Feb 21, 2014
Google has announced the finalists of the Africa Connected competition. The competition was launched in August last year, calling entrepreneurs, creative people, innovators and Web-lovers to share stories of how the Web has transformed their lives and work. The 10...
Feb 12, 2014
Google South Africa joined forces with its Online Child Safety Campaign partners to recognise the 11th anniversary of the Safer Internet Day (SID) movement on 11 February, which promotes the safe and responsible use of online technologies among young users. Hosted in...
Feb 7, 2014
Google has announced the 20 innovative, entrepreneurial Web adopters from across sub-Saharan Africa who have made it to the semi-finals of Google’s Africa Connected competition. The competition was launched in August last year, calling entrepreneurs, creatives,...
Jan 30, 2014
Lenovo has once again surprised the industry, this time by acquiring the Motorola Mobility smartphone business from Google for close to $3-billion. With a strong PC business and a fast-growing smartphone business, this agreement will significantly strengthen Lenovo’s...
Jan 14, 2014
Google has bought Nest Labs, a company which makes smart thermostats and smoke alarms. Tony Fadell, founder and CEO of Nest Labs, was best known in years past as one of the iPod’s developers. He and fellow Apple engineer Matt Rogers co-founded Nest Labs in 2010,...
