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| Brett Parker "When you're finished changing, you're finished," said the wise Benjamin Franklin. But we don't need to take his word for it... read |
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| In continuation of Part 1, Frost & Sullivan's ICT team highlights a few tech trends... read |
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| While the share prices of some listed technology firms have risen sharply in 2016, outperforming the JSE all share index, one analyst has warned... read |
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| It's easy to be inundated by the avalanche of technology that exists and is constantly coming out, leading to a plethora of emerging trends in the market and across the globe. read |
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| The Lufthansa Group recently launched Mildred, a chatbot that helps travellers find the cheapest flights... read |
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| Recruitment agency, Shide Consulting, with the help of Digital Society, has launched Toggle - a new mobile app that allows users to build their CVs and connect with the agency's database... read |
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| Leigh Andrews With the tag line, "Great ideas deserve to live", Swipe.Apps was born. Swipe Interactive's CEO Hendri Lategan explains why they aim to lead native app development in South Africa and why user experience is crucial in keeping users engaged for longer and coming back for more... read |
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| Paul Vermaak Meteorologists have been doing it for ages; looking at the clouds to analyse current weather patterns as basis to predict short, medium and longer term weather expectations... read |
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| Paul Williams Smart cities are being planned the world over. Technology development always goes through two phases for any new discipline... read |
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| Issued by Naija Writers' Coach Keeping lots of complex passwords for various accounts in your memory isn't very easy as they could get muddled up and even forgotten and this is where the importance of a password management tool comes in... read |
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| Yahoo said on Wednesday personal data from over a billion users was stolen in a hack dating back to 2013 - twice as big as another breach disclosed... read |
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| The new hype is the ability to analyse various types of information that are not based at the same location - termed deep analytics... read |
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| Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library Quick information dissemination has become increasingly important due to digitalisation. For quick and easy file accessibility, it would be wise to invest in a virtual data room for your business... read |
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| Johan Scheepers In the past few years there has been much hype around Big Data and why organisations need to harness and analyse it in order to deliver business value... read |
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| Anthea Nadin High availability does not a business strategy make. The continued survival of a business is not just about protecting against downtime, but ensuring data redundancy... read |
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| The world is continually being moulded by small, unseen technologies. We rarely appreciate the massive impact of a new technology... read |
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| Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Meizu Technology, has officially entered the South African market... read |
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| Thabiso Mochiko The wearable technology devices market in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) grew 38.3% in the third quarter of 2016 to about 487,000 units... read |
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| Samsung Electronics South Africa has announced the official launch of the Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch... read |
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| The internet is a key enabler of social development and education. While internet services have shown phenomenal success in other parts of the world... read |
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| Dawie de Wet In Africa, technologies of all types are evolving rapidly, with one exception - internet access. With around only 170 million users, internet penetration remains low... read |
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| Axilspot, a global vendor in enterprise wireless networking, has announced the launch of its operations in the Middle East and Africa region... read |
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| Egypt has blocked the encrypted messaging service Signal used by many activists and journalists in the country, the company that owns the app said... read |
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| Cape Town-based IT services firm CyberLogic is set to refresh its brand, expand its footprint and take new services to market in 2017... read |
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| Bruce von Maltitz Contact centres need all the help they can get during the busy peak season, and gamification could be the answer... read |
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| Nokia announced on Wednesday it is suing Apple in German and US courts for patent infringement, claiming the US tech giant was using Nokia technology... read |
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| Mark Zuckerberg's artificial intelligence-imbued software "butler" - named Jarvis - is now in service, and even plays with his family, the Facebook chief said on Monday. read |
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| Just in time for the holiday season, Messenger is launching a fast new camera with unique art, 3D masks and special effects to help users celebrate with the friends and family they talk to on Messenger... read |
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| Mark Zuckerberg envisions a software system inspired by the "Iron Man" character Jarvis as a virtual butler managing his household... read |
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| On Amazon's streaming game platform Twitch, the world of gaming is being intermingled with real life. A feature unveiled Thursday by Amazon called IRL... read |
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| Kyle Woolf Unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) promise mobility, productivity and scalability, but why should business owners and IT managers... read |
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| Applications have opened for the Barclays Accelerator programme, powered by Techstars, an initiative aimed at uncovering the next M-Pesa or Paypal... read |
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| Nigerian fintech startup Paystack has closed on seed investment of $1.3 million from international investors Tencent, Comcast Ventures and Singularity Investments... read |
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| Tom Jackson South African Internet of Things startup IoT.nxt will open an office in London early in 2017, signalling the first international expansion for the company... read |
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| Over the past four months the LaunchLab, in partnership with Nedbank, ran an entrepreneurial challenge across partner university campuses in the Western Cape to unleash innovation in banking... read |
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| Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg will play host to a dedicated Internet of Things conference from 29 to 30 March 2017... read |
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| Adam Mayer More and more, the devices we buy are talking to one another. Consumer and industrial original electronics manufacturers alike are building 'smart' devices... read |
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| As digital offerings become more mature and interconnected, vast ecosystems will develop and span across industries. In many instances, fintech will become submerged in these... read |
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| New data from Juniper Research has found that the number of connected IoT (Internet of Things) devices, sensors and actuators will reach over 46 billion... read |
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| Trace, an urban entertainment brand that offers TV channels, FM radios, mobile services, events, etc., to millennial and young adult audiences in 180 countries, has reached 1.1 million subscribers in South Africa with its Trace Mobile and has launched Trace Urban, a high definition music channel on DStv. read |
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