Facebook is no charity, and the 'free' in Free Basics comes at a price
Jan 11, 2016 06:49 am UTC| Technology
Who could possibly be against free internet access? This is the question that Mark Zuckerberg asks in a piece for the Times of India in which he claims Facebooks Free Basics service protects net neutrality. Free Basics...
Growing challenges are disrupting our old ways of getting around cities
Jan 11, 2016 04:10 am UTC| Technology
Cities are complex systems. One visible artery of the city is traffic the cluster of moving people and flowing goods and mobility is critical for a citys life. We should be concerned about voices pointing to disrupting...
What's up with Twitter, in fewer than 10,000 characters
Jan 11, 2016 03:58 am UTC| Technology
The internet erupted in outrage last week at reports that Twitter is poised to increase the limit for tweets from 140 to 10,000 characters. The first rumours of such a move emerged in the tech news website Re/code back...
Around the world in 80 payments – global moves to a cashless economy
Jan 08, 2016 14:46 pm UTC| Technology
Ever since computers were first introduced into the retail banking system in the late 1950s, there has been the vision of a future world where cash is obsolete. The near death of personal cheques, increase in debit and...
Lenovo, Google Collaborate On Project Tango; Smartphone Launch Likely This Summer
Jan 08, 2016 12:26 pm UTC| Technology
Lenovo announced on Thursday the development of the first consumer mobile device with Project Tango in collaboration with Google, at the CES 2016. Googles Project Tango is a depth-sensing camera setup that the tech giant...
Accenture Reveals 15 Entrepreneurs Chosen For 2016 FinTech Innovation Lab
Jan 08, 2016 10:17 am UTC| Technology
Accenture, a leading global professional services company, on Wednesday announced 15 startups that have been selected to participate in this years FinTech Innovation Lab London. The 2016 FinTech Innovation Lab London...
Netflix is everywhere (almost), so what does this mean for local media?
Jan 08, 2016 05:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, Reed Hastings, Netflix CEO, announced that Netflix will now be available in 130 new countries. This sees Netflix more than triple its global...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects