Mar 3, 2016
Today sees the launch in South Africa of a National Hearing Test for World Hearing Day, with Vodacom funding 112 500 tests on the hearZA App, developed and validated by the University of Pretoria. Vuyani Jarana, chief officer at Vodacom Business, says: “At...
Mar 3, 2016
The return of supersonic passenger air travel is one step closer to reality. NASA has awarded a contract for the preliminary design of a “low boom” flight demonstration aircraft. This is the first in a series of ‘X-planes’ in NASA’s New...
Mar 2, 2016
A KPMG analysis of the factors that attract investors in Africa show that corruption, poor infrastructure and onerous business conditions in fact do not scare off investors, if the mineral, oil or gas resources are sufficiently attractive in the context of global...
Mar 2, 2016
The people who are likely to buy a wearable product in the next six months are tech savvy, highly social and extremely style conscious (S³), and will lead the next wave of wearables adoption. IDC research finds that wearable intenders are comfortable with technology...
Mar 2, 2016
The new ICT Sector Codes have been drafted and are now open for comment until the end of April. Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies has invited members of the public to make inputs and comments on the Draft Amended Information and Communications Technology...
Mar 2, 2016
Smartphones have pulled ahead of Windows-based computers and laptops, now accounting for 60% of the malware activity observed on mobile networks. A Nokia Threat Intelligence Report released yesterday reveals an increase in iOS-based malware, growing sophistication of...
