Mar 24, 2016
There’s lots of talk about the potential of virtual reality (VR) – but should we buy into all the hype? According to JP Gownder, vice-president and principal analyst at Forrester, the answer is no. “We’re hearing a lot about the promise of virtual...
Mar 23, 2016
A massive 83% of leaders in from traditional financial services (FS) firms believe part of their business is at risk of being lost to standalone FinTech companies – and this rises to a staggering 95% in the case of banks. And yet FinTech innovations are not...
Mar 22, 2016
The brilliant flash of an exploding star’s shockwave – what astronomers call the “shock breakout” – has been captured for the first time in the optical wavelength or visible light by NASA’s planet-hunter, the Kepler space telescope. An international...
Mar 18, 2016
University students no longer think technology companies are great places to work, leaning to government, parastatals and consulting firms as the more attractive employers. Professionals, however, still rank Google and Microsoft as attractive, according to...
Mar 17, 2016
Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit in Hannover – There can be no doubt that we have become a data-driven society – but the way we do analytics today is arguably wrong, having already led to some major disasters and more on the horizon if we don’t learn...
Mar 16, 2016
Africa’s economy has seen modest growth in the wake of falling commodity prices, slowing revenues and volatile currencies. The moderation in growth impacts a range of industries and sectors, including retail and consumer products that must contend with rising...
