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Uber’s new app turns smartphone into an automatic crash detector
Cab hailing app Uber has unveiled a strategy to reinforce safeguards for passengers and their personal information. The new feature is called Ride Check, and makes use of the sensors that already live inside the driver’s smartphone. It’ll pull data…
Nedbank, Plug and Play select 10 startups for The Disruption Agenda
Nedbank recently announced the expansion of their US partnership with Plug and Play, an innovation platform, to include South Africa for the first time. Together, the entities will connect 10 visionary entrepreneurs from around the world to business leaders at…
Google introduces new pixel smartphone 2018
Google has been fairly consistent with its Pixel smartphone releases. The original Google Pixel launched back on October 4, 2016, which was a Tuesday. It then went on sale on Tuesday, October 25 that same year. Then last year’s Google…
WATCH: Official Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 – Blackout Battle Royale Trailer
This is Blackout. Fight through classic Black Ops locales while playing as some of your favourite characters from across the series. Drop into the action in a wingsuit, and take command of land, sea and air vehicles in this last-player-standing…
IT News Africa: Most read stories of the week
It’s been an insightful week in the world of tech. Despite the sad news of South Africa slipping into technical recession, this week we saw the credit data deal between Google and Mastercard, we learned of vulnerabilities in Wi-Fi security…
Startups “TAP” into new tokenised crypto-funding model
In the competitive environment of growing a business, funding options for start-ups have to date largely centred on traditional methods – venture capital, angel, seed investment, crowdfunding, loans and lines of credit – and more recently, via accelerators. Every option…
Ruckus Networks Appoints Bart Giordano as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Ruckus Networks, an ARRIS company, has announced Bart Giordano as the company’s new Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Giordano will report to Ian Whiting, President of Ruckus Networks. He will be responsible for revenue, gross margin, and all aspects…
AlphaCode selects four fintech startups for its accelerator programme
AlphaCode‘s recently launched accelerator programme, AlphaCode Accelerate and selected four fintech starups as finalists. AlphaCode is Rand Merchant Investment Holding’s (RMI) incubation, acceleration and investment vehicle that identifies, partners and grows early stage financial service ventures. AlphaCode was founded to…
Money transacting made easy for Zimbabweans in South Africa with AMA.ZING
Millions of disenfranchised Zimbabweans living in South Africa, both banked and unbanked, can now access free mobile transacting and basic insurance services through the launch of the AMA.ZING Diaspora solution in South Africa. The solution, developed by the Zing Group,…
Interview: Kirsten Wilkins of Formula D highlights the importance of tech in the educational sphere
Every day we hear about new revolutionary technologies being launched or developed that could change the way we live and work. Innovations like self-driving cars, robotic assistants and virtual reality headsets have propelled us into the future. Virtual reality, in…
South Africa needs an independent, high-tech Reserve Bank
Lower costs and better access to investment are fundamental for growth and jobs. Those advantages become reality when you apply the appropriate technologies. But technology can be risky and everyone prefers a stable hand to help guide the process. The…
South Africa: Samsung partners Comsol to launch 5G in Soweto
Samsung South Africa has partnered with Comsol, a provider of enterprise-grade wireless infrastructure to light up Vilakazi Street in Soweto with a live 5G pilot network. The pilot network was officially switched on Friday, 07 September at Uncle Toms Community…
Uganda expects 100% cellular coverage in 2019
The head of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) says the country should have 100% mobile phone coverage by the end of 2019. Godfrey Mutabazi told The Daily Monitor that he expects national roaming to be implemented next year to ensure…
Veeam enables ContinuitySA to deliver Hyper-Availability across Africa
Veeam Software, the leader in Intelligent Data Management for the Hyper‑Available Enterprise™, today announced that ContinuitySA, an African provider of business continuity management services to public and private sector organisations, has selected Veeam Availability Suite to help deliver dependable disaster…
Samsung introduces first foldable Galaxy smartphone
So far, we have yet to see a real Samsung foldable phone hit the market. However, there are lots of indications that Samsung not only plans to launch such a smartphone but that it could finally happen by the end…
Marvel’s Spider-Man swings into action today
The highly anticipated Marvel’s Spider-Man comes out today, 7 September 2018, and it’s already making waves with its high reviews for spectacular scenery and dynamic gameplay. Go get ‘em, Tiger. Marvel’s Spider-Man is now live on PS4: pic.twitter.com/RiOLcI4lzr —…
