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MTN launches ‘Made For Home’ residential fixed LTE offering

MTN is today unveiled its new home internet solution dubbed “Made For Home”. Taking a bite out of fixed line internet solutions, the telecom’s…

Firewalls are the iron barricades of business cybersecurity

As more organisations prioritise digitalisation, the protection of internal and on-site data tends to slip down the priority list. But this is a mistake,…

9 Android apps I simply can’t live without

Throughout my relatively brief stint as a smartphone reviewer, I’ve noted a bit of a pattern in my own workflow. Whenever I get a…

Mobile crypto mining malware is a growing smartphone threat

According to a report by Kaspersky, the number of internet users affected by cryptocurrency mining software has jumped by a considerable margin this year,…

Dear Digital Industry, it’s time to break data creativity out of their silos

“Data is the new oil” is a phrase we’ve all seen, in some variation, in conference presentation after conference presentation. Knowing everything about your…

The startling numbers behind Africa’s Wikipedia knowledge gaps

Wikipedia is one of the internet’s most trafficked websites. We’ve likely all visited it at least once, and spent countless nights travelling through informational…

Here’s what we love and hate about Google Podcasts app on Android

After Google announced plans to sprinkle its Play Music offering into YouTube’s video cauldron to create YouTube Music, you’d think the company would continue…

Yahoo puts up the ‘for sale’ sign

This is big. Yahoo, one of the oldest internet companies still around, is exploring selling its assets. The move, announced by the company’s board…

SONA interpreter, Uber expansion, social media fire: 5 Memeburn articles you loved this week

Hello there dear reader. Congratulations, you’ve made it to the end of the week and while you may feel a little frazzled, you’re still…

How IoT can improve risk management for insurers

While the insurance industry has traditionally been driven by vehicle theft to embrace telemetry, the time has come to utilise the Internet of Things…

Digital economy or Big Brother in disguise: are you being watched?

In a world shaped by digital convergence, it is no longer realistic to expect a high level of privacy. If you consider just how…

Absa comes onboard as co-host of Blockchain and Bitcoin Africa conference

The Blockchain and Bitcoin Africa conference on Friday announced that it had secured headline sponsorship from South African banking giant Absa, a member of…

Google Play Movies officially available on South African screens

Hot on the heels of Google Music’s South African bow, Google has now announced that Google Play Movies is available in the country. The…

The art of analytics: moving from numbers to insights

Last year, the term ‘Big Data’ was thrown around a lot, but few companies have won the battle to stay ahead of this trend….

Does SMS marketing have a big impact on reaching new customers?

How do you find new customers and persuade them to come on board? It’s something that all businesses have to wrestle with. No-one can…

Google Translate now supports over 100 languages

Google Translate is turning ten this year and to celebrate coming of age it has added 13 new languages to its translating capabilities. When…

These data scientists think they can predict who’ll win at the Oscars

Data or, more specifically, increasingly open and accessible data has completely changed the way we look at the world. Far from being a record…

Is mobile driving a South African ecommerce explosion?

South Africa’s ecommerce space is set to see a mobile explosion this year, with mobile being responsible for a massive part of that growth….

8 fool-proof ways of collecting more customer reviews

Customer reviews and feedback. You want them. You absolutely, totally want them. They tell you how you are doing, how much you are being…

Security: are we overlooking the most critical aspect of the fourth industrial revolution?

You haven’t been feeling well this week. You make an appointment with your doctor, who’s actually a computer that assesses you and writes a…

The uncomfortable humanity of digital marketing

Today’s digital consumer habits cannot be typecast. While we would all embrace a clear causality between our digital campaigns and customers’ actions, our innate…

Don’t let anyone tell you that tech has killed PR

Late last year, a man who once ran the largest public relations firm in the world released a controversial book entitled Trust Me, PR…

Havas launches new service design agency in SA

Havas Village South Africa and Boondoggle, a European service design and creative digital agency on Wednesday announced that they had teamed up to launch…

R19,000 for Bass? Sony Tests South Africa’s Audio Appetite

Tech Stocks Tank – Can SA Survive a Global Meltdown?

iGaming FAQ: Answering the Most Common Questions for South African Players

Why MVNOs are gaining ground — and how Huge NXTGN is accelerating the shift

How UVU Accelerate is Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in South Africa

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

L2 charging and the power of dwell time

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