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Danielle Kruger
Daniëlle is an IT and tech journalist focused on gaming, gadgets and emerging technologies in a number of key industries.
South Africa: parliament.gov will livestream SONA
The South African State of the Nation Address (SONA) will take place on Thursday, 7 February, at 7 pm and will be live-streamed on the official Parliament website. Live streaming will make the address available to citizens who are unable…
Huawei’s foldable phone will debut at MWC 2019
Come with us to explore #ConnectingTheFuture LIVE from @MWC. Are you ready to reveal the unprecedented? #HuaweiMWC #MWC2019 pic.twitter.com/UllvyhBiVq — Huawei Mobile (@HuaweiMobile) February 1, 2019 Huawei is set to reveal its 5G foldable phone at Mobile World Congress in…
Airtel Africa receives $200 mln investment from Qatar
Airtel Africa, a subsidiary of Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel which services 15 African countries, will receive an investment of USD 200 million from the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) through a primary equity issuance in the company. The funds will…
Applications for DFS Lab’s Mojaloop Fintech Hackathon are open
Digital Financial Services Lab (DFS Lab) has announced it is hosting a hackathon in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from April 8 to 12. The Hackathon will offer participants an in-depth look at Mojaloop, which is open-source software for financial services…
Apple aims to offer a subscription service for gaming
Apple is rumoured to be planning a subscription service for games. Still in the early stages of development, users will pay a monthly subscription fee to get access to a library of gaming titles. Something akin to a Netflix of…
Google+ says goodbye to consumers on April 2
Google has announced that it will be shutting down Google+ for consumers on April 2. It comes as no surprise that the service is shutting down considering that Google confirmed its plans a while ago. Only now there is a…
Kingdom Hearts III is out and already killing it
Kingdom Hearts III, the long-awaited instalment in the beloved action role-playing game series, is now available worldwide on the PS4 and Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox One X. Long-time fans and newcomers alike will follow the exciting new…
Hengtong Aberdare recommits to helping students in South Africa
Hengtong Aberdare (Aberdare), a subsidiary of Hengtong Group, an innovation leader in China that focuses on fibre optic, electrical and technical network construction and operations, has pledged to donate a hi-tech computer centre (“the Center”) to the Siqongweni Secondary School…
Callers can hear you over FaceTime before you answer
A bug in Apple’s FaceTime video-calling application allows a caller to hear audio on the receiving end before the call is actually answered. Considered a major privacy issue, many users fear that this could be used for malicious intent because…
Remote patient monitoring could be worth €46.1 billion in 2023, study says
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions reached revenues of €17.5 billion in 2018 according to a new market report from Berg Insight. RPM revenues are expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.4 percent until 2023, reaching €…
Huge Telecom announces new MD
Huge Telecom, a subsidiary of Huge Group, has announced Robert Burger as the new managing director to its investors, effective as of 23 January 2019. Burger was appointed as the Financial Director of Huge Telecom on 1 August 2018 and…
Google’s I/O developer conference is coming up in May
Kicking off on the 7th of May, Google’s next I/O developer conference will be taking place at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, CA. The 2018 conference kicked off on the 8th of May. Every year, Google announces the date of…
Best practices for an online learning system
The online learning industry is projected to grow to US$325 billion by 2025. Bricks-and-mortar higher education institutes have already started developing e-learning solutions to be used in conjunction with classroom learning and others to be used completely on their own.…
Blockchain can enhance F&B industry’s traceability
Advances in blockchain technology could enable the food and beverage industry (F&B) to enhance traceability. In the US alone, food recalls and foodborne illnesses cost $77 billion per annum, including discarded products, loss of revenue, damage to corporate reputations and…
Headless CMS architecture gaining popularity
Headless Content Management System (CMS) or decoupled content management is fast gaining popularity, it enables businesses to engage customers with personalised content via multiple channels at any stage of the customer journey. The architecture promotes centralised content management across all…
Microsoft Office goes up on the App Store
The Microsoft Office suite of programs has been made available on Apple’s Mac App Store. All of the most commonly used Microsoft programs like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and OneDrive are now available to Mac users via the App…
