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TWR #130: SA Black Friday deals, Silicon Valley, Battlefront 2, and more

Welcome to The Weekly Roundup, where we discuss the latest in tech and startup news. This week, Hadlee Simons hosts Stephen Timm, Andy Walker,…

Funny Or Die hilariously mocks iPhone X with Silicon Valley snippets

You probably have your own opinions regarding Apple’s iPhone X, or what it claims to be the most advanced iPhone ever made. And make…

Naspers Ventures unit opens new offices in San Francisco

Naspers wants to become a Silicon Valley stalwart, and has subsequently set up new offices in San Francisco. The Cape Town-based media giant announced…

Uber basks in phenomenal SA growth

On-demand driving service Uber has seen phenomenal growth since launching in South Africa in 2013. The Silicon Valley startup has been taking the world by…

Google easter egg pays homage to Silicon Valley TV show

After yesterday’s Alphabet announcement, an umbrella group to all Google-owned companies, it began to emerge that the internet giant had hidden something in the…

Understanding the value of Bitcoin means finding the right balance

As Bitcoin stabilises below US$500 for the first time since its eye-popping run to over US$1 000 in November 2013, many crypto pundits are…

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…

How big tech companies keep journalists under their thumbs

David Weidner, a 15 year veteran reporter on the Wall Street beat, recently wrote an interesting article about the time he spent reporting on…

Would you run your startup from a boat docked off Silicon Valley?

This has the potential to be cool. Very cool. It’s a boat that will eventually float 12 miles (19.3km) off the coast of California…

What Scott Thompson’s fake CV teaches us about tech’s engineering cult

The discovery that Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson has been claiming to have a Computer Science degree for years, and did not correct statements that…

Konza Technology City: Does Kenya really need it?

Konza Technology City, better known simply as, “Konza City”, is a multi-billion dollar totem of Kenya’s vision of a “Silicon Savannah”, a hat tip…

Ford to open new Silicon Valley research centre by mid-year

Car manufacturers are slowly but surely morphing into technology companies and it’s not just upstart manufacturers like Tesla who are trying to piggyback on…

First American-Chinese startup incubator launches in Silicon Valley

A brand new incubator has opened up in Silicon Valley with the aim of fostering cross-border US-China startups. The facility will reportedly cover a…

The other Silicon Valleys [Infographic]

Silicon Valley is the tech epicentre, where venture capital firms churn out the “next big thing”. eBay, Google, Adobe, Apple, Hewlett-Packard and SanDisk all…

The next Silicon Valleys? How French, UK govts stimulate the startup scene

Governments are often seen as a nuisance in business, but this is a jaded view. Responsible and engaged governments are able to do amazing…

Steve Jobs: Being an asshole is okay when you’re a genius

He was adopted and resented the rejection by his birth parents, but abandoned a daughter of his own born out of wedlock. Steve Jobs…

Silicon Valley startups can’t rebuild US workforce

There has been a lot of discussion lately about US jobs and Silicon Valley’s role in helping to rebuild the US workforce. US government…

Four emerging market considerations for raising funds

Backing your case for investment often rests on making a strong case for why you will make money and beat others to opportunities. But…

A new era of leadership is dawning in Silicon Valley

With the recent departure of the foul-mouthed, gun-slinging Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz, the resignation of ex Google CEO Eric Schmidt and the stepping down…

The six types of startup…And what protects Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley veteran Steve Blank, writing in Xconomy, does a great job in describing six types of startups and how a clear understanding of…

Forget the rest of the world, Apple’s real future is in the BRICS

It’s strange how we all get caught up in the Silicon Valley (and Alley) hype. If a company’s product fails in the US, it…

China’s Innovation Watch attracts major investors

Innovation Works, a Chinese high-tech investment firm has secured major funding from a number of high profile tech companies for a startup incubation fund….

Why emerging markets need startup accelerators to produce gold

While I was living in Silicon Valley for a couple of months earlier this year, I had the opportunity to see how a number…

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