Now for the next 1bn users …

This week saw a new Facebook-led consortium that aims to connect more people, particularly in emerging markets, joining numerous other campaigns to connect new users. However, companies will have to step up if they hope to achieve these goals. The next wave of mobile...

Carrim outlines action plan

Communications minister Yunus Carrim has presented a draft strategy for action to be taken by the department between now and the elections next year. The Draft Strategy and Programme for the Department of Communications was delivered to Parliament’s Portfolio...

A new star is born …

Astronomers using ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, have obtained a vivid close-up view of material streaming away from a newborn star. By looking at the glow coming from carbon monoxide molecules in an object called Herbig-Haro 46/47 they have...

Demand for small tablets doubles

Booming demand for low-priced 7,x-inch products helped shipments of panels used in media tablets to more than double in the first quarter, according to a new report entitled Tablet PC Touch Panel Shipment Database from information and analytics provider HIS. Global...

New products for new-look threats

As hackers have shifted their goals from disruption and notoriety to financial and intellectual property theft, the tactics they use have changed accordingly. The malware used today is increasingly target specific and stealthy, often evading signature-based defences....

Big data key to success in SA

A vast majority (83%) of South African companies believe that using big data will help them to improve their decision-making; however, most organisations are battling to implement a technology that will take advantage of this. EMC yesterday released the findings of a...