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 | With millions of apps available today and growing at a rapid pace, consumers are spoilt for choice and have little patience with apps that don't deliver. In a market in which quality and performance always come before brand loyalty, the competitor's app is only a tap away. Read more >>
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 | IT departments who want to make an impact on business need to find their voice, add value to the business and be clear on what their role is in their organisation. Read more >>
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 | T-Systems, The Innovation Hub and Maxum Business Incubator have launched the Innovation Factory, which is a local showcase of the international T-Systems Innovation Centre in Munich, but tailored to the South African market. Read more >>
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 | Pocketplan, South Africa's going out app, allows users to scroll through a handpicked list of events and purchase tickets directly through their mobile phone. It has successfully integrated itself into both Cape Town's and Johannesburg's social scenes and became the second most downloaded entertainment app in South Africa in April 2014. Read more >>
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 | Ryan Naudé The landscape of Business Intelligence (BI) is shifting. More and more companies are looking for the rapid implementation of a BI solution. While the request to see a return on investment in a solution as quickly as possible is not unfounded, organisations are starting to forget what goes into the foundation of a robust BI solution. Read more >>
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 | Issued by False Bay College The third International North South TVET ICT conference will take place from 10-12 September at the Lagoon Beach Hotel in Cape Town. Read more >>
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 | Oliver Potgieter With cloud computing already entrenched and proven in some of the world's most substantial companies (and equally entrenched among the world's most savvy startups), South African businesses should be asking themselves a simple question. Why isn't more of my stuff in the cloud? Read more >>
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 | Danette Breitenbach Cyber crime is one of the top 10 risks for any business in the world today but despite this, IT security is often viewed as just a cost to business. Read more >>
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 | Lutz Blaeser Up until now, security has been mostly a catch-up game. A vulnerability is discovered, a patch is issued and applied, and so on and so forth. Read more >>
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 | The word 'hacker' generally conjures up images of people cracking passwords and breaking into computer systems unlawfully. But this past weekend computer developers were invited to take part in a Hackathon - an official World Design Capital event - and the City was there, aiding and abetting the team. Read more >>
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 | South African corporates are increasingly tapping in to sophisticated mobile forensic technology to boost security within their organisations, according to Adam Victor, MD of Pandacom Distribution. Read more >>
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 | The data scientist is a key factor in enabling competitive advantage today and in the future, but businesses must move quickly. Across southern Africa there is currently a big data skills gap that must be addressed if businesses are to have the appropriate resources in place for making sense of their data. Read more >>
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 | Jose Capelo EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UK: The concept of big data has brought a revolution in relations between companies and their customers. Read more >>
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 | Zeenat Moorad At its annual general meeting recently, Massmart highlighted the plight of consumers as debt‚ mounting costs and unemployment continue to curb spending in South Africa. Read more >>
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 | What is the most secure web browser? Google Chrome? Mozilla Firefox? Microsoft's Internet Explorer? It's a simple question-but the answer is a bit complicated. Read more >>
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 | Government has advised people, who want to follow the developments around the new Cabinet on social media, to access their Twitter and Facebook accounts via the respective departmental websites. Read more >>
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 | The CareCross Health Group, which aims to provide quality care to all South Africans, regardless of means, leverages synergies between its health care provision, insurance risk management, professional services and manufacturing capabilities, as well as managing an extensive network of health care professionals and pharmacies. Read more >>
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 | Meryl Malcomess In South Africa, 68% of the jobs in the country are provided by businesses that employ 50 people or less. However, it is these small-to-medium businesses that lack awareness of the importance of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software and the growth opportunities it can enable. Read more >>
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 | The struggle to increase the number of graduating software engineers has been an ongoing challenge throughout the last two decades. Read more >>
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 | Already a fixture in leading global companies that have embedded open innovation into their processes, the Chief Collaboration Officer (CCO) is a vital resource that all forward-thinking companies must invest in locally, says Wyzetalk. Read more >>
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 | Sipho Maseko Debates in the telecoms industry fall into three categories: what is good for consumers, good for business, and good for the country. And... Read more >>
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 | Thabiso Mochiko The buyout of Neotel by mobile operator Vodacom "is very important" for the fixed-line operator's future‚ Neotel's Chief Executive Sunil Joshi said. Read more >>
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 | Beauregard Tromp and Isaac Mahlangu Gone are the days of repeatedly patching up potholes, says Joburg mayor Parks Tau who says the city has allocated R1.2bn to its roads agency to build new roads instead of constantly patching them up. Read more >>
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 | Loni Prinsloo "Telkom won't die," says Chief Executive Sipho Maseko, who compared the state-owned company to a stabilised patient in and intensive care unit after a couple of strategic deals and cost-cutting exercises put in place during his year at the helm. Read more >>
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: Disney and French online music streaming company Deezer are going into partnership that will give customers access to hit songs and classic animations from the US film company. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: An international dragnet has dismantled a global computer hacker network, which used a sophisticated computer virus to steal millions of dollars from companies and consumers, the US Justice Department said. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Apple has unveiled new operating software it hopes will create a seamless experience for users flitting between its coveted mobile devices and the popular Macintosh computers. Read more >>
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 | SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: Samsung announced the launch of a new smartphone based on its own operating system, in a step towards independence from the Google Android platform that dominates its popular handsets. Read more >>
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 | STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - The co-founder of file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, was arrested in southern Sweden after two years on the run, Swedish police have confirmed. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Mobile security startup Lookout is turning smartphones and tablets against gadget thieves with a new feature that - when possible - and snapping a picture of the culprit who took the phone. Read more >>
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 | TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Taiwan's Acer has unveiled its cloud service centre as the struggling computer manufacturer seeks to revive its fortunes by diversifying away from the low-margin hardware business. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, US: Microsoft has announced what it called a breakthrough in real-time voice translation and said it would offer a test version through its Skype messaging unit before the end of the year. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Online commerce company Amazon.com said it doubted that it would soon bury the hatchet with book publisher Hachette. Read more >>
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