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8 Mindblowing Technologies from CES 2012

by Mike on January 14, 2012

The future is here. Ladies and gentleman, take a look at what the world’s best tech companies are coming up with to make our lives even more exciting, streamlined and connected!

Samsung’s Smart Window

Check your Twitter, browse the web, view the weather and even close your virtual blinds on Samsung’s knockout “Smart Window”.

WaterBlock coating

A thin film coating applied to a phone or other device’s electronics allows it to be completely submerged in water without breaking.

Google TV

Google seems to be entering every tech space imaginable these days. With Google TV, your TV turns into an interactive media centre – the next evolution of Youtube brought to your home screen.

Gorilla Glass

Super thin, super strong glass for your smart phones and other screen-equipped devices. This finally life-proofs our mobile gadgets that we tend to drop all over the place.

Sony Crystal LED Display Tech

Sony’s latest TV has a screen made entirely from tiny LEDs. This allows for a very smooth picture with a much higher number of different colours, lighting and contrast.

Toshiba 4K Display

Extremely high resolution TV that claims to emulate 3D without needing glasses. 4K is extremely high definition technology that will make any video appear almost life-like.

Makerbot 3D Printing

A modestly priced device that is capable of creating and colouring 3D objects. Designed for the consumer market, anybody can download 3D models and print them into real life objects. Imagine being able to custom design and create your own chess set, from the comfort of your couch.

Intel Ultrabooks with Microsoft Kinect

Intel’s new line of notebooks are super thin, super stylish and super powerful. They also have Kinect technology integrated into them, allowing us to use hand gestures to interact with the device.

Get Google to Fund your Tech Startup

March 22, 2011

If you are in South Africa, have a budding tech startup, and are looking for seed-round funding of $25k-$50k, Google is a great partner to get into the market with. To apply, simply go to this page and full in your business details: http://www.google.co.za/intl/en/umbono/index.html The funding includes things such as mentorship, a business curriculum (mini MBA), [...]

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South African Linked In Stats Released

July 23, 2010

Mike Saunders, one of South Africa’s top social media marketing consultants, has released a report detailing what kinds of South Africans use Linked In. It is an interesting read and some of the insights are listed here: Top 5 Industries High Technology Finance Corporate Manufacturing Recreational Top job functions Engineering Administrative Sales Consultant Finance Age [...]

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Foursquare to Integrate with Google

July 19, 2010

Now here is a startup that really knows what they’re doing and who to partner with. Although a relatively new service, Foursquare already boasts over 8 million users worldwide. Sure, its nothing like Facebook’s half a billion users, but its already starting to raise a few eyebrows. Its essentially a location based service thats taking [...]

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Iphone 4 Announced, launching June 24 for $199

June 8, 2010

Apple has unveiled its new iPhone 4 after a couple wild, unprecedented months of leaks. I’m really excited to hear that the feature list is finally out, and that Apple has listened to a lot of its user’s requests and suggestions. So without further delay, here is a breakdown of all the great new features [...]

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