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 | Issued by Tech4Africa At this year's Tech4Africa Cape Town and Johannesburg the charismatic Andy Hadfield will be presenting the lessons he learnt as a failed start-up... read more>> |
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 | Ruben Naicker The internet has revolutionised not only the way people work and socialise, but also our entertainment. No longer do we need stacks of records, tapes or CDs to own thousands of songs, nor do we need piles of DVDs and Blu-ray disks to have a world of television and movie entertainment at our fingertips. read more>> |
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 | Business Connexion has announced that Cisco is to be an anchor partner of the technology of the future exhibition: MyWorld of Tomorrow Africa. Hosted by Business Connexion (BCX), MyWorld of Tomorrow takes place from 16 to 18 October, 2014, at the Sandton Convention Centre. read more>> |
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 | Andre le Roux Collaboration is an integral part of the insurance business, but, today, the need rapidly to assemble teams and capitalise on human expertise to provide faster, better decisions makes collaborating all the more important. read more>> |
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 | Brent Lees Distance is no longer a barrier to business success. An organisation's applications, data centre and offices can be opposite sides of the world, yet the business can still achieve the same reliability and performance that it has come to expect. read more>> |
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 | Mark Ridley As the pace of business increases, competitive advantage will increasingly hinge on the ability to access and strategically harness information. read more>> |
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 | Fred Mitchell Mobility is essential in the business world, as being able to communicate while on the move is no longer a "nice to have", but a necessity. read more>> |
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 | Bryan Hamman "Pay up or we'll take your website down," so goes the adage that usually accompanies ransom-based cyber attacks. Top of the news agenda in recent weeks, well-known names such as Evernote and Feedly have all fallen victim to extortion attacks, but these companies are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this very lucrative criminal activity. read more>> |
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 | The South African Internet Map, launched this month, provides an overview of the largest websites in South Africa, based on statistics from Effective Measure. read more>> |
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 | TJ Strydom Dude, where did I park my car? Apple is apparently trying to answer that question with a new app that will work even when GPS reception is poor... read more>> |
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 | John Eigelaar As 2013 drew to a close, Deloitte unleashed their Tech Trends report that emphasised how important it is for the business to plan for IPv6. This is not something that is exclusive to the bright internet lights of the USA, China and Europe, it is essential to connected computing across the globe and South Africa is still far, far behind. read more>> |
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 | Cari Van Wyk Last week saw the convergence of leaders in various industries at the Table Bay Hotel in Cape Town for the Growth, Innovation and Leadership Conference hosted by Frost & Sullivan. read more>> |
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 | Impress Me is a video based mobile application that is set revolutionise the recruitment process as we know it. Visually impress potential employers, and tell them why you are right for the job, by submitting an unique video clip of yourself. read more>> |
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 | MTN Group has added about R54bn to its market capitalisation since its well-received interim results early this month, leaving both the top-40 and all-share indices trailing in the distance. read more>> |
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 | The state-owned broadcasting signal distributor Sentech will test digital radio technologies from October... read more>> |
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 | After months in development, Corobrik have become one of the first building materials suppliers in South Africa to launch a dedicated app for the specification and application of its bricks and pavers. The interactive Corobrik app allows users to access the expertise of Corobrik at their fingertips. read more>> |
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 | Sponsored by Betconstruct and Goldbet and organised by Eventus International, the Big Africa Summit and Exhibition, taking place from 6-8 October 2014 at The Emperors Palace Hotel in Johannesburg, will discuss the updates on the development of online gambling regulations, gaming opportunities and strategies to enter and operate in the gaming market. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Scientists using GPS technology to study the extent of the western US drought said Thursday the water shortage is causing parts of the Earth's crust to rise. read more>> |
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 | Money for Jam (M4JAM), the new microjobbing phenomenon sweeping South Africa, has put tens of thousands of Rands in the pockets of microjobbers in the first five days since its recent launch, according to M4JAM's co-founder Andre Hugo. read more>> |
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 | Stuart Gonsal Of all e-commerce-related websites there is little doubt that EBay is the biggest. It's hard now to imagine a world in which EBay doesn't exist; so many of us have become reliant on the auction site to sell unwanted items and to purchase stuff that we do want on the cheap. read more>> |
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 | Mobile telecommunications and payments specialist Blue Label Telecoms reported increased headline earnings per share (HEPS) of 67.98 cents a share for the year to May or revenue that was up by 2% to R19.4bn. read more>> |
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 | Neil Cameron With greater energy efficiency topping the wish list of facility and energy management executives globally, four cross-industry tech trends are having a transformative impact on building systems: visualisation, Machine2Machine (M2M) communication, mobility tools, and analytics. read more>> |
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 | Nomanini has announced that informal vendors and micro-entrepreneurs across Africa have made a million cash transactions using its mobile point of sale terminals... read more>> |
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 | Call centre technology provider 1Stream is taking the lead and has released a white paper outlining the potential for gamification technologies in South African contact centres. read more>> |
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 | SHANGHAI, CHINA: The head of the Chinese government agency investigating Microsoft for alleged monopoly actions said the probe includes the way the US technology company distributes its media player and browser. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: There may be a growing number of applications for smartphones, but people in the USA tend to cling to the few they like and shun the rest, comScore says. read more>> |
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: Experts are racing to identify and fix a problem that saw two satellites from Europe's troubled Galileo satellite navigation system going into the wrong orbit. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: The US Department of Homeland Security has warned businesses to watch for hackers targeting customer data with malicious computer code like that used against retail company Target. read more>> |
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 | NEW YORK, USA: US online company Amazon is preparing to take on Google in one of its core businesses, internet advertising, the Wall Street Journal said, citing sources familiar with the developments. read more>> |
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 | DRESDEN, GERMANY: The trial of a German police officer accused of murdering a willing victim to satisfy his cannibalism fetishists started in Dresden on 22 August. read more>> |
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 | OTTAWA, CANADA: A chatty robot with an LED-lit smiley face was sent hitchhiking across Canada this summer as part of a social experiment and reached its final destination having covered several thousand kilometres on the road. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Uber has moved into dining and travel smartphone applications in a moved at at settting itself up at the heart of mobile lifestyles. read more>> |
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 | BEIRUT, LEBANON: A chilling video depicting the murder of a US journalist by jihadists is just the latest salvo in an online war being waged by extremists on social media sites. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Twitter has removed from its service all photos and videos of the beheading of a US journalist that had been posted online by jihadists. read more>> |
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 | EDINBURGH, UK: Young Scots aged between 16 and 17 are getting the vote in Scotland's independence referendum but the so-called 'selfie generation' looks set to reject separation. read more>> |
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 | TOKYO, JAPAN: Robin Williams fans are asking Nintendo to name a character in the next instalment of its popular "Legend of Zelda" series after the Oscar-winning actor, who died last week. read more>> |
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: Europe is launching two new satellites this week to boost its Galileo navigation system. Once in orbit Galileo will have six satellites orbiting the Earth. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google has confirmed it has bought the start-up company responsible for creating Jetpac, a mobile application that provides travel guides by analysing photographs from social networks such as Instagram. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Microsoft's former Chief Executive Steven Ballmer has stepped down as a member of the company's board of directors. read more>> |
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 | A delegation of South African companies is in Maputo, Mozambique, showcasing their products and services at the 50th Jubilee of the Feira International de Maputo (FACIM) trade fair. read more>> |
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 | A new cellphone application, MomConnect, allows all pregnant women in the country to sign up for a free SMS service, which provides information and advice on pregnancy, and can be used to notify the Department of Health about poor services at clinics. read more>> |
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 | South Africa has imposed a total travel ban for all non-citizens traveling from identified high risk countries to prevent the spread of Ebola to the country. read more>> |
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 | President Jacob Zuma has told Ministers, Premiers and Mayors, who are part of the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission (PICC), that they must jointly develop a problem-solving culture and fix infrastructure problems facing South Africa. read more>> |
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 | Public Service and Administration Minister Collins Chabane says the public sector must challenge itself to be creative and embrace innovation as a new way of doing government business more smartly and delivering its services. read more>> |
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