Capitec, FNB tie for best digital bank

apitec and FNB are tied for first place as South Africa’s Best Digital Bank in the Couminate InSites Consulting latest SITEisfaction report. The report is an annual measure of customer satisfaction with digital banking services in South Africa, and rates each...

EOH rolls out anonymous whistleblowing app

EOH has announced the development and internal launch of the ExposeIT App, a whistleblowing tool that provides a secure, completely anonymous and confidential platform to employees who may be victims of, or bear witness to, wrongdoings of any kind within their...

Sextortion among top malware threats

“Your device has been compromised with malware. We’ve stolen passwords or other personal data. We’ve been watching you and have webcam footage from visits to dubious sites. Pay up in bitcoin or another cryptocurrency and your secret is safe.”...

Gaming PCs and monitors deliver mixed results

Worldwide shipments of gaming desktops and notebooks reached 7,5-million units during the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19), down 6,2% from last year as the market was plagued with inventory issues. Meanwhile, gaming monitors grew 48,6% during the same period thanks to...

What’s behind the bitcoin rally?

The price of bitcoin has increased 42% over the last month, and 187% in three months. In early April it traded around R60 000 and at 09h00 this morning it was trading on the Luno platform at R174 401. Marius Reitz, GM: Africa at Luno, says “The prices of bitcoin...

Cloud infrastructure revenues buck spending trends

Vendor revenue from sales of IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud environments, including public and private cloud, grew 11,4% year over year in the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19), reaching $14,5-billion. In its...