As a core subsidiary of Tsinghua Unigroup, Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA - world's leading fabless semiconductor company with advanced technology in mobile communications and IoT - has officially announced that its high-performance mobile chip platform Spreadtrum SC9850 and SC7731E fully support Android™ 8.1 (Go version). Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA's close collaboration with Google™ on Android Go will not only shorten the time to market for users of Android devices, but also provide these devices with robust security and a better performance experience.
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Smart cities, digital cities, virtual cities, connected cities. Are these just trendy buzzwords? Perhaps. But these types of cities are supported by infrastructure that is more than bricks and mortar.
Christine Steinmetz 1 day ago
De Beers has taken another step towards ridding the trade of its "blood diamond" tag with a mobile tracking app for miners in Sierra Leone. While Gemfair may be useful, more needs to be done to ensure safety.
Jane Mcintosh 1 day ago
Despite the ongoing spectrum constraints, Vodacom now provides 80.12% 4G coverage in South Africa, with 99.78% of the population covered by 3G and 99.97% covered by 2G.
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TechCrunch Startup Battlefield is returning to Africa to find the next wave of early-stage startups tackling big ideas following last year's inaugural edition on the continent.
Tom Jackson 1 day ago
With the large quantities of personal data financial services providers handle, they have had their hands full preparing for the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI). But there's another piece of compliance legislation that will come into effect much sooner -the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - and for many, this isn't even on the radar.
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Technology is evolving at a rapid pace, the skills of yesteryear are no longer enough to remain ahead of the pack. How are Universities adapting to this new world? As dynamics and demand change, how is the academic domain ensuring that their graduates are ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
OLSPS Analytics 1 day ago
The increased connectedness of consumers is contributing to a more dynamic environment - one where expectations on what the buying experience must entail are evolving.
Leon Coetzer 2 days ago
Kenyan agri-tech startup Twiga Foods has partnered IBM Research to extend access to microloans to 220 food stall retailers across Kenya using a blockchain-based financing system.
Tom Jackson 2 days ago
Forrester's recent predictions for CIOs working on data and analytics initiatives warn that the capabilities of new technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI), require the redesign of operating models.
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A recently released report from PwC Economics analyses the behavioural measures that bring gender equality to emerging tech. 16 nudges for more #WomenInTech notes that the imbalance between men and women in the technology sector is unlikely to be remedied unless organisations, schools and universities work together to change entrenched perceptions about the industry.
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Disrupt Africa will host its first live startup pitching competition at the AHUB East event in Nairobi next month, with the best startup winning a trip to pitch at AfricaCom in Cape Town in November, alongside other prizes.
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With winter and the dreaded flu season around the corner, Discovery Health has teamed up with Uber to provide flu shots on-demand.
16 Apr 2018
