people on a video call
Insights

Requiem for a ringtone

Skype, once revolutionary in connecting families, faces retirement in May 2025 due to competition from newer platforms like Teams and Zoom, marking a nostalgic end of an era.

[…]

Insights

Why Huawei?

No wonder Donald Trump is worried about the technological and commercial threat Huawei’s poses to US companies.

[…]

Insights

A robo-tax

Bill Gates wants a tax on robots. But what about all the other things that have made us ever made more productive?

[…]

Insights

Our moral, digital future

There are ethical and legal issues regarding most future innovations. Some may be resolved by applying existing legal principles. Some will require us to rethink what civil and criminal liability means in a world in which machines make decisions on our behalf.

[…]

Business Spectator

Why the EU is hung up on mobile roaming

The idea of abolishing all roaming rates across the EU may have populist appeal, and it is easy to see why EU politicians are pushing the idea. However, it is equally clear why such a policy does not make much sense.

[…]

Insights

Fakebooking our world

Next time you visit a politician’s Facebook profile or Twitter account, do not be fooled that their working days consist mainly of kissing babies, cutting ribbons or speaking in Parliament. Who knows, they might have gone on a holiday around Cambodia instead.

[…]

Insights

Fighting bad government policy the South African way

Two countries, two successful internet entrepreneurs, two clashes with government. Last week we witnessed an epic Twitter battle between Trade Me founder Sam Morgan and Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce over the usefulness of research grants. Meanwhile, founder of Thawte Consulting and the Ubuntu Linux OS, Mark Shuttleworth, won a long legal fight against the South African Reserve Bank.

[…]