Flight Centre warns against non-essential China travel

The Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) is urging travellers to reconsider all non-essential travel to China as a result of the novel Coronavirus outbreak. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a Level 3 Warning to avoid non-essential travel to China in its...

Commercial cloud powers Microsoft growth

Microsoft increased revenue by 14%, to $36,9-billion, during the quarter ended 31 December 2019. Operating income was $13,9-billion, an increase of 35%; net income was up 38% GAAP and 36% non-GAAP to $11,6-billion; and diluted earnings per share was $1.51 an increase...

93% of mobile transactions blocked as fraudulent

A massive 93% of total mobile transactions in 20 countries were blocked as fraudulent in 2019. This is according to a report on the state of malware and mobile ad fraud by mobile technology company, Upstream. The “Invisible Digital Threat” data is based on...

15k victims fall to malware disguised as Billie Eilish

Cybercriminals are actively abusing the names of artists and songs nominated for a Grammy 2020 award, in order to spread malware. Kaspersky protection technologies detected a 39% rise in attacks (attempts to download or run malicious files) under the guise of...

De Villiers, Ruzane, join Endeavor network

Pieter de Villiers, founder of Clickatell and Tinashe Ruzane co-founder of FlexClub are the latest South African entrepreneurs to join the global Endeavour network during Endeavor’s 92nd International Selection Panel (ISP). Clickatell provides a chat commerce...

Growth and opportunities for SA’s IT sector

Kathy Gibson is at IDC Directions 2020 in Sandton – An uncertain economy is top of mind for South African organisations. But IT is a subset of the total economy and there are still opportunities for the industry, says Jonathan Tullett, research manager –...