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Review: Acer Swift 3
The Acer Swift 3 is a compact lightweight device. It scores highly in terms of looks, build, performance, and features. The laptop has a solid keyboard. With island-style keyboard that feels soft, the Swift 3 offers a decent typing experience…
The emergence of a unified retail model
A new understanding of ‘mass-marketing’ Psychologists have a term to describe how our brains scan things we encounter to see if it relates to anything we already know, or if it is something that fits in a new category. It…
Artificial Intelligence is solving African healthcare challenges
Speaking at the recent SAPICS Conference in Cape Town, Dull revealed how AI in the form of IBM Watson is being used to aid decision making in public health supply chains in developing countries and improve patients’ access to life-saving…
South Africa poised to adopt intelligent process automation
Business process management (BPM), robotic process automation (RPA), intelligent process automation (IPA) – each represents a giant step forward for enterprise operations in terms of automation. South African businesses are moving slowly, however, now is the time to accelerate this…
Airbus launches AirSense and signs strategic partnership with Aireon
Airbus Defence and Space has launched AirSense, an advanced analytics solution enabled by multi-source surveillance data, based on global Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data. AirSense is based on various aircraft positions data feeds. The agreement signed at the Farnborough Air…
Why ethics must be at the heart of AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are more than trendy or futuristic topics – they are real computing advances that are playing out in homes and businesses today. In simple terms, AI is a machine’s ability to reason, and…
Naseba eyes further expansion into Africa after cyber security summit success
On July 9-10, 2018, the Africa Cyber Defence Summit was hosted by Kenya’s Ministry of ICT and co-organised by Naseba, a Dubai-based business facilitation company and Nairobi-based Africa Cyberspace Network. Under the theme “Accelerating Africa’s Cyber Security Dialogue”, the summit…
Yes, legacy systems can be digitised
Industry 4.0 is driving socio-economic change on a scale and at a pace never seen before. Technological advancements such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and robotic process automation are fundamentally changing the way in which we live and work,…
South African companies optimistic of opportunities in Angola
The South African business people participating in a five-day trade and investment mission to Angola, where Deputy Minister Magwanishe is leading a business delegation comprising 20 members are pleased with the progress thus far. The business people, whose participation has…
Belt tightening practices could wreck long term health
Belt tightening has become common practice for anxious South African consumers who have, again, been accosted with warnings of steep food price increases. The situation is grim for homes but the bigger threat of food insecurity is lurking in the…
How the Industry 4.0 era will change the cybersecurity landscape
We’ve come a long way from the industrial revolution that saw the creation of steam engines and mechanised manufacturing completely transforming the world at the time. Then came electricity and later, IT-enabled manufacturing. Today we stand at the edge of…
Using fake gift cards to lure consumers into handing over personal data
Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered the distribution of an unusual fraudulent scheme that tricks users into parting with their time and their data, for no return. By creating fake websites for the free generation of gift cards, cybercriminals are able…
Sasol head office future-proofs tech for the long term
Working in partnership with Sasol’s Information Management Services (IMS) to develop and deliver an integrated IT solution for its new head office in Sandton, professional services company Turner & Townsend has helped Sasol create a world-class workspace not only for…
Top tips on how to secure your data and devices while working in public
The ubiquity of Internet connectivity allows people to work from almost anywhere in the world and make better use of down-time during trips. However, travellers need to be aware of the security risks involved with mobility. Location, location, location… Try…
Interview: Tech Director taps into beauty market
Thuli Hlongwane, a former IT Director tapped into the entrepreneurial market by launching two apps that connect people to the beauty therapy industry. Amongst other things, the apps connect salon and spa owners with beauty service providers and customers to salons…
Telkom Kenya opens African skies to Loon
Kenya’s third mobile phone in terms of market share Telkom Kenya and Google affiliate Loon, a subsidiary of Alphabet, have announced the signing of a definitive agreement to pilot an innovative new 4G/LTE access network service in Kenya. The pilot…
