Getting to know you …
Many drivers get to know their cars like close companions over time, but how well do our cars know us? Vehicles soon will prompt their owners to make a regular phone call, work out at a favoured time, or stop off at a much-loved coffee shop - if those activities are...
Online booking for Covid-19 diagnostic PCR tests
As borders re-open and travel restrictions ease gradually, convenient and reliable pre-departure Covid-19 testing solutions are already being made mandatory by some countries, while others are considering implementing them for all incoming travellers to ease the...
Huawei Mobile Services adds a browser
Huawei has introduced its own secure, high-speed web browser designed specifically for the Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) ecosystem as the official browser on Huawei devices. Huawei Browser includes Internet browsing, searching, and privacy protection. Features include...
Audi connect due to launch in SA
Audi connect will be introduced into the local market with the imminent arrival of the new Audi A4 which is due in October. The technology brings real-time online connectivity to the driving experience with a host of features linking the car, driver and environment...
Improve your children’s online experience and safety
With our current work from home and homeschooling set up, our children need to have a seamless experience while keeping safe. Everything feels like it's moving more online, and children are having to do their work online during this lockdown period. It is essential to...
What’s after ADSL for home and SME users?
It's officially happening: Telkom is discontinuing its copper line based ADSL service, potentially leaving many home and small-to-medium enterprise (SME) users at a loose end. So where should these subscribers go next and why are they cutting the copper cord anyway?...
Ponzi and pyramid schemes make investment education essential
In Bundu, a community in rural Mpumalanga previously known as Kwa-Ndebele, economic opportunities are few and far between. As a result, the community is a breeding ground for Ponzi schemes because of the low levels of investment literacy. It is for this reason that...
Facebook debuts Avatars in Africa
Facebook has launched Avatars in Africa to give people new ways to express themselves online. Avatars are digital personas that enable people to engage across Facebook and Messenger in a more personal and dynamic way. People can use their personalised avatar to share...
‘Contactless Stay’ gives hotel industry digital confidence to reopen
With 100,8-million jobs at risk in the global travel and tourism market in 2020, and the recent banning of leisure tourism accommodation in South Africa, hoteliers are under extreme pressure. Even in the wake of Covid-19's safety measures: crowd control, prohibition...
Vodacom’s Just4You gives customers double their data
Vodacom is giving customers who buy selected bundles using the Just4You platform, a 100% bonus on daily, weekly and monthly bundles. This means that customers who buy selected data bundles via the My Vodacom App and USSD will receive double the value of their data...
Collaborative security in communities
Communities can fundamentally change the face of crime. Research into communities and crime decline in the American Sociological Review found that for every 10 organisations that focused on crime and community life in a city of 100 000 residents there was a subsequent...
Facebook launches campaign against false news
As part of its ongoing commitment in, specifically around COVID-19, Facebook will begin rolling out a new on-platform campaign across a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa to connect people to accurate sources and combat misinformation. Named 'Three Questions To...