Technology News
Intel-based Fonepad debuts in SA
Asus has launched its Fonepad in South Africa, an affordable seven-inch Android tablet running on Intel’s Atom processor. The Fonepad brings real voice capabilities to a tablet, incorporating all phone and tablet functions into a single device. The Fonepad runs on the...
Portables grow as East African market dips
The East African PC market, which covers Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia, shrank 6,4% year-on-year to 207 385 units, according to IDC. In Kenya, this decline can be attributed to the general election, as most government businesses were at a near standstill...
Luxembourg opens up to SA tech
Luxembourg for Business and the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce will be hosting ICT workshops in Johannesburg and Cape Town on 25 June and 26 June, respectively. The workshops will address decision-makers from South African technology companies wishing to establish...
Esquire, Promate sign distribution agreement
Esquire Technologies, the award-winning distribution company, announced that it has signed a strategic distribution agreement with lifestyle technology manufacturer Promate Technologies for the southern African region. Promate has an impressive range of peripherals...
Mustek wins Schneider award
Mustek has been awarded as APC by Schneider Electric’s Distributor of the Year for the SMB Business category at the company’s Annual Partner Conference, held in Istanbul, Turkey in May this year. The conference brought together Schneider Electric’s Partners from the...
The rise of the phablet
The rise of modern technology arguably began in the 1980s, with such milestones as the first personal computer being sold in 1981; the first CD CD-ROM being released with the ability to store 270 000 pages of text on a single disk in 1985; and the first Internet...
E-learning gains momentum in SA
The concept of e-learning is by no means a new one, but the recent spike in its uptake is sending the industry reeling, as learning institutions are grappling with increasing their services to include online training. In the past e-learning was predominantly used and...
EnterpriseWorx partners with Informatica
South African business intelligence (BI), data management and software engineering specialists EnterpriseWorx have become a member of the Informatica INFORM partner programme to deliver data management solutions in South Africa. EnterpriseWorx has joined INFORM,...
Key considerations behind WiFi revenue
According to internationally recognised research, WiFi is increasingly becoming an indispensable part of many consumers’ lives and already accounts for a growing proportion of their wireless usage, says Dr Dawie de Wet, CEO at Q-KON. A January 2013 report by “the...
HP expands application portfolio
HP as announced a new portfolio of application transformation software and services solutions that supports organisations to deliver a rich user experience that attracts, engages and retains customers, citizens and employees - anywhere, anytime, from any device....
Google invests R103m in SA renewables
Google has announced its first renewable energy investment in Africa: a $12-million (R103-million) investment in the Jasper Power Project, a 96 megawatt solar photovoltaic plant in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Upon completion, Jasper will be one of the...
Phishers use fake social media apps
Phishers are known for experimenting with different fake social media applications in a desperate move to lure users. A Symantec blog post outlines examples of new fake apps. In the first example, the phishing site used an image of a girl along with the Facebook Like...
Telecoms remains key African economic driver
As Africa continues to outperform developed economies - as well as other emerging powerhouses - in terms of growth, information and communication technologies (ICT) will retain a central role in sustaining this global dominance. According to Sean Nourse, executive for...
Intel-based Fonepad debuts in SA
Asus has launched its Fonepad in South Africa, an affordable seven-inch Android tablet running on Intel’s Atom processor. The Fonepad brings real voice capabilities to a tablet, incorporating all phone and tablet functions into a single device. The Fonepad runs on the...
Portables grow as East African market dips
The East African PC market, which covers Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia, shrank 6,4% year-on-year to 207 385 units, according to IDC. In Kenya, this decline can be attributed to the general election, as most government businesses were at a near standstill...
Luxembourg opens up to SA tech
Luxembourg for Business and the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce will be hosting ICT workshops in Johannesburg and Cape Town on 25 June and 26 June, respectively. The workshops will address decision-makers from South African technology companies wishing to establish...
Esquire, Promate sign distribution agreement
Esquire Technologies, the award-winning distribution company, announced that it has signed a strategic distribution agreement with lifestyle technology manufacturer Promate Technologies for the southern African region. Promate has an impressive range of peripherals...
Mustek wins Schneider award
Mustek has been awarded as APC by Schneider Electric’s Distributor of the Year for the SMB Business category at the company’s Annual Partner Conference, held in Istanbul, Turkey in May this year. The conference brought together Schneider Electric’s Partners from the...
The rise of the phablet
The rise of modern technology arguably began in the 1980s, with such milestones as the first personal computer being sold in 1981; the first CD CD-ROM being released with the ability to store 270 000 pages of text on a single disk in 1985; and the first Internet...
E-learning gains momentum in SA
The concept of e-learning is by no means a new one, but the recent spike in its uptake is sending the industry reeling, as learning institutions are grappling with increasing their services to include online training. In the past e-learning was predominantly used and...