Africa in bad mood on Twitter
Pessimism, frustration and suffering paint a gloomy image of Africa, depicting the mood of the continent’s one billion population, and reflected in a recent sentiment analysis of Twitter aimed at mapping Africa’s frame of mind. TA telecom’s data scientist Mahmoud...
Dell, Intel debut new movie
Dell is collaborating with Intel on a social film titled What Lives Inside – the fourth film of the “Inside Films” series. The film will be directed by two-time Oscar-winner Robert Stromberg (Maleficent) and stars Colin Hanks (TV’s Fargo), J K...
Acer on the rebound
Acer has quietly turned its business around in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. The company has settled down into a strong and consistent execution mode, says MEA director David Drummond, and recently posted a profit after some years of losses. “2014 was a...
Galactic wind near black hole
Scientists have connected a fierce “wind” produced near a galaxy’s monster black hole to an outward torrent of cold gas a thousand light-years across. The finding, which combined observations from the Japan-led Suzaku X-ray satellite and the European Space Agency’s infrared Herschel Space Observatory, validates a long-suspected feedback mechanism enabling a supermassive black hole to influence the evolution of its host galaxy.
SA push to professionalise ICT
ICT is immensely important to all businesses around the world – and yet the people who work in ICT do not have professional status. Ulandi Exner, director and vice-president of the Institute of IT Professionals SA, points out that the ICT industry has evolved significantly, to the point where it is worth R109-billion this year – and is still growing. Kathy Gibson reports from the IDC CIO Summit in Sandton.