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    • Tech Report – Apps To Keep You Calm And Chill You Out [VIDEO]

      04 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      If you’re struggling to unwind, maybe its time you realigned your chakras. And your smart phone can help you do just that. Check it out!

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    • Tech Report – How To Book A Hotel Online, And Always Get The Lowest Price [VIDEO]

      28 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Last week’s episode of eNCA’s Tech Report featured our insert on Tingo.com, TripAdvisor’s latest offering in foolproof online hotel booking. More often than not, hotel’s drop their room rates after you’ve made your booking, in an effort to meet booking quotas for calendar months. The result is that you’ll be punished for being organised and […]

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    • Prepare For Jealousy – Top 10 Google Employee Perks

      07 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      Unless you’re reading this from Google. In which case, welcome. You lucky SOB. It’s no secret that careers at Google are the most sought after in the tech industry. And that’s not all that surprising, given, “the array of benefits of perks aim to ensure that Googlers remain happy and healthy in all aspects of their lives.” […]

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    • Step Aside Silicon Valley – Ghana Plans To Build Africa’s IT Hub

      05 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments

      Ghana’s President, John Mahama has launched the Hope Project. The project aims to build an IT university near the capital of Accra within three years, at an estimated cost of R91 billion, including a residential area, a hospital and social and sports amenities. The university will be built on empty land and house Africa’s tallest building at […]

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    • The Computer Of The Future Fits On Your Forearm [VIDEO]

      28 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Oh boy. Oh boy, just breathe. A new armband uses the electrical activity in your muscles to let you wirelessly control digital devices. The new Myo wristband runs on electromyography techniques. Electric pulses that surge throughout your body when you move your muscles are sensed by the Myo, which sends corresponding commands to linked devices. Thalmic Labs co-founder […]

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    • Thanks, Science – New Technology Allows Patients To Grow Their Own Hips

      11 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      British scientists are working on a new type of prosthetic material that could allow you grow your own hip, in the event that the one your mother gave you no longer works. This technology could be available within the next 10 years. Patient implants would be made from a revolutionary type of plastic material which […]

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    • US Military’s Headless Robotic Mule Responds To Voice Commands [VIDEO]

      20 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      The Pentagon’s blue-sky researchers recently took an upgraded LS3 (Legged Squad Support System) robot out on a walk through the woods and hills of Fort Pickett, Virginia. This was the first test conducted on the LS3 after bolstering the autonomy functions for this R459m project – now in its fifth year.

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    • Which Celebrities Were Also The Biggest Technology Investors Of 2012?

      18 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Business Insider has compiled a list of this year’s celebrities who also invested the most money into technology. First up is Black Eyed Peas member, Will.i.Am (pictured above). He has become the latest celebrity to release his own brand of technology products – with a range of iPhone accessories to also go on sale later this month. His consumer electronics and app venture, foto.sosho, is the world’s first digital camera and app combination for the iPhone 4s and iPhone. It purpose is to transform the iPhone into a 14 megapixel camera!

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    • Business Insider’s Top Ten Tech Accessories Of 2012

      12 Dec 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Merry Christmas, little chickens. If you’re still stumped for Christmas presents, here’s a good start. Presenting Business Insider’s Top 10 tech accessories of 2012, in no particular order. Parrot Zik Headphones. Apparently the world’s best.   Nest 2.0 is a smart thermostat that autonatically regulates the temperature of your house.   The Wicked Laser. Protector […]

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    • Stellenbosch University Gives Companies Free Access To Its Research

      03 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      In a bold move that is the is the first of its kind in the country, Stellenbosch University is making its intellectual property and research findings available to companies and firms, for free.

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    • Sweet Potato: Planet Friendly Durable And Protective Laptop And Tablet Sleeves

      27 Sep 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments

      Sweet Potato is a young Cape Town startup company that is making planet friendly, durable and protective laptop and tablet sleeves from recycled hessian Global Coffee bags.

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    • The Final Countdown To The Digital Edge Live Show: Cape Town, 4 October 2012

      27 Sep 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments

      On October 4th, the Digital Edge Live Show – National Assembly 2012 – will take place at the Cape Town City Hall. You can look forward to the likes of top local and international speakers telling it how it is on all things digital marketing.

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    • Don’t Miss The Digital Edge Live Show In Cape Town On 4 October 2012

      29 Aug 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments

      Native and Living Your Brand would like to invite comrades and adversaries to the 4th annual Digital Edge Live Show – National Assembly – a thrilling four hour debate taking place at Cape Town’s City Hall on October 4th 2012.

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    • A Day In The Life Of Elon Musk, South Africa’s Greatest Entrepreneurial Export

      25 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      Elon Musk has been called the “most inspiring entrepreneur in the world right now”, and it’s not hard to see why when one considers what he does. Click through for a look at what Elon’s average day is like.

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    • A Computer Worm May Be Causing Iranian Nuclear Facilities to Blast AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’ At Night

      24 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      It’s the dead of the night, you’re the last person in the high-tech computer lab frantically working on that bit of code that will bring about world peace, resurrect unicorns and cure all terminal illnesses with single click when suddenly every computer around you blasts the same tune, AAAAhaaaAAAAhaaaAA…Thunder! No, this is not the opening of an epic short story, it’s just another night at Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization.

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    • From Frankenstein With Love: Harvard Scientists Build Jellyfish From Scratch

      23 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      This is just plain unbelievable. A group of researchers at Harvard, in a study towards building the first artificial human heart, have created their own creature. Similar to a jellyfish, they’ve created a Medusoid – a hybrid “pseudo-organism” made from the cells of a rat’s heart and a special polymer film.

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    • Amazing Footage – Software Turns Dance Into Music [VIDEO]

      23 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      What do you get when you combine motion capture, Microsoft Kinect cameras, a choreographed performance and Ableton Live? A pretty unique music experience, where the music is created by the actual movement of the performer on stage.

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    • Google Launches SMS Version Of Gmail In Africa

      20 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      Google has launched a text message-based version of its email service targeted at users in Africa. So far, the service has been made available in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya.

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    • Leaked Images Show iPad Was Prototyped Eight Years Ago [PICS]

      19 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments

      Fanboys always claim that Apple is basically giving us technology from the future. And if these leaked images are anything to go by, they might not be too far off. The photos show that while the iPad was only officially released in 2010, the tablet was already knocking around Apple HQ as long ago as 2002!

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    • Google Now, Because Siri Is Too Mainstream [VIDEO]

      03 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Hipsters take note, there is a new smartphone personal assistant on its way: Google Now. It’s a search-centric, voice-powered digital assistant for the upcoming version of Android that launches mid-July.

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    • Trailer For Sundance Hit ‘Robot And Frank’ [VIDEO]

      26 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      ‘Robot and Frank’ stars Frank Langella as an old man forging an unlikely bond with his Peter Sarsgaard-voiced robot butler, which starts off as an odd-couple comedy and then turns into a heist film, because Langella used to be a jewel thief. It looks pretty great, and they loved it at Sundance. Take a look.

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    • Google Creates A Computer that Learns (About Cats)

      26 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments

      The internet is obsessed with cats. Completely and utterly obsessed. In Google’s secretive X labratory, scientists have developed one of the largest neural networks for machine learning by connecting 16,000 computer processors. What did it do? Watched Youtube, and worked out what a cat is.

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    • Microsoft’s Brand New Tablet Fails On Its Debut [VIDEO]

      21 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments

      A few days ago Microsoft unveiled what many are calling its “iPad killer”, the brand new Surface tablet. Unfortunately for them however, things went horribly, horribly wrong at a live product demonstration. Click for for a laugh at their expense.

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    • Shut Up And Take My Money: A Bed That Makes Itself [VIDEO]

      19 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Finally mankind has used it technological prowess to create something that is actually useful and will change lives, a bed that will make itself! That’s right folks, a European manufacturer has designed a Smart Bed that can make itself in less than a minute, eureka!

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    • Skype To Introduce Advertising To Distract You During Calls

      15 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      Skype have just introduced a new ‘feature’ called Conversation Ads, which displays advertisements during audio calls. Which sucks. To nobody’s surprise they’re trying to spin the feature as somehow good for users – apparently the ads “could spark additional topics of conversation that are relevant to Skype users and highlight unique and local brand experiences.”

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    • NASA’s Amazing New Robotic Aerogarden Is How We’ll Survive Off-Planet

      14 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      Deep space travel is creeping ever closer to becoming a reality and one of the biggest challenges faced, apart from actually getting astronauts to their destination, is providing a constant supply of fresh food, water and air. An ambitious project by students at the University of Colorado and Colorado State University looks take of all of these with one foul swoop.

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    • Microsoft One-Ups Google In Battle For Cloud Market

      08 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      As the American government continues its internal adoption of cloud computing services, Google and Microsoft have been scrambling for contracts – what with their being lucrative and influential and such. Sucks to be Google, then, because the FAA just awarded $91 million to Microsoft to have their platform transition to the Microsoft Office 360 cloud service.

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    • They’re Making An Elvis Hologram Too

      07 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      In news that you want desperately to be surprised by, but just can’t, the creators of the Tupac-ogram have announced that they’re working on an Elvis Presley hologram, for making film and television appearances – and, depending on how unsettling they can get the reincarnated star to look, on tour.

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    • The Facebook Smartphone Is Codenamed “Buffy”

      29 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments

      More details are emerging about Buffy, apparently the codename for Facebook’s HTC smartphone which may run with Android, all the Facebook trimmings and an Opera browser. Or will it? We try sort the facts from the fiction as excitement mounts over the phone that might topple Apple.

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    • Google Knowledge Graph: What You Need To Know

      17 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment

      So Google’s trying to change things, again. For those of you who decide that this is the last straw and that you’re going Bing, farewell and good luck finding anything. For those of you wanting to find out what exactly Knowledge Graph is and why it isn’t as terrible as G+, click on through.

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