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Africa's chance to lead next digital revolution
Africa's chance to lead next digital revolution
[Gordon Graylish] One interesting theme took centre stage during panel discussions at the recently concluded World Economic Forum on Africa in Rwanda... read


Combatting the evil Internet of Things
Combatting the evil Internet of Things

Peter Reid

A recent survey of over 400 global IT security pros revealed that fears over the security of connected devices has risen sharply since last year. 86% of respondents... Read

Business is waking up to the idea of deep learning
Business is waking up to the idea of deep learning

Toby Walsh

In the movie Transcendence, Johnny Depp plays Dr Will Caster, a researcher in artificial intelligence at Berkeley trying to build a sentient computer... Read

Microsoft buys professional network LinkedIn for $26bn
Microsoft buys professional network LinkedIn for $26bn

Microsoft said Monday, 13 June, it was buying the professional social network LinkedIn for $26.2bn in cash, a move that helps refocus the US tech giant... Read

App and website development
The Hub @ Media24 to expand Western Cape developer ecosystem
The Hub @ Media24 to expand Western Cape developer ecosystem
The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) in partnership with Media24 has launched The Hub @ Media24, with the aim to develop a new generation of skilled coders... read
Cloud Computing
Beyond the cloud: the new order of business
Beyond the cloud: the new order of business

Andre le Roux

After a slow start in South Africa, cloud adoption is picking up fast, following global trends in which spend on cloud services is rapidly doubling and even tripling... read
Cyber Security
Cybercrime needs an enterprise-wide response
Cybercrime needs an enterprise-wide response
Some have said, only half-jokingly, that an innovation only gets the investment they need to be perfected once the arms industry has seen a need for it... read
Data Management
Cognitive analytics - from hindsight, to insight, to foresight
Cognitive analytics - from hindsight, to insight, to foresight

Gavin Holme & Rudraksh Bhawalkar

Boardrooms in every industry are abuzz with concepts such as data science, big data, advanced analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence to mention a few... read
Tech Startups
Seedstars Soweto winners advance to nationals
Seedstars Soweto winners advance to nationals
Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup ecosystems brought its third pre-selection round to a successful close... read
Telkom fund to grow digital seedlings
Telkom fund to grow digital seedlings

Thabiso Mochiko

Telkom has plans to establish a technology fund to invest in digital startups. The fund is part of new digital plans that the fixedline operator has introduced in an effort... read
Technology
Fulfilling the promise of blockchain
Fulfilling the promise of blockchain

Lee Naik

An internet of finance. The renaissance of money. If the previous decade was the age of mobile banking, the next looks set to be the era of blockchain. No other technology has more potential... read
DataProphet investment partnership a boon to machine learning
DataProphet investment partnership a boon to machine learning
Cape Town-based machine learning startup, DataProphet, has entered into an investment partnership with a global investment and private equity group... read
Telecommunications
Rob Shuter
Rob Shuter is named new CEO of MTN

Robert Laing

MTN's new CEO is Rob Shuter who has been head-hunted from Vodacom's UK parent Vodafone. "Rob, a South African national, is the current CEO of the European cluster at Vodafone... read
Nokia moves to finalise acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent
Nokia moves to finalise acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent
Finnish telecom equipment giant Nokia announced on Thursday, 16 June, a plan to complete the acquisition of its former rival, French-American Alcatel-Lucent during the third quarter... read
Business
The magic of Virtual Reality (VR) and how it's going to impact our lives real soon...
The magic of Virtual Reality (VR) and how it's going to impact our lives real soon...

John Sanei

I was inspired by Elon Musk in his recent interview at the Code Conference, where he was saying that games in the next five years will be pretty much exactly like real life... read
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