TOBY SHAPSHAK: Nostalgia for Qwerty’s key role
The keyboard is one of those anachronisms of the mechanical age that live on in the digital era
SIKONATHI MANTSHANTSHA: Land is not black or white
The political opportunists who say land is a black and white matter have another thing coming
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Icasa is policing steam trains
The inquiry into MultiChoice’s monopoly is a waste of time when data costs are more pressing and urgent
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Goodbye, home key
Ten years ago Apple introduced the single button to smartphones. But the new iPhone X came without it
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Facebook flees with 1.5bn users
By taking subscribers out of range of strict EU privacy laws, the social networking firm is back in the spotlight
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Mark wins the battle, loses face
Zuckerberg was being disingenuous when he said people control the privacy of what they post
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Next big privacy scandal looms at WhatsApp
Facebook’s 1.2bn-strong WhatsApp messaging service is likely to be at the centre of the next data debacle
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Fanning the flame of fake news
Disinformation and conspiracy theories abound on YouTube, which prioritises video views over accuracy
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Facebook spying: be very afraid
The extent of the data Facebook has gathered about its users is, frankly, terrifying
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Stephen Hawking — genius of courage and endurance
Stephen Hawking’s life was proof of his indomitable spirit and superior intellect
TOBY SHAPSHAK: The Web, weaponised
Online pioneer warns of a concentration of power that affects ‘which ideas and opinions are seen and shared’
TOBY SHAPSHAK: E-commerce giant cuts out cashiers
Amazon Go has no tellers, no queues and no fuss — and a bold new vision of how shopping could look in the future
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Samsung: back without a bang
Impressive cameras define the latest crop of top-end smartphones
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Send me (cheap Internet access)
Ramaphosa’s pledge to improve tech and telecoms is laudable. Let’s hope the ‘Cyril Spring’ isn’t a false start
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Microsoft’s HoloLens revolutionises virtual reality headsets
Microsoft’s HoloLens is a powerful computer on your head that shows what the eye can’t see
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Will autonomous cars kill the skill of driving?
What skills will our children need to get ahead as the world of self-drive vehicles rushes toward us?
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Do’s and don’ts for e-mail usage
These rules for what is the default means of business communication will make it better for everyone
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Fixing Facebook won’t be easy
Senior executive says world’s largest social media network allowed fake news to ‘corrode democracy’
TOBY SHAPSHAK: How we turned into addicts
Even the tech behemoths themselves are starting to worry about the world they’ve helped create
