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Smartphones make humans less efficient, study finds

If you’re reading this on your phone at work, put that damn thing down. Well, that’s probably what your boss would say after reading…

South Africa’s media landscape: what will 2020 hold?

A new PwC report has laid out predictions for the South African media and entertainment landscape by 2020. Entertainment and media (E&M) companies saw double…

FNB codeFest kicks off in Johannesburg

The annual FNB codeFest is set to kick off from 3 October to 7 October at FNB in Fairlands, Johannesburg. The six-day forum will…

FNB introduces FNB Pay, fingerprint ID support in app

FNB has announced version five of its banking app, with several big features in tow. The first feature is FNB Pay, allowing users to pay…

My Vodacom app now supports Mastercard’s Masterpass

South African telecoms giant Vodacom has announced that its customers can now “buy airtime, data bundles and SMS bundles through the My Vodacom mobile…

Heek: this chat bot will build a website for you

We’ve seen chat bots become the new “cloud” this year, as everyone from Google and Microsoft to Facebook gets in on the action. However,…

B2B companies must evolve or lose out on $1-tn market

B2B companies will need to adapt their thinking and delivery approach if they want to benefit from a B2B ecommerce market that is fast…

What will your digital marketing toolkit look like 5 years from now?

As marketers today, many of us already feel a bit overwhelmed by all the new things going on – after all, how many of…

It’s time for bold digital innovation in South Africa

The digital marketing world is moving forward at a rapid pace and South Africa risks falling behind if we don’t focus more on user-centered…

4 steps to manage peak periods in academic call centres

Without doubt, South Africa’s academic institutions are following the global trend toward digitisation – and as such are becoming increasingly sophisticated and streamlined in…

Surviving disruption: discovering the competitive advantage in the connected era

In the business world, the ebb and flow of prosperity depends upon two forces: disruptive technology and competitive advantage. During the industrial era, for…

5 cyber security concerns in ‘Back 2 the Future II’

Looking back at the tech predictions made in Back to the Future II, it’s interesting to see how far we’ve come. Made in 1989,…

Differentiation is all about people: reshaping HR creates a new empowerment paradigm

According to a recent PwC commissioned report by Opinium Research, tough times have forced many millennials to make compromises when finding a job –…

Singularity University and the future of exponential change

Michael Fichardt recently spent 10 weeks at Singularity University. Located in Silicon Valley, the institution is part university, part think-tank, and part business-incubator, which…

4 top tips for keeping your website safe

We can all agree that no one wants their website hacked. Obviously, when you create your website, you won’t be thinking to yourself, “What…

Retail leading the pack in digital transformation

As the physical and digital worlds continue to merge, it is becoming clear that as a retailer it is all about that providing the…

The future of energy will shape society as we know it

In the last 40 years we have more than doubled the amount of energy we use. And in the last 95 years petrol consumption…

IoT, SEO, and Count 19: 5 Memeburn articles you loved this week

It’s Friday, so hopefully you’ve caught up on the all the piles of work that have been crowding your inbox over the past week….

#Wired2015: Hollywood makes technologies happen

Wired 2015 kicked off in usual style with some considerable heartstring pulling and “what’s your excuse?” style nudges from speakers like Arunima Sinha, the…

10 of the most interesting uses of commercial drones to date

When you look up into the night sky you are used to seeing a collection of stars and satellites sending their light down to…

How is SDN disrupting the way businesses develop technology?

You must have read so much about software-defined networking (SDN) by now that you probably think you know it inside and out. However, such…

Is encryption keeping us from finding extra terrestrials?

Humans have speculated about the existence of sapient, sentient beings from outer space for generations. Meeting and communicating with such extraterrestrial creatures has been…

7 things you need to know about hiring the employee of the future

South Africa, like many developing nations, is a young country. People younger than 35 years old make up about 66% of the total population…

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