Smartphone shipments surpass 300m

The worldwide smartphone market reached a new milestone in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), moving past the 300-million unit mark for the first time in its history. According to final data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile...

PayPal flaw still unfixed after two months

A new security vulnerability in PayPal lets hackers bypass the site’s two-factor authentication, according to a security researcher who says he’s reported the flaw to PayPal – but it remains unfixed. Joshua Rogers, writing on his Just Another Security Blog site,...

Multinationals unprepared for Ebola

At least 50% of companies currently have no policy in place for dealing with a pandemic, according to ECA International. Over the last 10 years various pandemics have occurred in diverse locations around the globe and the current Ebola outbreak has once again raised...

High-tech workspace for civil servants

The public sector workforce predicts that within the next 20 years their offices will be dominated by highly sophisticated technologies that will drastically change the way they work. The future gazing research commissioned by Ricoh Europe and conducted by Coleman...

Cybercrime could cost SA business millions

South African businesses are increasingly being targeted by cybercriminals who assume the identities of the unwary – often making them pay dearly due to lack of diligence and governance, warns Standard Bank. Although it is difficult to pinpoint how much...

SA trade activity now in negative territory

The seasonally adjusted composite Trade Activity Index (TAI) declined by four index points to 48 in July 2014 from 52 in June 2014, according to the latest SACCI (South African Chamber of Commerce & Indsutry) Trade Index. The trade conditions index was stable and...