Mystery of the migrating poles

Mystery of the migrating poles

Using satellite data on how water moves around Earth, NASA scientists have solved two mysteries about wobbles in the planet’s rotation — one new and one more than a century old. The research may help improve our knowledge of past and future climate, and...

Online retail is coming of age

A global consumer digital revolution is underway as consumers push the boundaries of online shopping. For retailers and consumer goods companies the disruption by online business is increasingly gaining momentum. This is according to PwC’s “Total Retail...

Entertainment will drive home IoT

Network entertainment applications are the stepping stone to a broader home Internet of Things (IoT) experience, even as consumers remain skeptical of the value proposition behind the home Internet of Things, wary of their cost and uncertain of their utility....

Metrofibre to replace all fibre links

Metrofibre Networx, the local open access fibre network and broadband fibre provider, has partnered with Link Africa replace all its fibre links for its core network over the next two years with its own fibre infrastructure. Until now the company has leased the fibre...

Cloud infrastructure spend set to rise

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker, total spending on IT infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for deployment in cloud environments will increase by 18,9% in 2016 to reach...

Beware of the Ray-Ban Facebook scam …

ESET has observed a new wave of Facebook scams: in one, cybercriminals are luring social network users into bogus Ray-Ban e-shops to buy heavily discounted glasses. These ads are spread via hacked Facebook accounts that hackers have taken control of using malware and...