Facebook is asking developers across the Middle East and Africa to create innovative bots in the Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge. FULL STORY >

Following on from the first exploration, of open source and its relevance today, in part 1, the next topic up for discussion at the Microsoft Technology Summit, was innovation. FULL STORY >

Microsoft’s Technology Summit, held in Johannesburg and squarely aimed at developers, saw the Sandton Convention Centre packed till it was overflowing, clearly showing there is a very healthy developer interest in South Africa. FULL STORY >

Coming to Disneyland and Disney World in two years time. FULL STORY >

BlackBerry says it is now able to be competitive with other cloud communication platforms by offering the most secure cloud based communications platform with the introduction of BBM Enterprise SDK. FULL STORY >

Students, SAP Africa partners, customers and executives gathered at Eskom’s Megawatt Park in Sandton yesterday for the SAP Skills for Africa graduation ceremony which celebrated the completion of an intense three-month digital... FULL STORY >

The next part of the Dell EMC series turns to the practical, delving into why flash storage is now a requirement for businesses rather than a luxury. FULL STORY >

Google's developer site says anyone can now create apps for its Daydream VR. FULL STORY >

Attention devs! This year's iteration of Google I/O is on from 17-19 May. FULL STORY >

In part 2 of its Flash series, Dell EMC explains why the end is nigh for hard drives being used for primary storage, in favour of Flash. FULL STORY >

Dell EMC have launched a new podcast series that will explain what exactly Flash storage is, and why it is so impactful. FULL STORY >

The Bluths are back. Well, almost. After a so-so fourth season aired on Netflix in 2013, it seems like a fifth season of Arrested Development is on track, but for when we don’t know. FULL STORY >

Initially released in 2013, Google Earth has updated its Timelapse tool to show the changes for any location across the globe over the past 32 years. FULL STORY >

Hinging heavily on public APIs, Twitter is making a concerted effort to keep its users’ data safe from developers creating surveillance tools. FULL STORY >

The Fallout team at Bethesda has a new mod in the works that takes place in the world of New Vegas - The Frontier. FULL STORY >