Feb 6, 2017
Networks currently interconnecting through SA’s Internet exchanges (INXs) for higher speeds and lower costs can now use their peering ports to make virtual private network interconnects (VPNIs) to other networks, at no cost. That’s according to INX-ZA...
Feb 6, 2017
Brooklyn SAPS and the Namola App are working to fight crime in Tshwane, and have signed a partnership agreement committing collaborative efforts to ensure citizen safety. “To combat crime in Tshwane and across South Africa, we need all hands on deck,” says...
Feb 6, 2017
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) aims to incubate thousands of new youth-driven businesses in the technology sector in the next few years in a partnership with Finnish university Laurea. UJ’s vice-chancellor Professor Ihron Rensburg comment: “We want to...
Feb 6, 2017
US president Donald Trump’s threat of harsh trading conditions for China could have a devastating effect on Chinese high-tech vendors looking to the US for growth. “Smartphone shipments in China grew by over 14% year on year,” says Mo Jia, research...
Feb 6, 2017
FlightScope, the global developer of 3D Doppler ball-tracking radar for sports, has bought out its venture capital partner. FlightScope was originally founded by radar engineer Henri Johnson in 1989 to develop systems that measure projectiles for the defence industry,...
Feb 6, 2017
A spectacular drone light show stole the show at Lady Gaga’s halftime performance at last night’s Super Bowl. Three hundred Intel Shooting Star drones lit up the sky in a choreographed aerial performance marking the first-ever drone integration during a televised...
