Oct 10, 2014
Makers and start-ups, not tech providers, consumer goods companies or enterprises, will drive acceptance, use and growth in the Internet of Things (IoT) through the creation of a multitude of niche applications, according to Gartner. Gartner predicts that by 2017, 50%...
Oct 10, 2014
Neotel will be discontinuing the sale of NeoBroadband services below 2Mbps speeds and reducing its packages by up to 42%. As part of a new added value strategy, Neotel is offering its NeoBroadband customer’s greater speeds at the same monthly cost for a 24-month term,...
Oct 10, 2014
At least 44% of Africans transfer airtime as a form of currency versus a global average of 17%. This is one of the findings from MEF’s fourth Global Consumer Survey, which analysed consumer behaviour from 15 000 respondents in 15 countries. The survey found that...
Oct 10, 2014
Payment service provider PayGate has added mobile payment system Zapper to its stable of options, says general manager for business development Brendon Williamson, as the company gears up for a predicted mobile boom. “We expect that mobile will account for 50% of all...
Oct 10, 2014
A recent survey, which was conducted to examine the effect of the Internet of Things (IoT), has revealed that 83% of respondents surveyed agree that billions of connected and wearable devices talking seamlessly to each other and to service providers, will likely “have...
Oct 10, 2014
Kaspersky Lab experts have calculated the chances of a malicious programme making it onto a Mac OS X device. In August, the probability of unwanted encounters with malware was about 3%. Compared to the 21% infection risk facing Windows users, the situation with Macs...
