Data must be attacked, but by precision strike

The campaign to target the cost of data runs the risk of missing the point, that...

New gadgets don’t kill old media

South Africa cleaned up the awards at the Cannes advertising festival last month, but it failed...

AR now virtually everywhere

Augmented reality is going mainstream in South Africa, leaping out of everything from shop shelves and...

The phone that changes lives

It’s not going to take on the smartphone giants, but the new CAT phone is more...

Tablets, take two

The Africa launch of the new Samsung Galaxy tablet range and the South African unveiling of...

Moto Mods: towards the next big thing

Motorola, the name that kicked off the mobile revolution, arrives back in South Africa this week...

The gadget and the cloud

Is Apple’s iCloud a game-changer? No, it just moves the goalposts that Google, Microsoft and Amazon.com...

Welcome to world of 2099

The world of 2099 will be unrecognisable from the world of today, but it can be...

Solving the Case of the Grumpy Smartphone

We all wrestle with the frustration of love affairs with fresh new phones that end in...

Tracking where the wild dogs are

The wild dog is one of the most misunderstood wild animals, and one of the most...

Ultra-fast! Ultra-sleek! Ultra-cool!

As you get to grips with netbooks and tablets, along comes the Ultrabook. ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK slims...

The future of the book… and of reading

Many fear that the days of the printed book are numbered. In truth, it is not...

Big smartphone comebacks rich with heritage

This month, two iconic phone brands made their return to South Africa. ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK asks if...

Making money fit for the future

There is a problem with money – it now comes in many forms, but is not...

New SA broadband network: 4G, 5G and beyond

Out of the ruins of the old iBurst, a new high-speed broadband network is about to...

Virus wars!

The virus landscape today is unrecognisable from a decade ago. One company saw it coming, and...

Internet access in South Africa has many divides

The latest study on Internet access in South Africa reveals extensive fault lines across geography, race...

Spotify arrives to shake up SA music industry

The global leader in music streaming has arrived in South Africa, and is set to shake...

Fitbit takes wearables to their next step

The Fitbit story is a fascinating one, and is about to enter its next phase as...

Cables, cables, cables

Today, South Africa gets its fourth undersea cable connecting the country to the global Internet, when...