Software

Signpost: Amazon’s slow burn
sets digital SA alight

The launch of Amazon Prime brings a secret sauce to online retail in South Africa, local...

Sophos comes to SA

The local office will support local invoicing, partner enablement, compliance requirements and expanded regional investment.

Massive hidden cost of downtime revealed

It's being called the $600-billion wake-up call, as a new Splunk study shows the immediate financial...

Amazon Prime comes
to SA, games in tow

Customers get unlimited free same-day and next-day delivery, international movies and series on Prime Video; gaming...

Meta ‘Buy or bury’ in the spotlight in SA

The Govchat case before South Africa’s Competition Commission highlights a pattern of predatory behaviour, writes Weber...

The search engine you
grew up with is gone

AI has eaten a chunk of your search traffic, and our bot reporter AGGIE Z GATEMAND...

Signpost: Next big thing
keeps the old ones going 

South African companies are frustrated with software vendors, Spinnaker founder Matt Stava tells ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK.

Beware these SARS scams this tax season

Four scam types are consistently in circulation during the filing window, writes THALIA PILLAY, CEO of...

Instagram Instants
sparks upload panic

A new one-tap way to share disappearing photos resulted in confusion and accidental uploads, writes JASON...

Signpost: Does
software have a future?

At Sapphire 2026 this month, SAP, the world's largest ERP company, lined up Anthropic, Nvidia and...

Spotify fights back
against ‘spammy’ AI

As AI blurs the line between human and machine, Spotify used a report launch to address...

Naked prompts a ChatGPT insurance first

With the launch of its app in ChatGPT, Naked is signalling how AI assistants could reshape...

Welcome to the App Graveyard

Small Retailers have numerous unused apps, and that is undermining digital inclusion, writes ANDRE DÉ WET,...

Acer cuts out the cloud

On-device AI processing aims to make advanced computing possible in regions with limited connectivity, writes JASON...

TikTok trend revealed: Emotional value is the future

“Irreplaceable Instinct” has emerged as the platform's the defining cultural theme for 2026, signalling a renewed...

TikTok fuels local
language movement

South African creators are blending culture and edutainment to preserve indigenous languages online.

SA tops Sub-Saharan
mobile speeds

The country ranked 64th globally in 2025, with only two other countries in the region featuring...