May 12, 2020
Many South Africans have expressed valid concerns about the potential for abuse of personal information collected by government as part of tracking and tracing those exposed to Covid-19 infection. The approach taken, however, appears to be well-balanced, even though...
May 12, 2020
Civic engagement technology platform GovChat has partnered with the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) to support the digitisation of the Covid-19 social relief grant application process. The partnership with GovChat enables millions of unemployed citizens...
May 12, 2020
New Kaspersky research has found that consumers around the world want to take more action to protect and maintain control over their personal privacy. As revealed in the company’s latest report, “Defending digital privacy: taking personal protection to the...
May 12, 2020
In May and June the number of companies furloughing staff, as well as cutting salaries and workforce will have more than doubled since the end of March. According to a Gartner survey of 161 finance executives on 3 May, 11% of respondents reduced staff in March, and...
May 12, 2020
According to research by International Data Corporation (IDC), the Western European printer and multifunction (MFP) market declined by 6,9% in unit terms in 1Q20 compared with the same period a year ago, to give a market size of 4,33-million units. This figure is in...
May 12, 2020
Bitcoin’s halving event on Monday underscores that the “long-term future of cryptocurrencies is secure”. This is the word from Nigel Green , CEO and founder of deVere Group, as the world’s supply of bitcoin was cut on Monday. The halving event,...
