7 things you never knew about biometrics

Biometrics used to be something only found in science-fiction movies, but today it is all around...

Bobotie, snoek, to win tech prizes

Samsung has created a competition with Chef Reuben Riffel where South Africans can submit their favourite...

Star paid our sun a visit

Astronomers from the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) and Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) together with...

Breach Index shows low SA data loss

Gemalto’s latest Breach Level Index has revealed that data breaches increased 49 percent in 2014 to...

Great cyber robbery nets $1bn

Kaspersky Lab, Interpol, Europol and authorities from several countries have combined efforts to uncover a criminal...

Breach Index shows low SA data loss

Gemalto’s latest Breach Level Index has revealed that data breaches increased 49 percent in 2014 to...

Avaya unifies comms with cloud

Avaya Holdings has announced the addition of cloud-based team collaboration to the Avaya Equinox Experience, the...

E-commerce all in the niche?

According to PETER HARVEY, CEO of PayGate, 2015 will see many more new e-commerce start-ups along...

Lessons from Anthem attack

An attack on Anthem, the second-largest health insurer in the U.S., which exposed identifiable personal data...

Senegal in semi-finals with app for handicapped

Team Handi’Educ from Senegal are representing sub-Saharan Africa in the Ericsson Innovation Awards for an app...

Mac catches up in malware

Recent Kaspersky Lab research has revealed that Mac users are now just as vulnerable as users...

Cashless card withdraws R2bn

FNB’s cardless cash withdrawal has achieved its four year milestone with over R2 billion withdrawn since...

Brick stores must learn from online

Brick and mortar stores are starting to respond to changing consumer behaviour by tying the in-store...

Nespresso to recycle in SA

Nespresso has launched its first programme to recycle its used aluminium capsules in South Africa. The...

Prescriptive analytics on the way

Data analytics is driving enterprise growth, but sifting through vast amounts of unstructured data calls for...

Free Wi-Fi brings out citizens

Project Isizwe, a non-profit organisation that aims to bring the internet to people across South Africa,...

Future is not all flash

As data volumes continue to increase and the industry touting flash as the way of the...

IoT will challenge consumers too

The move towards the Internet of Things is sure to create new data availability challenges for...

African blog awards open

Entries to the 2015 African Blogger Awards are now open to all African bloggers, Instagrammers, Twitter...

No-pay MBA comes to SA

MBA carrying professionals earn close to double compared to their peers. However, the option of taking...