Food festival goes digital with NFC cards
The 2015 DStv Delicious International Food and Music Festival, presented by Nedbank, will not only offer inspired creations in food and world class entertainment, but will also feature near field communications (NFC) technology. According to Brandon Duffield, head of Ticketpro, this improve the overall experience for the event goer.
B2B online retail set for massive growth
Business-to-business (B2B) online retailing has been witnessing strong growth due to the rapid migration of manufacturers and wholesalers from legacy systems to open, online platforms. As legacy systems involve the use of electronic data interchange, which is...Samsung S6 Edge is more price-competitive
The recently released Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is the most expensive Galaxy S line smartphone yet built, but has a lower retail price than a comparable iPhone 6 Plus, according to a preliminary estimate by HIS and its Technology Mobile Handsets Intelligence Service. The...
SA slips in ICT rankings
South Africa has fallen even further in the global ICT readiness stakes, according to the 2015 edition of The Global Information Technology released by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The country fell from a dismal number 70 out of 143 countries to 75 in the 2015 Networked Readiness Index. Although South Africa performed well in its policy and regulatory framework score, ranked at number 24, other areas didn’t perform so well. South Africa was ranked 55 for its business and innovation environment; 85 for its infrastructure; 107 for affordability; 95 in terms of skills; 68 for individual usage; 34 for business usage; 105 for government usage; 58 for economic impact; and 110 for social impact.