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Dynabook Port̩g̩ A30-E-18W РThe Quintessential Business Laptop
With an 8th generation Intel Core i5-8250U processor and 8 gigabytes of onboard RAM, the Portégé will fly swiftly through whatever office work you may put in front of it. The massive 8 gigs of memory, a huge figure for…
Top 5 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. Safaricom sees a new opportunity in Ethiopia, and Lenovo is cooling supercomputers with warm water in Germany. With the world…
How Using Cloud Can Increase Security for Remote Working During the Pandemic
The cloud can enable organisations to quickly scale out enhanced security to a suddenly remote workforce, as part of efforts to ensure business continuity and disaster recovery – this is according to Patrick Grillo, Senior Director and Solutions Marketing at…
YouTube’s ‘Chapters’ Roll out on Desktop and Mobile
YouTube has released its new video chapters feature to all users on desktop, smartphones and tablets. Chapters, the new feature that soft-launched in April, will make it easier to skip to precisely where you want to go in a video,…
ATCON Tasks Nigerian Government to Begin Digitizing the Economy
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has charged the Federal Government to begin the digitization of the nation’s economy. The association stressed the importance and crucial need for the government to map out fresh plans that would assist…
Donald Trump Signs Executive Order Targetting Social Media Companies
United States President Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order that could allow federal officials in the US to go after technology giants like Twitter, Facebook and Google over how those companies treat content that appears on their websites.…
The Future of Work – Becoming a Digital Workforce
The future of work has always been a popular topic for discussion, especially among HR and payroll practitioners. However, the current COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown many countries have experienced are fast-tracking discussions towards more practical interventions to prepare…
Google Launches Website to Help People Avoid Online Scams
Ever opened your emails and received a poorly-worded message about a payment that you weren’t expecting? What about one proclaiming that you’ve won a competition you never entered. “Congratulations!” it reads, beneath, a sinister attachment that you probably should not…
E-Health Framework in Development for South Africa
South Africa’s healthcare organisations are currently on a journey to providing comprehensive and accessible healthcare services to all its citizens, in both the private and public healthcare ecosystems. However, the finalisation of legislation and standards that govern this sector has…
Safaricom Eyes an Opportunity to Expand into Ethiopia
Safaricom PLC is planning to extend its reach into Ethiopia, Kenya’s northern neighbour. Although not initially successful with its first few attempts, new changes within the Ethiopian government may prove beneficial for the mobile carrier to finally establish a presence…
Trump Threatens Twitter and Other Social Media Platforms After Being Fact-Checked
US President Donald Trump has threatened to regulate or even “close down” social media platforms in a series of tweets over the last day on Twitter. This comes after Twitter added a fact-check label to some of his posts. The…
Understanding African Markets During COVID-19
We are living in unprecedented times. COVID-19 has swept throughout the world, and governments globally have taken drastic measures to stop the spread in an attempt to save lives. In February 2020, as African countries watched Asia and Europe begin…
Cashless and Contactless Payments Beyond COVID-19
The emergence of COVID-19 has made the need for digitising payments more critical than ever before and for this to be a success, electronic payments need to offer similar benefits to those afforded by cash. Globally, economies are in various…
Twitter Labels President Trump’s “Potentially Misleading” Tweets
Twitter said Tuesday that it added a label to the United States (US) President Donald Trump’s tweets for containing “potentially misleading information about voting processes,” a rare move that shows the social media company is taking a tougher stance against…
Use of Cloud Collaboration Tools Surge Across the World and So Do Attacks
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed companies to adapt to new government-mandated restrictions on workforce movement around the world. The immediate response has been a rapid adoption and integration of cloud services, particularly cloud-based tools such as Microsoft Office 365, Slack…
Spotify Removes its 10,000-Song Library Limit
Spotify has finally removed its 10,000-song cap on library sizes, now allowing users to add as much music as they’d like to their personal libraries. Fixing an issue that has irritated music-lovers on the service for years. With more than…
