Women still hit glass ceiling

Only 28% of top decision-making roles in South African businesses are filled by women, despite the fact that women make up almost 40% of the country’s total workforce. This is one of the key findings of the 2013 Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR)...

Social software drives innovation

Collaborative customer interfaces, social co-browsing, mobile virtual worlds and social TV are just a few of the innovations on the rise in the Gartner 2013 Hype Cycle for Social Software. The adoption and use of social technologies, techniques and capabilities have...

Growth in WLAN market still healthy

The combined consumer and enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market segments increased 10,8% year over year in the second quarter of 2013, according to IDC. The research group says the enterprise segment continued to grow at a very healthy rate...

Google calls for Africa Connected entries

Has your life been changed by the Internet? Then you could stand the chance of winning $25 000 and the opportunity to work with a Google sponsor over a six-month period. Google is calling on entrepreneurs, creatives, innovators and Web-lovers across Africa to share...

Curiosity seen from space

An image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter released today shows NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover and the wheel tracks from its landing site to the “Glenelg” area where the rover worked for the first half of 2013. The orbiter’s High...

Toshiba’s Tablet Race sets off

Toshiba has launched the Toshiba Tablet Race competition in South Africa, which aims to build brand awareness by engaging with targeted audiences through social platforms. The race will offer more than R150 000 in prizes. The competition culminates in an online...