E-commerce comes of age
Online shopping hit the mainstream in South Africa during 2014, and it’s set to continue in 2015. “The number of merchants we serve doubled this year, and the vast majority of those are new entrants to the market,” says PayGate CEO Peter Harvey. “We’ve also seen...Prevent blindness with smart app
Peek Vision is a new eye testing system that runs on a standard-issue smartphone and can be used to help limit blindness in all corners of the world. With a mobile app and lens adapter the system provides an easy-to-use, affordable and portable system for testing...Nayagar takes the reins at Lexmark
Nathan Nayagar has been appointed GM for Lexmark South Africa, taking over from veteran Mark Hiller. Nayagar joined Lexmark in June 2013 as channel sales director, moving to the position of sales director: enterprise and public sector in April this year. Prior to...How to beat the power cuts
Days after Eskom’s announcement that more rolling blackouts are expected, enterprising South Africans started coming up with ways of beating the loadshedding blues. “There has been a dramatic spike in searches for items like solar lights, gas appliances and...Genome browser in your hand
The first secure clinical genome browser, giving doctors access to patients’ genetic data, is now available on the BlackBerry Passport smartphone. Developed in partnership with BlackBerry and NantHealth, a cloud-based IT provider that combines science and big data to...