Technology News
Pinnacle hammered on bribery allegations
Pinnacle Holdings stock continued to slide this morning on the back of yesterday’s news that an executive director stands accused of bribery. Takalani Tshivhase is alleged to have offered a lieutenant-general of the South African Police Service R5-million in January...
Facebook gets into VR with Oculus
Facebook has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Oculus VR, a leader in immersive virtual reality technology, for a total of approximately $2-billion. This includes $400-million in cash and 23,1-million shares of Facebook common stock (valued at $1.6-billion...
Intel bets on wearables, acquires Basis
Intel has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Basis Science, a privately held company and a leader specialising in wearable device technologies for health and wellness applications. Basis Science is also the creator of the Basis band, an advanced health...
Not a rosy outlook for SA storage market
The South African external storage market value declined 32,4% year-on-year to $38,11-million in Q4 2013, according to the EMEA Quarterly Storage Tracker published by international marketing and research agency IDC. On an annual basis, market value declined 26,5% to...
Internet of Things to disrupt supply chain
The future explosion in the number of intelligent devices will create a network rich with information that allows supply chains to assemble and communicate in new ways. Gartner forecasts that a 30-fold increase in internet-connected physical devices by 2020 will...
Fortune 100 followers are more influential
Individuals who follow Fortune Global 100 companies on Twitter are more connected and more influential than the average Twitter user, according to research that analyses the influence and demographics of people using the social media platform. The research, produced...
Month of love spawned malware attacks
A lot of malicious attachments in February’s spam came in e-mails allegedly sent by women who wanted to make new friends in the run-up to Valentine's Day. Some attackers went even further by trying to hook recipients with the promise of explicit photos in archives...
SAP to resell Adobe in the cloud
SAP and Adobe have announced a joint venture that will see SAP reselling Adobe Marketing Cloud. SAP and Adobe will invest joint development resources for additional product integration and marketing funds for joint co-marketing activities. Retail, consumer packaged...
Mozambique helps to lift Metrofile
Strong economic growth in Mozambique has contributed to a significant business uptake at Metrofile Records Management Mozambique. The Mozambican economy grew by 6,5% in the first six months of 2013, compared to the same period last year, with the strongest growth of...
Governance, infrastructure needed in Africa
Good governance and access to infrastructure are two drivers that will help Africa’s economy to grow, according to delegates at the Africa Finance Corporation’s inaugural Summit held yesterday in Lagos. Jim O’Neill, creator of the BRICs and MINT acronyms, economist...
Meru’s market share grows by 7,9%
Meru Networks has announced that its 802.11ac Gigabit WiFi market share jumped more than six-fold from Q3 to Q4 2013, moving from 1,5%% to 9,4% of industry revenues for wireless access points, according to a report issued by from Dell’Oro Group on February 27, 2014....
MNOs must lower prices to survive
There is unprecedented pressure on mobile network operators (MNOs) to lower their prices. Yet a sober analysis reveals that the networks are really their own worst enemies, and can turn their fortunes around by simply lowering prices, says Rob Lith, director,...
SIU in USAASA investigation
President Jacob Zuma has authorised the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations in respect of the affairs of the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA). The SIU will, among others, investigate the following allegations: *...
Pinnacle hammered on bribery allegations
Pinnacle Holdings stock continued to slide this morning on the back of yesterday’s news that an executive director stands accused of bribery. Takalani Tshivhase is alleged to have offered a lieutenant-general of the South African Police Service R5-million in January...
Facebook gets into VR with Oculus
Facebook has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Oculus VR, a leader in immersive virtual reality technology, for a total of approximately $2-billion. This includes $400-million in cash and 23,1-million shares of Facebook common stock (valued at $1.6-billion...
Intel bets on wearables, acquires Basis
Intel has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Basis Science, a privately held company and a leader specialising in wearable device technologies for health and wellness applications. Basis Science is also the creator of the Basis band, an advanced health...
Not a rosy outlook for SA storage market
The South African external storage market value declined 32,4% year-on-year to $38,11-million in Q4 2013, according to the EMEA Quarterly Storage Tracker published by international marketing and research agency IDC. On an annual basis, market value declined 26,5% to...
Internet of Things to disrupt supply chain
The future explosion in the number of intelligent devices will create a network rich with information that allows supply chains to assemble and communicate in new ways. Gartner forecasts that a 30-fold increase in internet-connected physical devices by 2020 will...
Fortune 100 followers are more influential
Individuals who follow Fortune Global 100 companies on Twitter are more connected and more influential than the average Twitter user, according to research that analyses the influence and demographics of people using the social media platform. The research, produced...
Month of love spawned malware attacks
A lot of malicious attachments in February’s spam came in e-mails allegedly sent by women who wanted to make new friends in the run-up to Valentine's Day. Some attackers went even further by trying to hook recipients with the promise of explicit photos in archives...