More jobs as BPO takes off
The South African BPO industry is poised for further growth in 2015, with Business Process enabling South Africa (BPeSA) estimating that a further 7 627 jobs will be created within offshoring by March next year.
Rosetta probe touches down
ESA’s Rosetta mission has soft-landed its Philae probe on a comet – the first time in history that such a feat has been achieved. In a world first, those interested were able to follow the space mission live on Twitter.
Space odyssey live on Twitter
In a world first, those people interested will be able to follow the Rosetta space mission live on Twitter as its lander, Philae, attempts to land on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko this evening. Rosetta is the first mission in history to rendezvous...
New iOS bug targets apps
FireEye has uncovered a new bug – the Masque Attack – that could take over iOS apps. The company writes on its corporate blog that it notified Apple back in July 2014 about a vulnerability whereby an iOS app installed using enterprise/ad-hoc provisioning could replace another genuine app installed through the App Store, as long as both apps used the same bundle identifier.
Joburg’s network progress slow
Kathy Gibson reports from the Ericsson Business Innovation Forum in Stockholm – Johannesburg ranks 29th out of 40 cities studied for the 2014 Networked Society Cities Index. Despite the relatively poor showing in the Index, Johannesburg has seen increased ICT maturity...
SA set for 7% wage increase
South African employers are forecasting 7% pay rises for staff in 2015 – the same as they received in 2014. This is according to the latest Salary Trends survey by ECA International, which finds that local increases are among the top 20 highest in the survey.