A world of apps becomes a world of adventure.

As our world progresses into the future we keep on finding our self with more information coming ever so closer to our fingertips.
The world of the cellphones is very much upon us, with more and more people becoming connected to one another just by the touch of a button. Gone are those days of written [...]

Google and Microsoft now on the JSE

Purchase Google and Microsoft Single Stock Futures on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange

Ready Made Thinking Guides…

find easy to use (and understand) tools or frameworks for thinking through an issue and considering different aspects or perspectives

War on the Web

Of course no war would be complete without minor players wading into the trenches, guns blazing. Enter Jolicloud www.jolicloud.com, a startup hailing from Paris, France, who proclaimed their hopes to give the big players a run for their money when it comes to powering the netbooks of this world on the very same day that Google announced Chrome OS.

Battle of the verbs

Say hello to Bing, Microsoft’s new search engine officially launching to the public this week. A search engine that some people in the know actually think it has what it takes to Bing Google out the park.

Microsoft uses video games as a teaching tool

Microsoft’s research arm and a set of US universities are creating a first-of-its-kind institute devoted to using video games to teach math, science and engineering to school children.
A Games For Learning Institute (G4LI) is being established at New York University in Manhattan and guaranteed funding for at least three years.
G4LI research will focus on the [...]

Berners-Lee has an issue with IE

Tim Berners-Lee, the British-born inventor of the World Wide Web, says he doesn’t like to express preferences among web browsers. But he does have an issue with one of them: Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
Berners-Lee, director of the standard-setting World Wide Web Consortium, or W3C, said in an interview this week that Internet Explorer is falling behind [...]

Does Windows Still Matter?

We covered the launch of Google Chrome and have been keenly watching the coverage since the browser officially launched. There have been grumblings from Mac / Linux users who have to wait for compatible launches of the browser…something that seems slightly odd given that the majority of these users are generally more tech-savvy and often [...]

Pop-up hotel lobbies lure office workers to the park

A few weeks ago, we wrote about how Microsoft’s Surface technology is being used at Sheraton hotels, letting hotel guests use interactive touchscreen ‘tables’ to access local information and plan their stay. As we mentioned, the interactive tables are part of a wide-reaching partnership between Sheraton and Microsoft, which also includes new high-tech hotel lounges [...]

look brilliant with PowerPoint

Here are 10 ways to use PowerPoint to help make your business look brilliant, not brainless.
1. Hold up your end with compelling material.
In a way, PowerPoint’s ease of use may be its own worst enemy. However simple and engaging it can be to build eye catching slides and graphics, bear in mind that PowerPoint isn’t [...]