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Don’t be fooled: 2018 FIFA World Cup scams you should be weary of

We’re just a few weeks away from the global phenomenon of watching men kick an inflatable bladder around a patch of grass, and cyber…

The case for security-as-a-service for budding SMEs

It isn’t a case of if a small to medium enterprise, startup, entrepreneur and genius business idea will be hacked. No, today it is…

It’s 2018, and fake Facebook sites are still fooling people online

People are still falling for fake sites pretending to be Facebook, research from Kaspersky Labs suggests. In 2018 thus far, the Russian security company…

Mastercard to announce new collaboration with Zapper

Zapper will soon be compatible with Mastercard’s Masterpass payments system, after the companies on Monday announced a new possible collaboration. The two companies are…

Google Drive gets a much prettier, refreshed user interface

Hot on the heels of Gmail’s redesign, Google Drive is also getting its share of UI updates. The Mountain View company on Wednesday announced…

Twitter goof potentially exposes all 336m user passwords

As if Twitter users didn’t have enough to think about this week (thanks Kanye), it sprung an even bigger surprise on its users late…

Gmail’s spewing out spam, and nobody seems to know why

All the hype surrounding Gmail may be thanks to its first redesign in some seven years, but not all is well with Google’s mail…

5 simple tips for securing customer documents

The steady digitisation of customer service and engagement processes in banking, insurance, telecomms and utilities has brought about significant improvements in efficiency and customer…

What SDDC means for your business

Software-defined EVERYTHING! Well, not everything, but lots of things. Shifting a lot of the management, and therefore the intelligence, to the software makes a…

Why the Internet of Things isn’t about things at all

Just what is the Internet of Things? The generally accepted definition is a digital ecosystem wherein everyday objects have network connectivity, allowing them to…

3 things you should look at when hiring big data team members

You can’t rely entirely on a predetermined set of criteria when hiring members of your data team. That’s what makes it so difficult. On…

7 common misconceptions about database encryption

With technological advancements, we are easily able to store documents and records of medical information, tax, financial transactions and other important information electronically. Prior…

5 steps to creating the customer data platform your business needs

For most companies, storing, accessing, and using customer data is a massive headache. Duplication of efforts is almost inevitable, and people rarely feel confident…

Why chatbots won’t replace humans

Fear-mongering is everywhere, in every industry. And most recently, the contact centre has experienced its own dose of this with the announcement that Facebook…

Stopping the ‘killer robots’: Memeburn interviews AI specialist Toby Walsh

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a topic not many can say they’re experts in, and even fewer actually are. Enter Professor Toby Walsh, a world-renowned…

10 great pieces of business intelligence software

Business intelligence is based on understanding, visualizing and acting based on the data that you already have in your possession. So a good BI…

7 things you should know about staying a step ahead of information security threats

In the recent PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global State of Information Security Survey 2016, 41.44% of companies in South Africa and the Middle East reported that they…

5 of the latest advancements in nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is rapidly gaining traction across a range of industries, from agriculture to water treatment to energy storage. While nanotechnology was first developed in…

Malvertising: when advertising becomes dangerous

Over the last several months, the BBC, the New York Times, and other major news and commercial websites became victims of Malvertising attacks. What…

Digital healthcare records come with enhanced responsibility for protecting patient data

The City of Joburg announced in September 2015 that it would be spending some R300m over 18 – 24 months to digitise all patient…

Why you should approach IT like you’re ordering from a menu

Ordering from a menu at a restaurant is an experience that most of us can identify with. You look at the menu, select an…

10 steps for protecting yourself from ransomware

If you’ve been listening to the news at all the past couple of weeks, you have undoubtedly heard of a number of companies being…

You aren’t good enough: what I learned from defying average

“You aren’t good enough”. That’s the message that’s been drilled into the majority of our heads from the day we started school. Every report…

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

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

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV