Inside the Jihadists’ digital toolboox

Jihadist groups like ISIS use technology and online services extensively but, through clever use of security tools, their activities go largely undetected. Flashpoint, which specialises in Deep Web and Dark Web data and intelligence, today released a new research...

Telkom Mobile debuts data-led packages

Re-engineering its 1800MHz spectrum from 2G voice to 4G LTE has allowed Telkom Mobile to offer its new data-led mobile phone packages. Unlike the majority of mobile phone contracts in the market today, which are based on voice minutes with data added on at an extra...

South Africans are slightly wealthier …

The value of households’ real net wealth increased during Q1 2016 despite contracting economic growth. The increase can be ascribed to a decline in the real value of household liabilities and an increase in the real value of household assets. These are findings...

Bicycles mobilise Soweto schoolkids

Dimension Data, in partnership with the City of Joburg and Qhubeka, have given 317 bicycles to schoolchildren in Orlando, Soweto, to help combat the frequent absenteeism and exhaustion experienced by learners walking to school in this area. The first batch of 60...

First-time decline for smartwatches

For the first time, the worldwide smartwatch market saw a year-over-year decline of 32%, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. Smartwatch vendors shipped 3,5-million units in the second...

SA consumers want energy management

The demand for energy management services from South African consumers’ – especially digital channel users -is high. This is one of the findings from Accenture’s 2015 survey, “New Energy Consumer: Unleashing Business Value in a Digital...