CSPs could maximise their revenues
The competitive landscape for communications service providers (CSPs) is shifting, writes Peter Sinclair, MD: communications, media and technology business at Accenture in South Africa. With barriers to entry collapsing, a new class of digital competitors is...
Millennials, character and an exponential world
Whether you love them or hate them, millennials will become the leadership that drives our society in the digital age, writes Paige dos Santos; digital transformation lead at SAP Africa. As individuals and as a collective, they will wield power that is unprecedented...
LG wins big at CES
LG Electronics (LG) was honoured with more than 90 awards at CES 2018, led by the Official CES Best TV Product Award for the fourth consecutive year, this time for the new LG AI OLED TV (model C8). LG also earned numerous best-of-show honors for the LG InstaView...
Take care of your smartphone battery
Smartphones are constant companions that most people rely on for both personal and professional use. Daily use covers anything from chatting on WhatsApp, playing games, watching videos to sending e-mails and connecting to social media. Busy lifestyles and heavy data...
More backup options with Truecaller
Truecaller has launched Truecaller Backup for Android, a new feature which allows users to backup and restore their contacts, call history, block list and settings to Google Drive. Every day, thousands of Truecaller users are switching to a new phone, getting a new...
Samsung Uunveils wall-mountable lifestyle soundbar
Samsung Electronics unveiled a new premium lifestyle soundbar at CES 2018, the NW700 Sound+. The wall-mountable NW700 Sound+ soundbar succeeds the MS650 Sound+ model and incorporates sound-enhancing features, such as distortion-cancelling, wide-range tweeters and...
Fortinet demos security for connected cars
Fortinet exhibited advanced cybersecurity capabilities for the connected car of the future at CES 2018 in the Renesas Advanced and Autonomous Test Track and Future Ready Solutions Showcase. Developed in collaboration with Renesas Electronics, the cybersecurity...
Money-back guarantee from Acer
Acer Africa has announced its 30-day money back guarantee in-store promotion with Incredible Connection. The promotion utilises the no-risk concept by encouraging its customers to purchase a new Acer notebook, try it out for 30-days and if at any point it does not...
Panasonic celebrates its centenary at CES 2018
Panasonic kicked off its centenary year with a bang at CES 2018 in Las Vegas. The company announced its investment in a diversity of domains, including electric cars, voice assistant integrations and developments in lifestyle appliances. Hidetoshi Kaneko, Panasonic...
ASUS previews consumer, gaming laptops
At CES 2018, ASUS gave visitors a preview of four new upcoming products: ZenBook 13 (UX331UAL), Vivo AiO V272, Vivo AiO and the ASUS X507 laptop --from its 2018 range of Windows 10 consumer laptops and all-in-one PCs. ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) also unveiled its...
The rise and rise of the smartphone
Can you even imagine your life without your smart phone? It hasn't taken long for these must-have devices to become an essential and integral part of daily life. It's estimated that as much as 58,7% of the world use smartphones. Just 10 years ago, most people couldn't...
Affordable luxury with Hisense TVs
Hisense has unveiled its 2018 TV line-up, including the 100-inch Hisense 4K Ultra HD Smart Laser TV, 1 000+ zones U9 ULED TV, and the bezel-less U7 ULED TV. These products are underpinned with technologies like ULED, Quantum Dot, Dolby Vision HDR imaging technology...