MTV lives on While MTV no longer stands for Music Television, the essence of the 32-year-old channel lives on, supported by a shiny new market segment - an audience that requires much more than music videos. In order to keep them satiated, the channel has launched its first localised interactive magazine programme for South Africa's youth - MTV Choice; it's been dubbed "pop-tastic"... Want to start your own business? Easier said than done, I'm afraid - ask any successful entrepreneur about the trials and tribulations they experienced before finding the winning formula. Problemio.com, creator of business planning apps, has outlined five steps to starting a business. Even if you have been in HR management for some time, it's not easy to pick out a fraudulent medical certificate. Once you have, or have your suspicions, what do you do then? Lia Marus advises on the best course of action in "How to deal with fraudulent medical certificates". I, and I suspect many others, have a severe case of arms deal fatigue. We're going on two years since the commission was set up to determine whether there was any corruption involved in procurement contracts that were awarded in the '90s. The public hearings, were underway in Pretoria, this week, but have since been postponed for two weeks to allow for the declassification of certain documents. Here's hoping it'll be smooth sailing from there on... Sindy Peters, Group Head: Content
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With job scarcity on the increase, starting your own business could be the solution to all your financial woes. In fact, new findings from Problemio.com - the creator of the business planning and starting apps - show that worldwide, more people are taking steps toward starting their own businesses. Read more >>
 | [Luke Wingfield Digby] There is no doubt that this is one of the most tumultuous, and exciting, times to be a marketer. On the one hand, there are a myriad of new ways to reach customers and prospects. On the other, it is more and more challenging to gain and retain consumers' increasingly limited attention spans. People are getting very choosy about where they spend their time and, thanks to social media, they can control the information that reaches them. Read more >> |
 | The Founder Institute is a part-time, four-month training programme where aspiring entrepreneurs can launch a company with expert feedback and support from experienced start-up CEOs, while not being required to quit their day job. The Johannesburg chapter is just around the corner, as the programme is slated to start on 12 August. Read more >> |
 | Figures for spam in June have been released, and indicate an increase in spam in email traffic of 1.4 percentage points, averaging at 71.1%. This is according to Kaspersky Lab analysts, who also reveal that the percentage of malicious attachments found in emails dropped by one percentage point from the previous month, to 1.8%. Read more >> |
 | NEW YORK CITY, USA: New York's bid to ban large, sugary sodas on public health grounds suffered a new setback on Tuesday (30 July) when an appeals court upheld a ruling striking down the proposed legislation. Read more >> |
The concept of the "data centre in a box" is not new; however these solutions have typically been watered-down versions of more complex enterprise solutions. Read more >>
 | Telecommunications firm Tele-Enterprise has initiated a challenge to find SA's worst Voice over IP (VoIP) implementation. The firm is aiming to change negative perceptions of VoIP. Read more >> |
 | [Gary Allemann] Data integration and migration challenges arise every time an organisation moves to a new data system, or wishes to combine multiple data systems, either internally or as a result of a merger. This is a significant undertaking, which, if it fails to meet expectations, inhibits a business' ability to function effectively. Yet, surveys indicate that more than 80% of all data integration projects fail. Read more >> |
 | [Bekezela Phakathi] Large mobile companies in SA continue to face intense scrutiny with Parliament saying on Friday (2 August) that it was only through legislative means that the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) can ensure reasonable pricing and market structure in the sector. Read more >> |
 | [Bekezela Phakathi] Mobile communications groups Vodacom and MTN say that despite the "harsh" economic environment in South Africa‚ they continue to bring down the cost of data and voice services in a bid to spread access to telecommunications. Read more >> |
Company emails, personal SMSs, family photos, confidential company documents, customer contact details - today's consumers store huge volumes of information on their mobile devices. And, the line between what's yours and what's mine is blurred. Read more >>
[Tony Willis] Cloud computing has moved well beyond buzzword status to become a bona fide business-enabling technology area that can be used enterprise-wide, by sales, marketing, procurement and line of business, and for multiple purposes - including collaboration. Read more >>
 | Even though it has only been a few weeks following the launch of its new global marketing campaign, mobile social communication application WeChat has grown its new user registrations by 500% since the campaign launch, which has tripled the level of interaction on their active user base. Read more >> |
 | [Doros Hadjizenonos] IT security has no respect for size. A hacking group can have hundreds or thousands of members globally, like anonymous, or just a handful, like the group that mounted the successful Eurograbber attacks against banks in 2012 - but in either case, the disruption to the target organisations is equally severe. Read more >> |
[David Sales] Today's working environment is more mobile than ever. Employees are no longer bound to their desks but can now work from home, on the road, while travelling, irrespective of what part of the world they are in. This trend of moving away from a traditional bricks-and-mortar environment to an on-demand, "on the go" workforce has largely been driven by new communication media, such as tablets and smartphones. Read more >>
Students from the Durban University of Technology (DUT) will now be able to receive their exam results electronically. This is possible due to the implementation of a solution called ITS InfoSlips for Students, from technology solutions and services company Adapt IT. Read more >>
 | According to a report on Geeky Gadgets via Sammobile, "BBM for Android will be available from the Samsung Apps store in Africa, as well as the Google Play Store." Read more >> |
Most companies greatly underestimate the number of new malicious programmes appearing daily, and only 6% recognise the true scale of the threat, according to the 2013 Global Corporate IT Security Risks survey conducted by analytical authority B2B International and Kaspersky Lab. Read more >>
The software development and continuous delivery approach used by ThoughtWorks, the agile development and user-experience design company, offers an approach by means of which organisations can thrive on uncertainty rather than seeing it as an onerous challenge. Read more >>
 | NEW YORK CITY, USA: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday (2 August) launched a bid to more tightly regulate Apple's wildly lucrative iTunes storefront, after the technology company lost a price-fixing case. Read more >> |
 | CHICAGO, USA: Bed bugs, bad service and terrible food used to be inevitable risks when travelling, but a host of online review sites such as Yelp and TripAdvisor are helping savvy consumers pick the best hotels and eat like locals. Read more >> |
 | NEW YORK CITY, USA: Voting on a proposal to take computer-maker Dell private was delayed for a third time on Friday (2 August) after founder Michael Dell agreed to lift the price of the transaction. Read more >> |
 | SHANGHAI, CHINA: A military-backed Chinese video game released on Thursday (1 August) allows players to satisfy their patriotism by fighting enemy forces in islands disputed with Japan, reflecting enduring tensions. Read more >> |
 | WASHINGTON USA: A secret surveillance system known as XKeyscore allows US intelligence officials to monitor "nearly everything a typical user does on the Internet," according to leaked documents published on Wednesday (31 July). Read more >> |
 | TOKYO, JAPAN: Japan's electronics company Sony said on Thursday (1 August) it had swung back to a net profit of US$35m for the April to June quarter, while boosting its annual sales forecast. Read more >> |
 | SYDNEY - Australia's most powerful computer was unveiled on Wednesday (31 July), in a boost for climate scientists who need to crunch vast amounts of data to make forecasts and pinpoint extreme weather, officials said Read more >> |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Facebook shares on Tuesday, 30 July, almost climbed back to the US$38 mark set at the opening of the initial public offering (IPO) from which they plunged after a dismal debut on the stock market last year. Read more >> |
 | [Ilan Hertz] NEWTON, US: In some ways, you could say that the consumerisation of the enterprise was inevitable. The line between personal devices and enterprise has become increasingly blurred. Read more >> |
More International
 | Running your own business can be challenging at the best of times, not to mention financially draining. But there are ways to cut costs, and all you really need is a fast, reliable Internet connection. Read more >> |
 | South Africa's communications regulator is failing to perform and allowing mobile service companies to "rip off" the poor, MPs said on Wednesday (31 July). Read more >> |
More Government news
 | FMCG company has a vacancy for a business solution manager (applications) to plan, coordinate, and supervise activities related to design, development, and implementation of organisational information systems and software applications. Read more >> |
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