Intel moves into wearables

Intel has announced a number of technology advancements and initiatives aimed at accelerating computing into the next dimension. The announcements include the Intel Curie module, a button-sized hardware product for wearable solutions; new applications for Intel...

How many Earths can NASA count?

How many stars like our sun host planets like our Earth? NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope continuously monitored more than 150 000 stars beyond our solar system, and to date has offered scientists an assortment of more than 4 000 candidate planets for further study. The...

PayGate partners against online fraud

E-commerce payment services provider PayGate says its new partnership with global fraud prevention company ReD, an ACI Worldwide company, will give added protection to South African online merchants. “As e-commerce in South Africa has matured, more and more local...

Consumer electronics directions for 2015

Revenues for the consumer electronics (CE) industry are projected to grow 3% in 2015 and to reach an all-time high of $223,2-billion, according to The US Consumer Electronics Sales and Forecasts, the semi-annual industry report released by the Consumer Electronics...

Sub-Saharan Africa has fastest mobile growth

The sub-Saharan African (SSA) mobile market presents significant opportunities for telecommunication companies, device and module vendors, and application providers. With the SSA telecommunications market maturing, and mobile phones taking on the role of service...

Flash-based array market continues to rocket

The storage industry continues to evolve and the flash-based array market – including all-flash arrays (AFAs) and hybrid flash arrays (HFAs) – is showing explosive growth. According to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC), the emergence of more...