Steyn City gets fibre to the home

Residents of the growing Steyn City Parkland Residence will get fibre-to-the-home (FTTH), following a joint venture between Steyn City Properties and MetroFibre Networx. Connectivity Services is a joint venture between the parties, that will see ownership of the...

Applicants open for Joburg Launchpad Start

Startups based in South Africa and Southern Africa have until 24 February to apply to be part of Launchpad Start Johannesburg. The one week problem-solving bootcamp for early stage startups will take place with partner JoziHub from 27 March to 31 March 2017. A total...

Education needed for sugar tax to work

The new tax on sugar-sweetened drinks will have to form part of an integrated programme to change consumer behaviour and subsequently play an important role in addressing a range of health issues. This is the word from Ettiene Retief, chairperson of the National Tax...

Watson powers intelligent whiteboards

IBM and Ricoh have created the cognitive-enabled interactive whiteboard that uses the intelligence and voice technologies of IBM’s Watson to take commands and notes, perform actions, and even translate meetings into other languages. The Intelligent Workplace...

Mobile forms commit to code of conduct

There are now some 390 South African mobile content and application providers that have committed themselves to upholding the Code of Conduct of the Wireless Application Service Providers’ Association (WASPA). “Version 14.6 of the WASPA Code of Conduct...

Microsoft opens up drone, robotics codes

When most people with normal vision walk down the street, they can easily differentiate the things they must avoid – like trees, curbs and glass doors — from the things they don’t, such as shadows, reflections and clouds. Chances are, most people...