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6 things you didn’t know you could do with Google
Google is the world’s largest search engine with over 3.5 billion searches per day. There is however features which many of Google’s users are still failing to take advantage of. Jumia Travel reveals the 6 things you didn’t know you…
Take action or face the consequences says Forrester
According to Forrester, 2017 will be a year of action. While the company has advised a strong focus on technology to improve customer experience, it has also warned that trying to play catch-up with early technology movers could spell disaster…
Facebook to take on YouTube with new TV App
Facebook announced on Tuesday that they will be launching their very own television App. With the launch of this App, Facebook could be better set to compete with traditional television channels and other video services such as YouTube for advertising…
Cumii: Bringing connected Things and Transformation to Africa
Cumii is a pan-African IoT company that focuses on disruptive technology that transforms Africa. Its philosophy and DNA is built from the “The Internet of Things” (a vision where everything is connected), “Machine to Machine” and Big Data. Recently, ZTE…
ShowMax begins European expansion
In a bid to expand its global reach, Naspers’ internet TV service ShowMax is launching in Poland. The service will keep the ShowMax branding and utilise the current ShowMax platform while adding Polish language apps. ShowMax will be looking to…
How SMEs can drive sales with augmented reality
Having survived the turmoil of a gruelling 2016, South African business owners and managers are now turning their attention to sales and marketing. There is a mood of cautious optimism, particularly amongst small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that have…
Opinion: How WiFi is enabling the Mobile-Office revolution
Today’s largest and most in-demand segment of employees are operating in a vastly different digital landscape than they would have only ten years ago. The nine-to-five workday has given way to the demands of an always-on lifestyle. And forward-thinking companies…
Amazon launches Chime, a communication service for business
Amazon has announced the launch of a new video conferencing and communications platform, Amazon Chime. The service will look to compete against similar applications such as Skype. Chime is a new unified communications service that will attempt to go beyond VoIP…
How SA’s SMEs can solve the connectivity conundrum
In 2017, South Africa is expected to spend $10.5bn on information, technology and communications (ICT). This is according to the International Data Corporation (IDC), and the figure makes it the highest ICT spender across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa…
How to create engaging customer experiences
Customer experience has become an emerging battleground for most organisations, as they seek ways to extract further value from customers. Yet many organisations are unsure of how to find this value and often do not have the time, capacity or…
Twitter hashtags propel mass protest in Nigeria
The current climate in Nigeria is a turbulent one to say the least. Fuelled by an economic recession and uncertainty over the health of current president Muhammadu Buhari, citizens of Africa’s most populous country have taken to the streets to…
Facebook rallies partners to unite for a safer, better Internet
In celebration of Safer Internet Day, Facebook has announced partnerships with public sector agencies and non-governmental organisations across Africa. Under the theme “Be the change: unite for a better Internet”, the initiative, launched by Facebook in partnership with Safer Internet…
Microsoft commits to “Digital Civility” on Safer Internet Day
Today, the 7th of February, is international Safer Internet Day (SID). It is a day on which people and organisations from around the world pledge to promote safer and more responsible use of technology, particularly with respect to children and young people.…
Closing the software development skills gap in South Africa
In CNN Money’s 2017 job rankings, mobile app developers came out on top, beating in-vogue, emergent fields like data science, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence, as well as literally every other profession from other industries. And it’s certainly not the…
MatrixStream, streamlining the viewing process
MatrixStream introduces the MatrixCloud OTT solution for IPTV operators enabling end-to-end IPTV and OTT platform which has a rollout time of less than 60 days. Operators can utilize MatrixCloud OTT to launch skinny channel bundles and subscription VOD to complement…
Digitising archived broadcast footage – creating additional value
As we replace manual and paper-based processes and methods with technological innovations and automated processes, the digital age is rapidly permeating every aspect of our world. Books, documents, sound recordings and the like are being converted for electronic storage, which…
