Local team wins global Imagine Cup semis
After being crowned as one of the top three South African finalists in the local leg of Microsoft’s 2014 Imagine Cup earlier this year, Team Super Sea Dragons has again made the country proud by winning at the global online semi-finals of the Imagine Cup. Super Sea...SA users are Facebook-mad
South Africans who use Facebook are deeply engaged with the service from the moment they wake up until they go to sleep at night, according to research carried out by Ipsos. Among those surveyed, 40% check Facebook before getting out of bed and 36% check Facebook just...SA gets started on analytics journey
South African businesses understand the importance of analytics, but the results of most implementations are still mainly used for reporting rather than forward-looking strategies and analyses. Analytics, the art of using data trends to make predictions and meaningful...Apps take over in the mobile world
Research shows that 96% of the world’s mobile media users – across all genders, platforms and ages – are downloading apps, although this ubiquity does vary from country to country. MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, has released the final...UCT research curbs TB in HIV patients
A trial of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) plus antiretroviral therapy (ART) to prevent tuberculosis has shown safety and efficacy in patients with HIV, say researchers of a University of Cape Town (UCT) study published in The Lancet. Tuberculosis (TB) is the...