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Apple to build new campus in Austin worth $1 bn
On Thursday, 13 December 2018 , Apple unveiled plans for a $1 billion campus in Texas that will create jobs for the tech giant outside Silicon Valley, a move made without the fanfare of the recent Amazon headquarters bidding war.…
Reflections on The Impact of AI on the workforce
During the “Towards a good AI society” Summit that was held on November 6-7 at the European Parliament in Brussels, I had the pleasure to sit on a panel under the theme “Workforce and the Digital Industry”. The objective was…
How SD-WAN is disrupting the networking space
While enabling digital and cloud transformation for networks of all sizes, SD-WAN also offers organisations a new way to deploy, manage, and operate their WAN infrastructure. It is beneficial to enterprise customers who demand more flexible, open, and cloud-based WAN…
Western Union, TerraPay to expand payout options to mobile wallets across Africa
Western Union cross-border, cross-currency money movement, has announced an alliance with TerraPay to enable mobile wallet and bank account payout. The alliance further expands upon Western Union’s account payout network for sending remittances directly into customers’ mobile wallets across Europe,…
UPU announces new financial inclusion programme in Africa
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) has officially rolled out a digital financial services project that is set to reach as many as 800,000 people and businesses across Africa, Asia and the Pacific under its Financial Inclusion Technical Assistance Facility (FITAF)…
Are we making ourselves more vulnerable to cyber-attacks in the workplace?
Although some organisations still feel that by digitising their businesses, they will be exposing themselves to cyber threats, on the contrary, one of the biggest benefits that forward-thinking organisations are reaping from their digital transformation initiatives, is security. Globally, most…
Virgin Galactic reaches for the stars
SpaceShipTwo, welcome to space. ?? pic.twitter.com/tHHNSlkrd0 — Virgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) December 13, 2018 Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic recently had a successful test flight, flying to the edge of space and back at a height of 82.7km. The SpaceShipTwo passenger…
Promoting Pan-African growth and development with cryptocurrency
Against the backdrop of numerous national currencies affecting trade and growth on the continent, the AFRO provides a reliable, safe and secure solution suited to Africa’s development challenges First 200,000 Wallets to Receive 50 Free AFROs AFRO Foundation, a non-governmental…
South African tech firm adds Microsoft Gold cloud platform status
South African innovators in Internet of Things technology, IoT.nxt, added Microsoft Gold Partner status for Cloud Platform to its competencies this month, its second such competency after it was recognised as a Gold Partner for Data Platform in 2017. “According…
Farming Simulator 19 Review
Farming Simulator is a farming simulation video game series developed and published by Giants Software, which allows players to farm, breed livestock, grow crops and sell assets created from farming. As a true first time experience of the Farming Simulator…
Samsung upgrades Notebook 9 Pen
Nearly one year after the debut of the original Notebook 9 Pen convertible laptop, on Wednesday 13 December, Samsung revealed an upgraded model redesigned for contemporary, creative professionals on the go. According to reports by Digital Trends, the updated Samsung…
Top 10 personal technologies to support digital business
The idea of an assistant that can schedule meetings and arrange a calendar, order lunch and remind you that you need to leave the office before 4:30 on Thursday to make it across the city to dinner with colleagues doesn’t…
AFGRI partners Synthesis to unlock agricultural innovation
Leading agricultural services company AFGRI Group Holdings and specialised financial technology company Synthesis Software Technologies are proud to announce the conclusion of a joint-venture (JV) agreement. The relationship between the two companies began in 2014 when Synthesis was approached by…
Giphy introduces iOS compatible GIF keyboard extension
This week Giphy revealed an extension for its mobile app that brings a GIF keyboard to all multimedia-supporting applications. Giphy has udpated its iOS app to include a new sticker-making tool and a keyboard extension that you could incorporate into…
Top 10 consumer trends for 2019 according to Ericsson
The eighth edition of the ConsumerLab trend report by Ericsson represents predictions of 34 million early technology adopters. The 10 Hot Consumer Trends 2019 evaluates consumer thoughts and predictions on near-future technology including AI, VR, 5G and automation. The report…
South African blockchain startup partners with new ticketing app
South Africa’s Tari Labs has announced a new collaboration in efforts to reach out into the ticketing industry. Tari expects to be leveraged by Big Neon, a new company developing a blockchain-enabled platform to modernise the ticketing industry. Big Neon…
