Absa has launched its new online insurance offering, which enables users to access six insurance and investment products from a central location. FULL STORY >

Amazon has announced a newly upgraded Kindle Paperwhite, promising better contrast, faster page turn times and greater touch responsiveness. FULL STORY >

Twitter reveals more feature enhancements for its official Twitter applications for Android and the iPhone. FULL STORY >

Hi-Tec’s V-LITE SpHike mid WP hiking boots beckon us to answer the call of the wild, and manage to all but knock our socks off. FULL STORY >

Google reveals its Africa Connected competition in which five Africans stand a chance of winning $25 000 cash prizes. FULL STORY >

Twitter reveals some security as well as feature updates for the official Android and iPhone applications. FULL STORY >

Cisco’s latest Visual Networking Index has pointed to a near future characterised by mind boggling exponential growth of IP connections. FULL STORY >

Apple’s developer centre has been taken offline in the wake of a revelation that its security had been compromised. FULL STORY >

A new petition has been launched urging Nintendo to change its ways with regards to region locking. FULL STORY >

How much work goes into developing a top-class app? Quite a bit if Lynette Hundermark, Apps business director of Prezence Digital, the developers of the popular Ster-Kinekor app, is to be believed. FULL STORY >

Professional photographer Grant Atkinson gives his view of the EOS 6D, and explains why nature photographers should consider it. FULL STORY >

Amazon has announced something new and something old, in the form of the latest update for its Kindle iOS app and its Kindle DX respectively. FULL STORY >

We never have enough space to feature all the products that made an appearance in our office. Here are some quick thoughts on a few of them. FULL STORY >

Twitter reveals enhancements to the official Android and iPhone Twitter applications to make the mobile tweeting experience more seamless. FULL STORY >

Twitter launches version 1.0 of its Innovator's Patent Agreement and also utilises the IPA framework for its latest patent. FULL STORY >