Gumtree pilots password-free software
The digital world is buzzing off the back of last night's Facebook F8, where amongst other things the announcement of the launch of Account Kit, new software powered by Facebook that allows end users to sign into apps with just a phone number and no password, was...
Fossil brings wearables into fashion mainstream
Chaps, Diesel, Emporio Armani, Fossil, kate spade new york, Michael Kors, Misfit and Skagen will each launch product in the wearables space in 2016, according to Fossil Group. More than 100 wearables products - which include display- and non-display watches and...
Skype Translator now speaks Arabic
Skype Translator now offers Arabic as a spoken language. Microsoft has released Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), which is used in the Middle East and Northern Africa as a standard form of the Arabic language. Unlike dialects which may vary greatly from country to...
Skype Translator speaks Arabic
Since its launch in December 2014, Skype Translator has been facilitating connections and relationships across languages, and has now taken a further step by making Arabic available as a Skype Translator spoken language. The company says each of Skype Translator's...
Panasonic re-enters SA with home surveillance
Affirming its re-introduction to the South African market, Japanese technology giant Panasonic has announced that its Baby Monitoring and Home Surveillance kits will soon be available on the local market. "The way that people use and interact with technology has...
Huawei, Leica in photography partnership
Huawei Consumer and Leica Camera have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing the future development of smartphone photography. Richard Yu, CEO of the Huawei Consumer BG says: "We choose our partners carefully, and with this extraordinary collaboration...
Faster video on Opera Mini for Android
Android users will see less of the video-buffering wheel, as the "video boost" feature arrives today in the Opera Mini mobile browser, available for free in Google Play. The release brings smoother video viewing and data savings to almost 120 million users on Opera...
Ensure that nothing gets lost in translation
Over the course of the last few years, various technology trends such as cloud computing, social networking, mobility, and analytics have disrupted established business models as well as industries and changed the way and speed at which people communicate and work...
MWeb, LG partner on Fibre House
MWeb has launched its Fibre House Campaign which will make use of LG Technology's Smart Technology products. The MWeb Fibre Home is a real home in Randburg, putting MWeb's FTTH (fibre to the home) on display as part of its current fibre awareness campaign. The power...
Ericsson software accelerates Volvo in-car experience
Ericsson has announced more details around its plans to power the ultimate connectivity experience for self-driving cars. As autonomous driving becomes a reality with more cars hitting the road this year, attention is turning to spotty network coverage along highways...
Huawei P8 Lite wins at 2016 Innovation Awards
The Huawei P8 Lite has received an award for this year's Product of the Year at the annual Innovation Awards held in Johannesburg on 24 February. The P8 Lite won in the 'Value Smartphones Category' for 2016. "We are very excited about the award and have no doubt that...
Streaming Netflix locally just got a whole lot easier
South Africans can now take movie nights at home to a new level thanks to Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa's vendor partner Linksys and the streaming service Netflix. Linksys has made smooth streaming and sharing with fast connection speeds a local reality with its...