May 7, 2018
FNB has launched a mini-ATM that uses biometrics as a means of consumer validation, a move the bank believes is a first for South Africa. The TouchPoint device functions as a self-service kiosk from which customers can conduct transactional banking such as...
May 7, 2018
The top two business priorities for CIOs of midsize enterprises (MSEs) in 2018 are growth and digital transformation – but 57% of MSEs are not yet delivering digital initiatives, according to Gartner’s 2018 CIO Agenda Survey. “Digitalisation has the...
May 7, 2018
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are notoriously slow when it comes to adopting new technologies, but South African SMEs are about to do a U-turn in this regard, thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT). In fact, as many as 83% of decision-makers responding to a new...
May 7, 2018
Multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy WSP has helped to fast-track development of the City of Cape Town’s V&A desalination plant, feeding 2.0 megalitres of fresh water into the city’s network per day. Located at the V&A Waterfront, the...
May 7, 2018
Apple is getting close to $1-trillion in market value, set to become the first company to hit that mark. Stock prices rose on fiscal 2018 results, which showed a 16% revenue increase. They were boosted further with the announcement that Warren Buffet’s Berkshire...
May 7, 2018
Kaspersky Lab researchers have uncovered dozens of highly convincing fake websites claiming to be investment sites for an initial coin offering (ICO) by the Telegram messaging service. Many of these websites appear to belong to the same group. In one case alone, tens...
