Jan 22, 2014
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks grew throughout 2013, according to the top 10 attack trends published by Prolexic Technologies. Throughout the year, metrics were collected from all DDoS attacks launched against the company’s global client base by the...
Jan 22, 2014
SureThing has been launched as an online gadget insurance solution, covering personal electronic gadgets from R70 per month. The newly launched online company provides immediate, inexpensive and reliable insurance for cell phones, tablets, game consoles, laptops and...
Jan 22, 2014
Global mobile advertising spending is forecast to reach $18-billion in 2014, up from the estimated $13,1-billion in 2013, according to Gartner. The market is expected to grow to $41,9-billion by 2017. Gartner says that display formats will make up most of the revenue,...
Jan 21, 2014
The Wireless Access Providers’ Association (WAPA) has partnered with the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) to establish a cross-industry working group aimed at facilitating communication and collaboration around open access carrier-grade WiFi networks. Recent...
Jan 21, 2014
“Dull and old” economies will have their strongest performing year since 2010 and will drive the global recovery in 2014, according to Dr Nariman Behravesh, chief economist of information and analytics firm IHS. Ahead of the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos,...
Jan 21, 2014
Continued technology and service innovation, notably around location-based applications, is expected in the mobile payments space in 2014. However, there will be increasing complexity within the mobile payments ecosystem this year, and on-going challenges around the...