Cyber insurance premiums to outpace all others

A series of commercial global P&C insurance market reports from Aon Inpoint has found that by 2021 the most rapid growth of premiums will be seen in cyber insurance products. In addition, the financial institutions, mining and minerals, and technology and media...

First Android Oreo (Go edition) phones now available

Vodacom, in partnership with Google, has launched the first Android devices running on Android Oreo (Go Edition) in South Africa. The Android Oreo (Go Edition) is a version of the Android OS that is optimised for entry-level devices with 1Gb of memory or less and also...

Big Bang Theory’s Kevin Sussman will be at Comic Con

Reed Exhibitions Africa, ReedPOP and VS Gaming have announced the addition of Kevin Sussman – who plays quirky comic bookstore owner Stuart Bloom in the hit series Big Bang Theory – to the list of celebrity guests attending Comic Con Africa 2018. Kevin is best known...
Tech entrepreneurs key to balancing social inequality

Tech entrepreneurs key to balancing social inequality

While South Africa has made impressive social gains since the end of apartheid, levels of poverty and inequality remain untenably high. If the country is to overcome these difficulties, it must foster an environment that encourages tech-based entrepreneurship....

Beware of insecure World Cup WiFi hotspots

More than 20% of the public WiFi networks in FIFA World Cup 2018 host cities – 7 176 of approximately 32 000 – do not use traffic encryption. This makes them potentially unsafe for use by football fans visiting the cities, according to Kaspersky Lab...

Cell C applies for urgent interdict against ICASA

Cell C has applied for an urgent interdict against the Independent communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), in bid to get the deadline for compliance with the End-User and Subscriber Services Charter extended. The company has issued a statement clarifying...