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South Africa’s IT spend to total R266bn in 2017

According to a report by research giant Gartner, South Africa’s total IT spend is set to hit R266.1-billion by year-end — a 2.4% increase…

Gartner Cape Town: 10 strategic tech trends for 2017

Between 3D printing and machine learning, there were plenty of strategic trends predicted for 2016 at last year’s Gartner Symposium. Now, Gartner analyst Stephen…

Gartner Cape Town: 6 things to know about IT and Ops trends

The Gartner Symposium kicked off in Cape Town this week, and we were fortunate enough to attend a talk from the company’s Phil Dawson….

Smart cities will use 1.6b connected things by 2016

According to Gartner, smart cities will use 1.6 billion connected things by the year 2016. This is an increase of 39% from 2015. By…

Gartner: PC shipments slashed, worldwide device shipments set reach 2.5bn in 2015

Gartner has released its latest forecast, this time focusing on worldwide shipments of PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones. The shipments, according to the…

10 strategic technology trends governments need to be paying attention to

Earlier this week, we reported on a partnership between the city of Accra and Microsoft and about how this partnership will ease the backlog…

5 levels of ethical programming that determine how well smart machines will behave

People are going to have to get used to living and working alongside smart machines. With Gartner estimating that 1.1-billion connected things will be…

No end in sight for gadget lust: PC, tablet, mobile sales still growing

Things might not be great if you’re a traditional PC maker. Headline after headline has been proclaiming your downfall for a good couple of…

Your work place: Augmented Reality’s next big frontier

Far from the sci-fi visions of drastic most of us imagined when augmented reality (AR) first came onto the scene, its various technologies have…

Computer makers (and Microsoft) are in much bigger trouble than they (and we) realise

Having had the (mis)fortune of helping someone shop for a new laptop this holiday, I’m not surprised that worldwide sales have cratered. Laptops (and…

Building an app? Relax, there’s only a 99.9% chance it won’t make a profit

We’d like you think about something for a moment. When was the last time you picked up your phone and scrolled through the app…

Lenovo, Dell only winners as PC market continues serious decline

Dell may have had a turbulent 2013, with Forbes describing its move to go private as “the nastiest tech buyout ever“, but it’s one…

4 massive trends and events that completely changed the face of tech in 2013

In 2013, big companies in the cloud space faced downtime challenges, companies in the social media space were valued at costs seemingly much higher…

Smartwatches set to lose out to tablets, fitness bands this festive season [Gartner]

If you’re the kind of person who regularly gets gadgets come Christmas time, then you might be expecting Santa to drop a smartwatch in…

Smart machines are totally disrupting the way business works: here’s how

When you think about the future as promised by the sci-fi movies and cartoons of your youth, it’s easy to get complacent (we were,…

Press start: global games market to score $93-billion in 2013

All the gold coins Mario has collected over the years couldn’t compare to the success of the gaming industry. When 2013 is done and…

10 massive tech trends that will hit us by 2020

To say that the consumer electronics industry has changed everything would be an understatement on par with calling World War II a minor skirmish….

Mobile app stores to see 102bn downloads in 2013, $26bn in revenue

When it comes to mobile app stores, we’ve come to expect big numbers. Apple’s app store alone has 900 000 active apps and has…

3 big technologies every business needs to pay attention to [Gartner]

Every business is a technology business. No matter what field you’re in, tech can help you become faster, more agile and increasingly productive. That’s…

Consumerisation, mobility set to remain tech’s top trends in 2014

Consumerisation and mobility are what’s driven Apple to the top. They’re also probably the biggest trends Microsoft failed to catch on to. In other…

6 ways the relationship humans have with technology is changing

Look, we all know the way we interact with technology is changing. Take smartphones for instance. Buttons gave way to touchscreens, which were then…

Poor PC sales cut IT spending forecast in two

IT sales for this year will rise approximately two percent, less than the four percent growth expected a few months ago. According to tech…

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Everlytic Launches Cutting-Edge AI Studio with WhatsApp Chatbots for Smarter Communication

Everlytic’s new API Communicator feature enhances customer engagement across multiple channels

Savant Launches Savant Build Cohort 3 to Accelerate Deep-Tech Innovation in the Green Economy

Simplicity at scale: The role of leadership in agile transformation

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Nio Firefly brings Galaxy design to compact EVs

Google Cast and other Christmas goodies for Rivian

GM switches-off Cruise control on $10bn robotaxi project