Competition heats up as PCs bounce back

Worldwide PC shipments totalled nearly 68-million units in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16), a year-on-year decline of 3,9%, according to the IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Shipment volume continued to decline, but the results were about 3,2% ahead of...

Visitor attendance records for rAge expo

Last weekend’s rAge gaming expo saw attendance achieve all-time highs. The show took place over 19 411 square metres of floor space, featuring 124 exhibitors and 34 693 visitors. There were also more than 11 locally-developed games on display in the dedicated...

Study finds smartphones are bad for productivity

While smartphones help us stay in touch with colleagues, keep on top of our inbox, and complete urgent tasks on the move, they actually make us less productive when we are working at our desks, according to a new psychological experiment by the Universities of...

Security technology to surpass $100bn in 2020

The first Worldwide Semiannual Security Spending Guide from IDC forecasts worldwide revenues for security-related hardware, software, and services will grow from $73,7-billion in 2016 to $101,6-billion in 2020. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of...

Innovation Index winners named

Accenture and The Da Vinci Institute have announced the winners of this year’s Innovation Index at the Accenture Innovation Conference held in Johannesburg. The awards ceremony honoured businesses – regardless of their sizes – for spearheading...

VayaMoja moves into second phase

Developed as part of the City of Johannesburg’s move toward a public transport system that is seamless and integrated, the first phase of the VayaMoja mobile app was released in July 2016 and the launch of its second phase is imminent. This is the result of a joint...