Apple files suit following Amazon’s ‘App Store’ launch

On Tuesday Amazon began offering applications for mobile devices running Google‘s Android software from its App store despite Apple‘s attempt to stop it using…

Umbono: Google launches new African tech incubator

Google has chosen Cape Town as a pilot for a new technology incubator called Umbono which aims to bring together seed capital, Google mentorship,…

8 venture capital sources for your startup

Raising funds in emerging markets may not be a walk in the park, but the process has become easier. Though some have complained the…

Hoaxes and revolutions: Twitter’s fifth anniversary

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the very first Twitter update by Jack Dorsey (@Jack), co-founder of the mircologging site. On the 21st of…

Apps vs. The web: A big debate

Not long ago, the ‘apps vs. the web’ debate only really made sense in the context of mobile. Now, at the initiative of companies…

Chrome and Groupon scoop big awards at South By Southwest

Google’s Chrome Web browser which backs a music and imagery website browser won top honours at a South By Southwest Interactive (SXSW). The Wilderness…

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