Dec 15, 2016
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market continues to decline in the face of cannibalisation from larger-screen-size smartphones. According to the latest Middle East and Africa Quarterly Tablet Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC), tablet shipments...
Dec 15, 2016
In 2016, the world’s biggest cyberthreats were related to money, information and a desire to disrupt. They included the underground trade of tens of thousands of compromised server credentials, hijacked ATM systems, ransomware and mobile banking malware –...
Dec 15, 2016
South Africans know about the benefits of renewable energy and are generally supportive of these – but they are still concerned about the cost. This was the main finding of the US Department of State’s “General Public Opinion on Renewable Energy in...
Dec 15, 2016
South Africa was among the countries impacted by a 10% increase in ransomware attacks in November, using Locky and Cryptowall. As a result, South Africa moved up the list of 117 most attacked countries – to number 31 in November, from 58 in October –...
Dec 15, 2016
Nominet Trust, a UK-based tech for good funder, has unveiled the 2016 NT100 – a celebration of the 100 most inspiring social innovations using digital technology to drive social change around the world. Now in its fourth year, the 2016 NT100 gives special...
Dec 15, 2016
As many as 1-billion Yahoo users could have been exposed in a three-year old security breach that the company disclosed yesterday. Bob Lord, chief information security officer of Yahoo, yesterday issued a statement confirming that the company has conducted an...
