Nov 3, 2016
More than half of the top 60 Android shopping apps collect users’ personal information through trackers. A new privacy risk assessment on Opera Max finds that favourite South African sites LetGo and OLX are among the apps with the highest number of trackers....
Nov 3, 2016
According to a new report by KPMG International, 55% of consumers globally said they had decided against buying something online due to privacy concerns. In addition, fewer than 10% of consumers feel that they have control over the way organisations handle and use...
Nov 3, 2016
In the struggle to control malaria, researchers at the University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC) has turned to satellite data to get a heads-up on malaria outbreaks and smartphone apps to control and monitor the disease. Technology...
Nov 3, 2016
The pay-television (TV), video on demand (VOD), and internet protocol television (IPTV) services market is growing rapidly as significant Internet penetration and smartphone adoption in Africa alter the manner in which consumers view content. Growth will be augmented...
Nov 3, 2016
The US, South Korea, and the UK have been ranked as the three countries most ready to generate and benefit from the Internet of Things (IoT). This is according to the updated International Data Corporation (IDC) 2016 index ranking the Group of 20 (G20) nations on...
Nov 2, 2016
Food from crickets, cleaner streets, reduced emissions, a bicycle and scooter sharing scheme and a waterless urinal system could all be new features of the City of Joburg once the winners of the Green City Startup competition are announced. These are some of the ideas...
