ABC of buying a laptop for your kids
These days, a paper based A4 notebook for your child at school is so out of fashion. What he or she needs is a laptop, but which one do you choose? NTOMBEZINHLE MODISELLE of Intel provides some advice.
Click here to read more...Beware the iPad 3 scam
Symantec has issued a warning about an iPad 3 scam doing the rounds on the Internet. This scam, it says comes in the form of an e-mail from Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, saying that Facebook has teamed up with Apple for a one-time promotion, promising a free iPad 3.
Click here to read more...How to properly integrate social media into your business
Just about any organisation can integrate social media into its business. But, you need a clear roadmap and you need to make full use of the resources available to you. RICHARD MULLINS of Acceleration outlines an eight-step plan to help you along the journey.
Click here to read more...Macworld: Apple headphones for kids
Kidz Gear has announced that its line of Wired Headphones for Kids has been expanded to include a new Apple version, designed specifically for the iPod, iPhone and iPad – the Kidz Gear Apple Wired Headphones for Kids.
Click here to read more...Macworld: New lenses for the iPhone
At Macworld, lens-maker, Schneider Optics has announced the addition of the new 2X Tele lens for its new iPro Lens System that enables professional quality photographic still and video imagery with the iPhone 4 and 4S.
Click here to read more...Nokia Lumia arrives in SA
The first two Nokia smartphones based on Windows Phone were launched in South Africa last night, and will be in store from 7 February.
Click here to read more...Spam declines, targeted threats up
In 2010, cybercrime took a turning point, spam levels declined and this trend continued throughout 2011. According to Cisco's Annual Security Report, this trend was explained by the takedown of numerous botnet networks, even though the number of smaller, more focused attacks was on the increase.
Click here to read more...Hi-tech heritage for P-E
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality, in conjunction with Aspire Solutions has started creating a map-based online register, including photography, location and rating of every heritage building in Port Elizabeth.
Click here to read more...Macworld: Garmin to showcase new iOS app features
Garmin has announced that it will showcase its newest iOS application features at this year's Macworld. Among the newest features, Garmin will demo social search and check-in capabilities for the StreetPilot on Demand navigation app as well as as new functions for the Tracker app that allows users to share links to a live tracking map.
Click here to read more...Macworld: Dragon speaks to the iPad
Nuance Communications has announced a new version of the Dragon PaperPort Notes app for the iPad, for the first time letting people create notes simply by speaking.
Click here to read more...A bumper season for eBucks
Despite slow to steady retail sales forecasts for the 2011 festive season, eBucks saw the highest activity ever recorded, with members spending R140 million between October and December 2011, a growth of 60% on 2010.
Click here to read more...Apple blasts through sales records
Apple yesterday announced record sales of iPhones, iPads and Macs, with only iPods declining in sales. And lurking beneath the results was a new trend: international sales now dominate.
Click here to read more...Smartphones need smart marketing
Almost half (46%) of mobile phone users that have not already bought a smartphone do not feel they have the motivation to upgrade, according to new research published by global consulting and research firm - Analysys Mason.
Click here to read more...Brand trends for 2012
2011 was the year of rebellions and revolutions, most of it made possible by new generation communication channels and tools. And then, writes Idea Engineers partner JANICE SPARK, there was the branding revolution...
Click here to read more...3D for the desktop
Platinum Micro has introduced a new 23-inch 3D desktop monitor from AOC. The monitor connects to most computers via HDMI and also includes a speaker.
Click here to read more...Disney gets 12 Oscar nominations
The Walt Disney Company Africa has announce that it has acquired a combined 12 Academy Award nominations.
Click here to read more...MTN Business pumps up data centre
MTN Business has completed one of the largest live infrastructure enhancement projects in the Southern Hemisphere at its Gallo Manor data centre, as it aggressively expand its Managed Cloud services.
Click here to read more...Ultrabook sales triple that of tablets
A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that shipments of Ultrabooks will grow at three times the rate of tablets over the next five years. However, tablets volume will remain higher, with 253 million shipped in 2016, compared with 178 million Ultrabooks.
Click here to read more...Chew the fat with Toshiba tablet
The AT100-100 is Toshiba’s latest attempt at breaking into the tablet market. SEAN BACHER puts it through the Gadget Ten Question User Test and comes up with an uncomfortable word – in tablets and elsewhere: fat.
Click here to read more...Six green stars for Vodafone building
Today, Vodacom unveiled the completed Vodafone Site Solutions Innovation Centre, the first ever 6-star Green Star SA rated building in South Africa.
Click here to read more...Tablet sales to hit 99.3 million this year
Investment Bank, JP Morgan estimates that tablet sales will rise to 99.3 million this year. This, coupled with the increasing sales of smartphones will result in service providers, enterprises and public sector organisations adopting Wi-Fi to cater for the wireless demand.
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