Advancing women not a priority at 79% of global business

A new study by IBM, “Women, Leadership, and the Priority Paradox,” polled 2,300 executives and professionals and revealed...

PCs, tablets, decline 5% in Middle East and Africa

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of...

Fixed broadband reaches 1bn

The markets and technologies which will drive continued rapid broadband growth over the next decade have today been...

Two Microsoft data centres go live in South Africa

Microsoft now operates its cloud services in two data centre regions: Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Language of light lets autonomous cars ‘talk’ to pedestrians

Hand gestures, head nods and thumbs-up signals all help to ensure drivers, pedestrians and cyclists know...

New USB standard doubles up

The USB Promoter Group has announced the pending release of the USB4 specification, a major update...

Fingerprints ‘turn on’ credit cards

SmartMetric has developed live finger detection into an in-the-card fingerprint scanner that is used to detect...

SXSW: New user interface turns voice into 3D text

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced a new user interface (UI) called SwipeTalk Air, which it believes...

AppDate: Pay-it-forward with uKheshe

SEAN BACHER highlights uKheshe, BitterWorld, Stash, WPS Office and Yoosee in his application roundup.

SA among tech trailblazers

Companies across the globe are scrambling to understand and implement the benefits of modern digital technologies....

Garmin will go into BMW

Garmin has announced that the Garmin automotive OEM (original equipment manufacturer) group has been selected as...

MWC: Study shows people want “always-on”, social, payments

Want to grab that purchase and go? You’re not alone. Today more than ever, people are...

MWC: 5G Cloud will help telcos get to “5G-ready”

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, VMware announced a comprehensive 5G Telco Cloud platform that...

MWC: Sound waves to connect devices

A new communication protocol allows any machines with speakers to connect to each other using sound

MWC: Cloud AI robot arrives

CloudMinds Technology, a developer and operator of cloud AI and robotic solutions, announced the launch of...

MWC: Wearable phone unveiled

The global mobile-technology company, Nubia, unveiled the Alpha smartwatch at MWC Barcelona, which combines the features...

MWC: 5G will be the fastest – and fastest-growing – cell technology

Ericsson's Mobility Report reveals 5G is expected to reach 30 million subscriptions in MEA by 2024.

MWC: Robocall spam booms

Hiya estimates global spam calls grew 325% to 85 billion worldwide.

MWC: Alibaba Cloud to launch initiative for women coders

The tech giant has established partnerships to enable 1-million young women coders by 2030.

MWC: Bragi unveils tech suite for hearable devices

Bragi, which claims to have made the world’s first hearable devices, has introduced a new technology suite...