Make room for multi-cloud

By KATE MOLLETT, Veeam regional manager for Africa

iPhone 12 cellular contracts: all the prices

The iStore has announced contract prices on iPhone 12 handsets, confirming that devices purchased on Vodacom,...

PlayStation refunds in Cyberpunk 2077 disaster

After intense public criticism of Cyberpunk 2077’s performance, PlayStation has opened its first-ever refund programme for...

The robot made me do it

Robots encourage risk-taking behaviour in people, according to new research from the University of Southampton

TikTok tightens up its rules

TikTok has announced refreshed Community Guidelines, adding new restrictions regarding what is allowed on the platform.  The...

Magical Nokia flagship sets price bar

The Nokia 8.3 5G smartphone released in South Africa last week brings the cost of flagship...

How to let people feel good about using chatbots

A recent study has identified four factors that predict user satisfaction with customer service chatbots. The...

Business investment in video content boomed in 2020

With the forced shift to remote work this year, video content went from a nice-to-have to...

Facebook stomps out attempt to rig African election

Three fake account networks from France and Russia were removed from Facebook as they were attempting...

Lockdown dominates TikTok’s 2020 moments in SA

While TikTok stars dominated the platform in 2020, lockdown themes took up half the biggest hashtags.

The PC is back

By SAM BURD, president of client solutions group at Dell Technologies

New SageMaker features cut machine learning curve

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced nine new capabilities for its machine learning (ML) service, Amazon SageMaker, to...

Home networks face wave of cyber attacks in 2021

Trend Micro predicts that remote and cloud-based systems will be ruthlessly targeted next year

Fintech explodes in SA

There are no less than 220 active and operational fintechs in South Africa – and the...

Xero partners with SARS for simplified VAT returns

Cloud accounting software provider Xero will allow small businesses and accountants to file VAT returns to...

Disney teams with African comic book creator

The Kugali team will create a new original series, to debut on the Disney+ streaming service...

‘New’ superhighway through our solar system

Researchers have discovered a new superhighway network to travel through the Solar System much faster than...

Virtual credit card now available to any SME

PayCentral, a digital payment fintech, has partnered with Mastercard to launch DigiCentral, a secure online platform...

We know what you watched on Netflix last lockdown

In 2020, South Africans more than doubled the amount of their Netflix viewing compared to 2019....

Disney passes 137m streaming subscribers

The Walt Disney Company this week revealed the ambitious next steps in its global streaming expansion...