Regulation stifles Internet investments

Regulatory policy can inhibit investment in Internet companies – and governments wanting to drive growth in the digital economy need to ensure policy doesn’t unintentionally stifle this. This is one of the findings of the “2016 Fifth Era Report...

Banks turn to startups for digitalisation

Banks face intense pressure to increase efficiencies and reduce costs while delivering next-generation digital services; however, incumbent application vendors have been slow to respond to new requirements, according to a new report from Gartner. Gartner predicts...

App revenue to outstrip download growth

Global mobile app revenue will grow by 2,2-times over the next five years, from $36-billion in 2015 to $79-billion in 2020, according to global analyst firm Ovum. This is compared to a 1,8 times increase in the number of app downloads – from 211-billion in 2015...

Take-down notices combat hate speech

No South African has to tolerate hate – and, in the online environment, there is a useful tool in the take-down procedure of South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA). “It is pertinent to remind South Africans of this...

Ransomware takes off in 2016

Ransomware has overtaken news about advanced persistent threats to become the main topic of the quarter. According to Kaspersky Lab’s Q1 malware report, the company’s experts detected 2 900 new ransomware modifications during the quarter, an increase of...
Can brain death be reversed?

Can brain death be reversed?

Bioquark, a company focused on the development of novel biologics for complex regeneration and disease reversion, and Revita Life Sciences, a biotechnology company focused on translational therapeutic applications of autologous stem cells, have received approval for a...