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What’s your online persona?
Is there such a thing as an online persona? According to a new global study from MasterCard, the answer is yes. The Digital Sharing and Trust Project shows that consumers actually shed their “real-world” identities when they go online to assume “digital personas” that...
Mobile payment standard proposed
Visa, MasterCard and American Express have introduced a proposed framework for a new global standard to enhance the security of digital payments and simplify the purchasing experience when shopping on a mobile phone, tablet, personal computer or other smart device....
PS4 set to outsell Xbox this Christmas
A new connected game and entertainment console forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) concludes that the number of game console bundles shipped worldwide in 2013 will be marginally higher than the 2012 total of approximately 33-million bundles, ending a...
US shoppers need spending incentives
As delegates gather for the Shop.org Annual Summit 2013 in Chicago, the latest figures from the US Department of Commerce show that retail sales are slowing. The figures prove that retailers need to do more to attract customers back through their doors. Stores must...
Security appliances on growth path
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) security appliance market recorded year-on-year growth in both customer revenue and shipments during the second quarter of 2013, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Referencing its EMEA Quarterly Security Appliance...
Finance industry vulnerable to attack
Financial firms could be missing out on attack paths to key industry infrastructure, leaving the sector vulnerable to a major cyber-attack. IT security firm MWR InfoSecurity issued this warning after the Bank of England and the Treasury urged board directors in the...
Connected devices to overtake people
There will be more than 8-billion connected video devices installed by 2017. This is an enormous number in the absolute, but more interestingly, it implies that every human on the planet will possess more than one connected device by this time, on average. This is...
African telcos urged to rethink models
As African telecommunications operators start to position themselves to offer voice, video and broadband services as bundled offerings, they need to rethink the way that they provision said services and market them to end-users. That’s according to Mark Tinka, head of...
Kaspersky patent suit dismissed
Kaspersky Lab was been vindicated in a lawsuit initiated by Lodsys, a company located in Texas that operates as a Patent Assertion Entity. Kaspersky Lab, along with 54 other companies including Atari, Symantec and Estee Lauder, were originally named in Lodsys’...
Lily Collins most dangerous in 2013
Lily Collins, star of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and Mirror, Mirror, has replaced Emma Watson as McAfee’s most dangerous celebrity to search for online. For the seventh year in a row, McAfee researched popular culture’s most famous people to reveal the...
Q-KON Africa, StarLight ease billing burden
Q-KON Africa now offers service providers across the continent the opportunity to acquire and rollout a StarLight connectivity solution – complete with a new billing system that adds immediate value. StarLight offers affordable and reliable satellite broadband IP...
SAP cloud offering deployed in Zimbabwe
To drive greater efficiency, improved strategic decision-making and faster stock turn-around time across its branches in Zimbabwe, Nano Appliance Centre, a leading supplier of household appliances and goods, has implemented SAP Business One OnDemand, SAP's flagship...
WAPA opposes Neotel acquisition
The Wireless Access Providers’ Association (WAPA) today registered strong opposition to Vodacom’s planned acquisition of Neotel and says it is watching developments carefully before formulating a formal response. WAPA believes that the acquisition would stifle...
What’s your online persona?
Is there such a thing as an online persona? According to a new global study from MasterCard, the answer is yes. The Digital Sharing and Trust Project shows that consumers actually shed their “real-world” identities when they go online to assume “digital personas” that...
Mobile payment standard proposed
Visa, MasterCard and American Express have introduced a proposed framework for a new global standard to enhance the security of digital payments and simplify the purchasing experience when shopping on a mobile phone, tablet, personal computer or other smart device....
PS4 set to outsell Xbox this Christmas
A new connected game and entertainment console forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) concludes that the number of game console bundles shipped worldwide in 2013 will be marginally higher than the 2012 total of approximately 33-million bundles, ending a...
US shoppers need spending incentives
As delegates gather for the Shop.org Annual Summit 2013 in Chicago, the latest figures from the US Department of Commerce show that retail sales are slowing. The figures prove that retailers need to do more to attract customers back through their doors. Stores must...
Security appliances on growth path
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) security appliance market recorded year-on-year growth in both customer revenue and shipments during the second quarter of 2013, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Referencing its EMEA Quarterly Security Appliance...
Finance industry vulnerable to attack
Financial firms could be missing out on attack paths to key industry infrastructure, leaving the sector vulnerable to a major cyber-attack. IT security firm MWR InfoSecurity issued this warning after the Bank of England and the Treasury urged board directors in the...
Connected devices to overtake people
There will be more than 8-billion connected video devices installed by 2017. This is an enormous number in the absolute, but more interestingly, it implies that every human on the planet will possess more than one connected device by this time, on average. This is...