Technology News
Elliott to grow electronic payments adoption
MasterCard, a technology company in the global payments industry, has appointed Mark Elliott as division president for South Africa. Based in Johannesburg, Elliott will oversee the performance, strategic direction and brand development of MasterCard in South Africa....
Airtel, Trace and Akon seek African talent
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has partnered with Trace Music Star and global recording icon Akon to roll out the largest mobile musical competition in Africa. Dubbed Airtel Trace...
Apple maximises iPhone profits
For consumers opting to buy Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus rather than the iPhone 6, the additional 0,8-inches of screen size will cost $100 extra. However, for Apple, the iPhone 6 Plus costs only about $16 more to produce.
iOS update withdrawn over user complaints
Apple has withdrawn its iOS 8.0.1 update, following a storm of protests from users that it was corrupting their iPhones. Users have been warned not to download the update, which appeared to be responsible for users losing access to their cellular networks and Touch ID.
African companies find value in big data
Although big data is a rapidly growing buzzword in the African ICT market, the technology’s actual application is not properly understood. Enterprises are gaining access to more data sources and collecting vast amounts of data, but the key challenge is finding a way...
E-commerce grows Nigerian economy
Online businesses are major contributors to the growth of the Nigerian economy. This is the word from Marek Zmyslowski, MD of Africa’s largest online hotel booking platform Jovaga, speaking at the Third EU-Nigeria Business Forum. On a panel discussion about the...
Social users exposed to cybercrooks
Only a small number of respondents to a recent Kaspersky Lab/B2B International survey understand the risks associated with active use of social networks. At greatest risk are those who use mobile devices to access social networking sites. The survey shows that...
XDSL upgrades fibre at no extra cost
Internet service provider (ISP) XDSL is upgrading all its fibre broadband customers to dedicated Internet connectivity – that’s Internet at full capacity of a user’s fibre broadband connection, whether 25Mbps or 100Mbps – at no additional cost.
SA team holds its own at SunGard codeathon
A team of South African developers has scooped the second place award in the SunGard Global Coder Cup, held in London. On 12 September, 11 teams from seven countries met at London’s Emirates Stadium to participate in the final championship round of SunGard’s second...
Altron warns on earnings decline
Allied Electronics (Altron) has issued a trading statement warning shareholders that earnings for the financial half-year ended 31 August 2014 will be substantially lower than last year.
KAU rolls out Fujitsu solutions
Fujitsu has announced that a signing ceremony with the King Abdulaziz University (KAU) was held today in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to kick off a project for a new high-performance computing (HPC) and service solution at KAU. The new HPC system named Aziz will consist...
Infor announces Dynamic Science Labs
Infor, a leading provider of business application software, has announced Infor Dynamic Science Labs, a new internal organisation focused on infusing machine-learning and big data analytics into Infor applications, making them fast, smart, scalable and elegant....
Vodacom Business boosts African expansion
Africa continues to attract the interest of businesses abroad and of those here in South Africa, but the continent also presents some unique challenges. With on the ground support in 40 countries across the continent and as Vodafone Global Enterprise’s delivery...
Elliott to grow electronic payments adoption
MasterCard, a technology company in the global payments industry, has appointed Mark Elliott as division president for South Africa. Based in Johannesburg, Elliott will oversee the performance, strategic direction and brand development of MasterCard in South Africa....
Airtel, Trace and Akon seek African talent
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has partnered with Trace Music Star and global recording icon Akon to roll out the largest mobile musical competition in Africa. Dubbed Airtel Trace...
Apple maximises iPhone profits
For consumers opting to buy Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus rather than the iPhone 6, the additional 0,8-inches of screen size will cost $100 extra. However, for Apple, the iPhone 6 Plus costs only about $16 more to produce.
iOS update withdrawn over user complaints
Apple has withdrawn its iOS 8.0.1 update, following a storm of protests from users that it was corrupting their iPhones. Users have been warned not to download the update, which appeared to be responsible for users losing access to their cellular networks and Touch ID.
African companies find value in big data
Although big data is a rapidly growing buzzword in the African ICT market, the technology’s actual application is not properly understood. Enterprises are gaining access to more data sources and collecting vast amounts of data, but the key challenge is finding a way...
E-commerce grows Nigerian economy
Online businesses are major contributors to the growth of the Nigerian economy. This is the word from Marek Zmyslowski, MD of Africa’s largest online hotel booking platform Jovaga, speaking at the Third EU-Nigeria Business Forum. On a panel discussion about the...
Social users exposed to cybercrooks
Only a small number of respondents to a recent Kaspersky Lab/B2B International survey understand the risks associated with active use of social networks. At greatest risk are those who use mobile devices to access social networking sites. The survey shows that...