Nov 21, 2018
Worldwide revenues for IT Services and Business Services totaled $506-billion in the first half of 2018 (1H18), an increase of 4% year over year (in constant currency), according to IDC. This growth reflects a relatively sanguine economic outlook during the first half...
Nov 21, 2018
South Africa’s e-commerce will once again get a major boost on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, says FNB, adding that it processed an average of over 800 000 card transactions per hour – peaking at 1,5-million card transactions between 16h00 and 17h00...
Nov 21, 2018
The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has partnered with games developer Niantic to enhance global tourism through the use of mobile augmented reality game experiences. UNWTO will collaborate with Niantic, creators of Pokémon GO and Ingress Prime, to curate unique...
Nov 21, 2018
Abbey Road Studios, the world-famous studio that was home to The Beatles and Pink Floyd, is trying to shape the future of music creation at its first hackathon using Microsoft technology. The London studio’s audio technology incubator, Abbey Road RED, invited...
Nov 21, 2018
Cape Town welcomed over 300 active and aspiring investors representing Africa’s early stage investing ecosystem for last week’s two-day Africa Early Stage Investor Summit organised by VC4A and ABAN. Celebrating its fifth year, the summit attracted the...
Nov 21, 2018
The flat panel display (FPD) equipment market is expected to start to decline after an unprecedented build-up in 2017 as panel makers take a more cautious approach, waiting for demand to catch up to rapidly ramping capacity. The FPD equipment market is forecast to...