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Danielle Kruger
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Danielle Kruger
Daniƫlle is an IT and tech journalist focused on gaming, gadgets and emerging technologies in a number of key industries.
Spotify “Car View” makes jamming out safer while you drive
Spotify has been testing a āDriving Modeā since 2017. Now it is making this feature more widely available as “Car View” to make navigating through your music while driving easier and safer. Spotify has already been integrated into navigational appsā¦
Schneider Electric launches Go Green in the City 2019
Schneider ElectricĀ launchedĀ Go Green in the City 2019, its annual global student contest to find bold ideas and innovative solutions for smarter, more energy-efficient and sustainable cities. Now in its ninth year, Go Green in the City is a majorā¦
AgTech startup gets software donation from Oracle NetSuite
Growsel, a nonprofit agricultural crowdfunding organisation that connects underserved Base of the Pyramid smallholder farmers with lenders across the globe, has received a software donation fromĀ Oracle NetSuite Social ImpactĀ for growingĀ social enterprises. With the strength of NetSuite, Growsel will beā¦
Networks Unlimited Africa and Cofense stand against phishing
Cofense, a provider of human-focused phishing defence solutions which enable people to identify, report, and mitigate such threats as spear phishing and malware, is keenly aware that small businesses are significant targets for cyber attackers. This is against aā¦
NETSCOUT report highlights rapid changes in DDoS threat landscape
The findings of a new report from NETSCOUT have highlighted some key points around distributed denial of service (DDoS) activity worldwide during 2018. NETSCOUTās Arbor Active Threat Level Analysis System (ATLAS) has actively monitored the global internet threat landscape sinceā¦
Africa Code Week 2018 touched over 2 mln young Africans
Africa Code Week (ACW) 2018 exceeded all expectations by empowering 2.3 million youth across 37 countries with digital and coding skills – compared to 1.3 million youth engaged across 35 African countries in the previous edition. According to Cathy Smith,ā¦
SAIPA: Accountants must Pioneer AI Solutions
Thereās been much talk in the press about the robotisation of accounting and how artificial intelligence (AI) will inevitably make professional accountants obsolete. According to Faith Ngwenya, Technical and Standards Executive at the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA),ā¦
Improve security posture with deep learning enabled endpoint detection and response
Cybercrime is big business and hackers are continually looking for new attack vectors. SophosLabs team see 400,000 new malicious samples every day; this does not mean 400,000 programmers writing code. It means heavily automated systems. The result is bespoke malwareā¦
Android gets Twitter’s reverse-chronological feed
Android, we got you. Starting today, tap āØ to switch between latest and top Tweets. pic.twitter.com/7rXo3BNEJ6 ā Twitter (@Twitter) January 15, 2019 After bringing back the reverse-chronological timeline to iOS in December, Twitter is doing the same for Android now.ā¦
WorldRemit launches in South Africa
Hello #SouthAfrica! Customers based in ?? can now send money to friends and family in 145+ countries worldwide ā as easy as sending an instant message. Hereās Andrew Stewart, our MD for Middle East and Africa, sharing the news withā¦
Energy efficiency puts cash back in your pocket
Energy efficiency is often seen as a ānice to haveā or only for ābig corporationsā but not applicable at home or small to medium businesses because it is expensive or not necessary. āIt is this kind of thinking that delaysā¦
Helios Towers partners Vulatel on South African infrastructure
Helios Towers has entered into a partnership with Vulatel to work on expanding South Africa’s mobile and fixed-line infrastructure, saying that they aim to make “major greenfield wireless and fixed-line telecoms infrastructure investments”. Helios Towers will own 66 per centā¦
Zimbabwe kills internet over protests
Zimbabwe’s government is limiting access to the internet – and social media specifically – in an attempt to stifle violent protests that have broken out in response to skyrocketing fuel prices. Protests broke out across the country after fuel pricesā¦
Rocket League cross-play is a thing now
Sony has announced that it will finally let PS4 owners play Rocket League against gamers on Xbox, Switch, and PC. Having previously blocked Rocket League cross-play, except between PS4 and PC, developers said that they were simply waiting on Sonyā¦
Almost half of companies still canāt detect IoT device breaches
With the number of connected devices set to top 20 billion by 2023, businesses must act quickly to ensure their IoT breach detection is as effective as possible. Surveying 950 IT and business decision makers globally, Gemalto found that companiesā¦
Explore the future of retail at Digital Retail Forum 2019
There is so much more in store for the African retail industry. According to research conducted by PWC, many sub-Saharan African countries have emerged among the worldās fastest-growing economies. This kind of development is due, in part, to a greatā¦
