Flat panel display growth set to ease

After hitting 7,3% growth in 2018, global demand for flat panel displays (FPDs) in terms of area is forecast to expand 6,4% to 228-million square meters in 2019. This is the first slowdown in year-on-year growth in four years, according to IHS Markit. Although the FPD...
Inflation runs ahead of SA salary increases

Inflation runs ahead of SA salary increases

South Africans’ salaries grew by a sluggish 3% year-on-year – more than 2 percentage points behind the annual inflation rate for October 2018 of 5,1%. This is one of the findings from CareerJunction’s 2018 Salary Review, which explores average salary...

5G on track to hit 1,5bn subscriptions

5G is expected to reach more than 40% global population coverage and 1,5-billion subscriptions for enhanced mobile broadband by the end of 2024. This will make 5G the fastest generation of cellular technology to be rolled out on a global scale, according to the latest...

Tech, incentives change Vitality users’ behaviour

A new study shows that Discovery’s Vitality incentives, combined with Apple Watch, deliver dramatic and sustained improvements in physical activity levels. Incentives and Physical Activity, the largest behaviour tech study based on verified data, found an...

Money mules used in new type of fraud

Technology is designed to bring greater efficiencies but there is often a downside where it creates loopholes for opportunistic tactics and fraud. Banks are using biometrics (fingerprint identification) to verify account holders. Although this brings greater security...

Daka, Barkhuizen top IITPSA awards

Etion’s Teddy Daka and Absa’s Jacques Barkhuizen have been named SA’s IT Personality and Visionary CIO of the Year at the SA IT industry’s top annual awards. The annual Institute of Information Technology Professionals SA (IITPSA) 2018...