Mobile payments drive m-commerce adoption

In 2013, 15% of mobile media users made some form of mobile payment to complete a purchase. The largest group of these users (7% of the total sample) did so via a mobile wallet, especially those based on near field communications (NFC) technology. This is one of the...

Unlimited Titans take Sage on board

The Unlimited Titans cricket franchise has partnered with Sage VIP HR & Payroll to implement a new software system for personnel performance management. According to Jacques Faul, CEO of the Unlimited Titans, the move was initiated in order to take sport...

IBM reports growth

IBM has announced fourth-quarter 2013 diluted earnings of $5,73 per share, compared with diluted earnings of $5,13 per share in the fourth quarter of 2012, an increase of 12%. Operating (non-GAAP) diluted earnings were $6,13 per share, compared with operating diluted...

Gaming set to drive ad spend over $24bn

A new digital PC and Mac gaming software and services forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) concludes that PC and Mac gamer spending and direct banner/video ad outlays across all digital channels will grow to over $24-billion worldwide by 2017. The...

Bursaries boost skills in Services SETA

The Services SETA (State Education and Training Authority) has teamed up with the UCT Graduate School of Business to enroll junior and middle managers working in the sector in key management development programmes at the school. Applicants are invited to apply for...

Afrihost extends mobile data promo

Afrihost has extended its Double Mobile Data promotion to the middle of 2014. The company has been running Double Data promotions since its mobile data launch in September last year and initially promised to keep the specials running until the end of February 2014....