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Geoff Seeley is the CMO for PayPal. Source: PayPal.

PayPal appoints Geoff Seeley as new CMO amid job cutsKarabo Ledwaba

Source: © Allegiant Stadium With more than 123 million broadcast and streaming viewers, this year’s Super Bowl provided sponsor brands with solid exposure and ROI

2024 Super Bowl delivers record-breaking ROI for sponsor brands

19 Feb 2024

Donna de Varona will be receiving the award. Source: Supplied.

Donna de Varona to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from NYF TV & Film Awards

22 Nov 2023

FBI spokesman J Peter Donald says the source of the attack on JPMorgan Chase has not been established but US authorities are working on the problem. It is unclear what information may have been compromised. Image:

Russian hackers break into JPMorgan

28 Aug 2014

Apple has been awarded damages of almost $120m in its legal dispute with Samsung – just a fraction of the more than R2bn it claimed in its application to the US District Court for patent infringements. Image:

Apple's bid to stop sales of Samsung products denied

28 Aug 2014

Instagram has developed an app for the iPhone that allows users to take time-lapse videos and share them with friends. Image:

iPhone time-lapse video app from Instagram

27 Aug 2014

Amazon's Jeff Bezos has agreed to pay $970m for Twitch Interactive, which operates a streaming platform to allow people to watch online gamers playing tournaments. Image:

Amazon buys Twitch for $970m

26 Aug 2014

How to boost conversion rates

How to boost conversion rates

Lisa Hallgren 26 Aug 2014

Although thousands of apps are available for iPhone and Android devices most people in the USA use only three or four of their favourites according to research by comScore. Image: [[http://www.reviewbank.net ReviewBank.Net

New apps abound but people stick to a few of their favourites

26 Aug 2014

Retailers have been warned about the Backoff malware threat that is targeting point of sale machines to harvest credit card numbers and passwords. Image:

Backoff: malicious computer software for PoS systems

25 Aug 2014

Amazon is set to launch and advertising service in competition with Google later this year. Image:

Amazon to tackle Google's advertising dominance

25 Aug 2014

Uber's Chief Executive Travis Kalanick says it is now possible to book a car, find a restaurant and book a table for dinner and book flights via the Uber app. Image: Wikipedia

Uber now offers dining, travel services

21 Aug 2014

Twitter's Dick Costolo says that images and videos of the beheading of US journalist James Foley have been removed from Twitter and posts will be monitored to remove any new postings of these gruesome pictures. YouTube has also removed the video posted on its site. Image: Twitter

James Foley's beheading removed from Twitter, YouTube

21 Aug 2014

CMO Council: Chief marketer confidence at all-time high

CMO Council: Chief marketer confidence at all-time high

20 Aug 2014

Microsoft's former Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has resigned from the board of directors and will focus on his basketball team bought last month for $2bn. Image: Microsoft

Ballmer finally steps down from Microsoft's board

20 Aug 2014

A typically satirical article published by The Onion. Facebook users battle to distinguish between real news and satire, so Facebook is trying to help them. Image:

Facebook users struggle to tell truth from fiction

19 Aug 2014

IDC's Research Manager Ramon Llamas says that cheap smartphones powered by Android dominated mobile phone sales in the second quarter of this year. Image:

Cheap smartphones boost Android platform

15 Aug 2014

Whistle-blower Edward Snowden tells Wired magazine that the NSA has developed a program called MonsterMind to thwart cyber-attacks by monitoring all Internet traffic and private communications all the time. Image:

MonsterMind monitors everything for NSA

14 Aug 2014

Tributes pour in as Hollywood lionises Robin Williams

Tributes pour in as Hollywood lionises Robin Williams

13 Aug 2014

Google's Larry Page has confirmed that its Calico initiative for health and anti-ageing is going ahead and will provide guidance and advice on living longer. Image:

Google sets up anti-ageing platform

13 Aug 2014

Advertising content is available on Twitter and is based on a cost-per-view model for advertisers. Image: Twitter

Video advertising available on Twitter

13 Aug 2014

A local search app, Zofari has teamed up with Yahoo to improve search capabilities within specific locations. Image:

Zofari app will boost Yahoo's search capabilities

13 Aug 2014

Judge Lucy Koh has rejected the compensation offer from major technology companies in Silicon Valley who underpaid their employees as part of an anti-poaching agreement designed to keep salaries low. Image: Wikipedia

Silicon Valley staff anti-poaching settlement rejected

11 Aug 2014

Google will spend $250m over five years to prevent the illegal sale of medicines in the US from Canadian companies using its AdWords platform. Image:

Google sets $250m aside to stop illegal online pharmacies

11 Aug 2014

News Republic's Gilles Raymond says that news on wearable devices opens many new opportunities for aggregation services. Image:

Get the news from wearable technology

11 Aug 2014

Dharmendra Modha says scientists mimic the human brain to create a chip that is based on neurosynaptics with programmable neurons and synapses. Image:

Chip mimics brain for super-computer speeds

8 Aug 2014

Your guide to Google+ B2B marketing

Your guide to Google+ B2B marketing

Ivan Serrano 8 Aug 2014

The rumoured iPhone 6 may be unveiled on 9 September at an Apple event. The new phone is expected to have a larger screen and a new processor. Image:

Large-screen iPhone: 9 September's the day

7 Aug 2014

New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards announces 2015 call for entries

New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards announces 2015 call for entries

5 Aug 2014

International AME Awards announces 2015 call for entries

International AME Awards announces 2015 call for entries

5 Aug 2014

Paedophile John Henry Skillern was arrested after Google tipped-off police about images he was send via Gmail. Image:

Google tips-off police over child porn suspect in Texas

5 Aug 2014

Microsoft's Deputy Counsel David Howard is confident Samsung will have to pay for using Microsoft's technology as per an agreement set up in 2011. Image:

Now Microsoft sues Samsung in US

5 Aug 2014

Dartmouth University's Jay Hull warns that video game players may become what they are pretending to be. Image:

Violent video games linked to risk of crime, alcohol abuse

5 Aug 2014