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YouTube to bring offline viewing to mobile apps

This is great news for anyone who’s a YouTube fiend but doesn’t have internet access at home. The video-sharing network has announced that it’ll…

Microsoft gives Bing a makeover, introduces contextual search

Microsoft seems pretty determined to make Bing work for it. The Redmond-based giant has given the search engine a makeover, including a new logo…

Microsoft pulls its iPhone parody ads

A good parody is difficult to pull off and Microsoft has pretty much admitted it got it wrong with its latest efforts taking on…

Microsoft’s Nokia, Galaxy Gear, Yahoo!’s meh logo: #StuffToKnow on the web

It’s been a pretty big week in tech: Microsoft bought Nokia for US$7.2-billion in a bid to increase its tiny slice of the global…

Microsoft’s Nokia buyout bound to be a massive boost to Elop’s CEO chances

Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed in an interview with The Seattle Times that Stephen Elop is not only on the shortlist for the…

Check out this clever online Snake game celebrating the Microsoft Nokia deal

If you didn’t buy Microsoft’s multitude of reasons for buying Nokia, don’t worry, you’re not alone. UK based digital agency Webtise has its own…

Microsoft’s Nokia purchase will change the technology landscape and its own future

Microsoft has announced that it intends to buy Nokia’s devices and services business for €5.4-billion. In one fell swoop Microsoft has reshaped the technology…

The wrapping comes off Microsoft’s WP7

Microsoft unveiled a new mobile phone operating system on Monday as it seeks to regain ground lost to the iPhone, Blackberry and devices powered…

D-Day as Microsoft unveils its flagship smartphone

Exactly one month ago, the employees at Microsoft’s Redmond HQ threw a funeral procession cum party celebrating the demise of the iPhone and the…

Microsoft pinning mobile hopes on new operating system

Microsoft unveils a new mobile phone operating system on Monday in what is being seen as a potentially make-or-break effort by the US software…

Internet Explorer 9 to ‘unlock beauty of web’

Microsoft has unveiled what it is calling its “fastest, safest” internet browser yet, saying Internet Explorer 9 will redefine the way ordinary consumers interact…

Microsoft bigwig to headline Durban tech conference

Sun, sea — and a hall filled with 2 500 technology geeks. That was the deal clincher for Microsoft’s chief technology officer (CTO) of…

X-Box Live and Kinect available in SA from November

After years of waiting, X-Box Live will be available to South African gamers in November, just in time for the Christmas shopping rush, according…

Kagiso Media to run MSN South Africa

Microsoft and listed media house Kagiso Media have signed a deal which will see Kagiso Media take over the running of Microsoft’s MSN portal,…

Launch: Office 2010 gets social

At the launch of Office 2010 local Microsoft execs demonstrated how the company’s flagship email application has become more social, and how Excel and…

A vision of 2019: Interface eye candy

It’s a vision of the future from Microsoft Office Labs. If you’re into interfaces and devices — and how they may look in the…

The mobile trap

Much has been written on how big the mobile audience is, and how it offers an opportunity to appeal to a mass audience. Even…

Web predictions for the new year

We may be in the throes of a global financial crisis, but that doesn’t mean we won’t see innovation on the web. In fact,…

Help Firefox set a world record

Firefox is a brilliant browser. It’s also fast. I discarded Internet Explorer (IE) about two years ago. It wasn’t an ideological decision, I wasn’t…

Powering your site: Technology choices

Making the wrong technology choice can cripple your online business. It can mean expensive maintenance and development costs down the line. It could mean…

Samsung Celebrated for Transformative Tech by Consumer Technology Association

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

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

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

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