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Best demo ever: skydivers and bikers test Google’s Project Glass [Video]

If there was an award for ‘the coolest product demo ever’, the guys at Google would be cooing over the trophy right about now….

Google announces 400-million Android devices, 20bn app downloads

There are now 400-million devices running Android and they’re downloading apps like crazy. That massive number was announced by Google senior vice president of…

Google easter egg celebrates gay pride

We’ve told you about the nifty tricks you can pull using Google’s various services. It’s latest may not be the most technically brilliant, but…

The people who break Google: 15 deadly SEO sins

There are a number of, what the industry calls, “black hat” SEO techniques that companies (and even some SEO Consultants) may be tempted to…

Google: Government take down requests on the up, even in Western democracies

Government requests to take down online content are on the rise, even in Western democracies not usually associated with censorship. That’s according Google’s latest…

Google turns up the heat on Hot Searches

Google has announced a series of updates to its Hot Search function in Google Trends. Hot Searches allows you to see a list of…

How SEO is breaking the web (and killing Google)

The web is in trouble. Big trouble. It’s not the first time. It was also in trouble in the mid ’90s. But then Google…

Stunning ‘experiment’ from Google and Arcade Fire showcases HTML5

There are some articles that you have to write because they are timely, relevant and newsworthy. And there are some you are compelled to…

Google buys Angstro and inches closer to launching social network

Memeburn has been reporting for some weeks now on the imminent unveiling of a new social network from Google, reportedly to be called Google…

Make cheap phone calls from your Gmail account

Gmail users have just received a completely new weapon to add to their arsenal of total communication: The ability to make cheap voice calls…

Is the Google-Verizon proposal really a threat to net neutrality?

The internet has been buzzing lately with talk of the threat to net neutrality posed by the proposal between Verizon and Google, which proposes…

Declining search quality: Is Google losing the battle?

Has Google lost the battle against the companies that game its system of ranking search results? It certainly seems that way from my anecdotal…

Samasource CEO on bridging the digital divide and creating a global meritocracy

While aid programs in developing countries are ubiquitous, precious few empower the people they’re trying to help on a sustainable, ongoing basis. One that…

Google Wave ends before it really began

Google announced yesterday that it was suspending all further development on Google Wave, the web app for real time communication and collaboration that everyone…

5 tips for getting the most out of your Facebook ad campaign

Facebook have made their advertising platform exceptionally easy to use. All you need is 135 characters of text (around 35 words), an image and…

5 reasons to use Facebook adverts instead of Google Adwords

For well over a decade Google’s iconic self-service advertising system has been connecting businesses to potential customers cheaply and efficiently (while generating billions of…

Facebook celebrates half-a-billion with half-arsed campaign

Facebook has just announced the mind-boggling achievement of 500-million active monthly users, placing it way out in front of all its rivals. It’s not…

Facebook showing real potential as a search engine

With the recent improvements to Facebook’s analytics via the new Insights Dashboard, I did a bit of research into the current search volume on Facebook…

Newspass: Why Google’s paywall plans may just work

Google has been quietly testing a new paywall system for publishers it is calling “Newspass”. According to Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Google has been…

Google throws weight behind new media in Africa

Google this year will bring four speakers and trainers to the influential pan-African journalism gathering, Highway Africa, to be held in Grahamstown at the…

Why are Google’s new services failing?

Google has had a long string of failures. It encourages its engineers to spend 20% of their time developing side projects but when those…

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

MTN MoMo’s R10-a-Day Smartphone Offer Aims to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Acer Rolls Out Student-Focused Tech in South Africa Ahead of New Term

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

Cape Town VC firm HAVAÍC secures $25m second close to power next wave of African tech startups

Binance Pay Unlocks Everyday Crypto Spending in South Africa

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel