Printer sales end 12-month decline

Sales of printer hardware through distributors in Western Europe (WE) during Q2 2018 were up by 3% year-on-year – the only positive year-on-year performance for imaging products in the past year, according to the latest distribution data published by context....

SA-made Moya Messenger goes data-free

Moya Messenger is a new mobile messaging app that allows users to communicate without incurring data costs. The app, developed in South Africa by biNu, provides #datafree text messaging that works even when a mobile user has no airtime or data balance on their...

SqwidNet adds IoT to Netstar tracking

Netstar is partnering with SigFox operator SqwidNet, moving beyond traditional vehicle tracking by adding cost-effective new telematics devices with a Sigfox communication module that enhances the existing radio frequency (RF) with Internet of Things (IoT) technology....

Beat the cybersecurity skills shortage

Conventional wisdom dictates that an increase in cybersecurity threats requires ever-larger IT security teams. Gartner fellow and research vice president Tom Scholtz says it’s time to think differently. Speaking ahead of his track on security and risk at the...

Can the Note9 grow Samsung’s market share?

Samsung has launched its Galaxy Note9, the Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Home and a new partnership with Spotify. Avi Greengart, research director: consumer platforms and devices at data and analytics company GlobalData, offers the following analysis of the announcements:...

Simple oversights put site security at risk

A massive 86% of e-commerce sites using the Magento platform are missing critical security patches, according a survey by security consultancy Foregenix, which also identified a growing global trend for brute force attacks in the first half of the year. The study,...