Budget 2015: a glimmer of hope for SMEs

Feb 27, 2015

This year’s budget from Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene showed some support for the country’s SMEs by giving further tax relief to the smallest enterprises. However, it could have done more to help local businesses prosper. That’s according to Daryl Blundell, GM...

Connecting people to the Internet of Things

Feb 27, 2015

As the Internet of Things evolves and becomes the Internet of Us, security expert Kaspersky Lab has teamed up with Swedish bio-hacking community BioNyfiken to uncover the realities of connecting our bodies to the Internet. Once confined to Hollywood blockbusters and Sci-Fi novels, in 2015, the number of humans upgraded by technological devices is increasing in number. BioNyfiken, a Sweden-based bio-hacking community, is leading the charge in normalising the chipping phenomenon and bringing it to the masses.

Top five apps dominate network traffic

Feb 27, 2015

Two-thirds of all app data traffic over mobile networks comes from the top five apps in each country, with video streaming and social networking dominating. These are among the findings of the Ericsson Mobility Report, which says that, in the countries illustrated in...

Gemalto concludes that SIMs not compromised

Feb 27, 2015

A news story on 19 February claimed that NSA and GCHQ documents were made public on Gemalto’s Web site, prompting Gemalto to conduct a thorough investigation into the alleged incident, as well as of its internal monitoring tools and their past records of attempts of...

Samsung SA breaks selfie world record

Feb 27, 2015

Samsung Electronics South Africa has successfully broken the Guinness World Record for the most contributions to an online album of self-portrait photographs (selfies) in 24 hours. The record-breaking number of selfies was an astounding 12 598, as verified by Guinness...

Canon enters the 3D printing market

Feb 27, 2015

Canon Europe has made a foray into the 3D printer market through a distribution agreement with 3D Systems. Under the arrangement, Canon will market, sell and support 3D Systems’ advanced manufacturing 3D printers, including the ProJet 1200, 3500 series, 4500, 6000 and...