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Promptathons: Catalysing AI Adoption and Innovation in the Enterprise

Education

Promptathons: Catalysing AI Adoption and Innovation in the Enterprise

Issued by Shaper 8 Jul 2025

News24 leads trust in South Africa for the 7th year running

Media

News24 leads trust in South Africa for the 7th year running

Issued by Media24 19 Jun 2025

Social Media

Why Meta is in trouble in Nigeria and what this means for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users

23 May 2025

The future of recruitment: Chatbots and dynamic talent networks

HR Tools & Software

The future of recruitment: Chatbots and dynamic talent networks

Issued by Icefield Consulting 22 May 2025

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Cyber Law

TikTok, Meta fined hundreds of millions by EU regulators for data privacy breaches

Ryszard Lisinski and Brett Weinberg 13 May 2025

Local business sets new global standard: Certified authority pioneers secure digital identities

Technology

Local business sets new global standard: Certified authority pioneers secure digital identities

Issued by Perfect Word 10 Apr 2025

Is Gmail’s AI Search a game-changer for users or an invasion of privacy? (Image supplied)

Artificial Intelligence

Exclusive | Gmail’s AI Search: Game-changer or a privacy nightmare?

2 Apr 2025

Dark web data leak exposes millions of bank cards: Kaspersky analysis

Cybersecurity

Dark web data leak exposes millions of bank cards: Kaspersky analysis

5 Mar 2025

Advertising

Reliance plans to dominate Indian Premier League ads post-Disney merger using neuroscience

26 Feb 2025

The role of single sign-on in email signature software

Software

The role of single sign-on in email signature software

Issued by Rocketseed 23 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Penquin’s Tyrell Stevens - Predictive personalisation transforming digital marketing

Digital

#BizTrends2025: Penquin’s Tyrell Stevens - Predictive personalisation transforming digital marketing

Tyrell Stevens 23 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

Advertising

#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

Issued by Digicape 13 Jan 2025

President and CEO of Scopen, Cesar Vacchiano examines the trends shaping marketing in 2025 (Image supplied)

Marketing

#BizTrends2025: Scopen's Cesar Vacchiano - The trends shaping marketing in 2025

Cesar Vacchiano 13 Jan 2025

A guide to some key risks wellness tourism operators should be mindful of

Tourism

A guide to some key risks wellness tourism operators should be mindful of

Megan Jarvis, Leigh Lambrechts, Kate Collier and Dhevarsha Ramjettan 11 Dec 2024

From SEO to DCO: Bridging search and dynamic advertising

Advertising

From SEO to DCO: Bridging search and dynamic advertising

Xolani Nondabula, Issued by Dentsu 25 Nov 2024

Advertising is here to stay: 3 ways to adapt with the changing times

Digital

Advertising is here to stay: 3 ways to adapt with the changing times

Gillian Ezra 15 Nov 2024

Beyond cookies: How conversions API and server-side GTM are shaping data collection

Digital

Beyond cookies: How conversions API and server-side GTM are shaping data collection

Zintle Nkomo, Issued by Dentsu 25 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf Platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and TikTok have become crucial components of the digital advertising landscape

Digital

SA's digital ad revenue hits new all-time high with almost 40% share of overall advertising market

Paula Hulley 24 Oct 2024

Source: Microsoft Designer

4th Industrial Revolution

Local industry watchdog sounds alarm over AI stealing SA data on LinkedIn

Lindsey Schutters 16 Oct 2024

Cybersecurity company Surfshark’s Naked People campaign in London raised awareness about social media security practices and the exploitation of user data (Image supplied)

Social Media

Surfshark’s Naked People campaign calls out top social media companies for privacy invasions

2 Oct 2024

(Image supplied) The 2024 IAB South Africa Internet Advertising Revenue Report, also known as the Online AdSpend Report, has confirmed the significant expansion of online advertising as forecasted in last year’s report

Digital

IAB Online AdSpend Report: SA's digital ad revenue soars to R17.7bn

27 Sep 2024

Apple is taking hearing loss and hearing health seriously, which is a big win for society.

Mobile & Apps

Apple taking hearing loss seriously is an industry win

Lindsey Schutters 11 Sep 2024

Sanlam's Life of Confidence campaign overcame the challenges in the financial services market by tapping into the power of digital marketing explains (left) Kirsten Fynn, business unit director at Incubeta and (right) Kelly Driscoll, head of demand generation at Sanlam (Images supplied. Production by Bizcommunity)

Artificial Intelligence

Lessons in digital marketing from Sanlam’s Life of Confidence campaign

4 Sep 2024

Waheed Adam, CEO of iTouch

Mobile & Apps

MVI could solve digital fraud

12 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Anna Collard, senior vice president, content strategist and ambassador of KnowBe4 Africa.

Fintech

In chatbots we trust—but should we?

12 Aug 2024

This is a landmark antitrust ruling against Google that may have wide reaching effects.

Services

Court says Google did violate antitrust laws

Lindsey Schutters 6 Aug 2024

Apple Private Cloud Compute is a big step in bringing consumer private protection to AI.

Cybersecurity

Apple joins AI scene late but raises privacy standard

Lindsey Schutters 12 Jun 2024

Apple is bringing generative AI to emojis

Software

‘AI’ is for Apple Intelligence at WWDC

Lindsey Schutters 11 Jun 2024

Source: © 123rf First-party data stands as a cornerstone of understanding customer behaviours, preferences, and patterns says Gil Sperling and Dan Levy of Flow

Digital

Retail marketing: The demise of the third-party cookie, the rise of first-party data

6 Jun 2024

Social Media

The battle over TikTok: What lies ahead for South African creators?

Nick Corbett 22 Apr 2024

7 WordPress trends to watch in 2024

Software

7 WordPress trends to watch in 2024

Issued by Domains.co.za 25 Jan 2024

Source: Markus Spiske/Unsplash

Cybersecurity

Kaspersky exposed iPhone vulnerability at heart of Operation Triangulation

15 Jan 2024

Source: © 123rf The evolution of intent-based marketing is developing advanced attribution models to cover the entire customer journey, says Grant Lapping, digital executive +OneX

CRM, CX, UX

Developing advanced attribution models for the entire customer journey - online to offline

Grant Lapping 7 Dec 2023

Local brands ignoring the obvious while chasing shiny, new tech

Digital

Local brands ignoring the obvious while chasing shiny, new tech

Johan Walters, Issued by Incubeta 16 Oct 2023

Source: © 123rf Ad platform integrations should be front of mind when choosing an e-commerce platform saysFrançois Jooste, +OneX

Digital

Exclusive: Why ad platform integrations should be front of mind when choosing an e-commerce platform

François Jooste 13 Oct 2023

Huawei's comeback adds diversity to stagnant consumer electronics market

Hardware

Huawei's comeback adds diversity to stagnant consumer electronics market

Lindsey Schutters 21 Sep 2023

Advertising

Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads. Here's what you need to know

Erica Mealy 11 Sep 2023

Image supplied. Micha Suarez De Koning, CTIO at Sprout Performance Partners, gives three tips to boost your data-driven marketing efforts

Marketing

3 Tips to boost your data-driven marketing efforts

28 Aug 2023

Source: Bankless Semona Pillay of UJ gives four ways to managing privacy and risk in the metaverse

Marketing

4 ways to managing privacy and risk when marketing in the metaverse

Semona Pillay 16 Aug 2023

AI in hospitality: How technology will transform the industry for the better

Hospitality

AI in hospitality: How technology will transform the industry for the better

15 Aug 2023

Meta takes on Twitter with Threads and wins in the market

Mobile & Apps

Meta takes on Twitter with Threads and wins in the market

Lindsey Schutters 6 Jul 2023

#StartupMentoring: Innovo Networks founder Damian Michael shares entrepreneurial pearls of wisdom

How To Start Up

#StartupMentoring: Innovo Networks founder Damian Michael shares entrepreneurial pearls of wisdom

Imran Salie 8 Jun 2023

The urgent need for responsible regulation of generative AI

Technology

The urgent need for responsible regulation of generative AI

De Wet Bisschoff, Issued by Stone 26 May 2023