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Augmented reality: more than just fun and games
Augmented reality: more than just fun and games
[Jason Ried] The Pokemon Go augmented reality (AR) mobile game has taken the world by storm - even before its worldwide launch... read


Microsoft-LinkedIn deal: One giant step towards a truly digital ecosystem
Microsoft-LinkedIn deal: One giant step towards a truly digital ecosystem

Lauren Hartzenberg

Little over a month ago, Microsoft announced that it was buying professional social network LinkedIn for a handsome $26.2bn in cash. The move comes with Microsoft refocusing... Read

SA profits and productivity: how apps can boost your business
SA profits and productivity: how apps can boost your business

Gary Turner

The economic output of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa is estimated at 52% of the country's GDP. Recent research conducted by Xero... Read

Bizters are doing it for bread
Bizters are doing it for bread
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Brothers and Bizters, this year sees Bizcommunity launch the inaugural Bizters for Bread Corporate Challenge, whereby we are inviting our fellow Cape Town-based biz communities to rise to our challenge to walk against hunger... Read

App and website development
From an idea to an app - how not to fail
From an idea to an app - how not to fail

Vikrant Singh

Apps fail all the time and so do ideas. It is agonising if you are the conceiver of the idea or the developer behind the app and it's even worse if you are both... read
Why developers are the rockstars of enterprise IT
Why developers are the rockstars of enterprise IT
In recent years, the sensational success stories of tech companies like Facebook and Apple have turned the general public's attention... read
Cyber Security
Healthcare sector faces cyber-pandemic
Healthcare sector faces cyber-pandemic
Ransomware is a prevalent threat for all organisations and the healthcare sector is no exception. In 2016 alone there have been a number of hospitals... read
Data Management
How APM can help you cope with the IoT upsurge
How APM can help you cope with the IoT upsurge

Wimpie van Rensburg

We're all becoming pretty familiar with the idea of the Internet of Things (IoT). Often, when thinking of the IoT, the first things that come to mind may be a wearable... read
Internet
The insecurity of today's internet
The insecurity of today's internet

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At the time when online activity increasingly becomes less safe, only 36% of users limit access to their personal information for strangers, and only a third use a PIN-code on their devices... read
Network
The evolution and revolution of business networks in Africa
The evolution and revolution of business networks in Africa

Brett Parker

Trade is in Africa's blood. Its rich resources, numerous societies and access to the world have created a hotbed of trade civilisations... read
Software
Pokemon-mania vindicates Nintendo's mobile game shift
Pokemon-mania vindicates Nintendo's mobile game shift
With Pokemon-mania sweeping the planet, Nintendo's nascent shift into mobile gaming has proved a massive hit, vindicating the Japanese videogame giant's decision... read
Technology
Survey reveals executive thoughts on digital transformation
Survey reveals executive thoughts on digital transformation
IFS's Digital Transformation Survey has unveiled how senior decision makers in 20+ countries view the need for digital transformation... read
Computers may be evolving but are they intelligent?
Computers may be evolving but are they intelligent?

Leon Sterling

The term 'artificial intelligence' (AI) was first used back in 1956 to describe the title of a workshop of scientists at Dartmouth, an Ivy League college in the United States. read
Telecommunications
Vodacom and MTN welcome spectrum move
Vodacom and MTN welcome spectrum move

Thabiso Mochiko

The decision by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to issue spectrum licences has been hailed as "a major progressive step for the economy"... read
Broadband land grab strategy great for SA
Broadband land grab strategy great for SA
While the term 'land grab' has negative association, in the telecommunications space it means good news. South Africans pay a lot more... read
International
Tech icons pan Trump as 'innovation disaster'
Tech icons pan Trump as 'innovation disaster'
Tech icons branded presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump an "innovation disaster" on Thursday in an open letter... read
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