Video on demand set for disruption
Digital entertainment on demand is set to disrupt broadcasting, traditional media, telecoms, marketing and more. Stephen Watson, MD of on-demand specialist company Discover Digital, comments: "There's no going back. Whether you're talking streamed linear broadcasting...
FNB offers life cover on digital platforms
FNB Life has taken the next step in its digital evolution by giving customers the option to take up and manage life insurance through the FNB banking app and online banking. By logging into their profiles, choosing the insurance option, answering medical questions and...
HD-recording and transmission DVR/NVR debuts
Graphic Image Technologies has announced that the new SerVision IVG 400-N DVR/NVR is now available locally, offering both in-vehicle HD digital video recording and live transmission for remote monitoring. "The dilemma that most surveillance operators were faced with...
LG wins at Red Dot awards
LG Electronics (LG) was a big winner at this year's Red Dot Design Awards, earning an impressive 20 total Red Dot Awards for excellence in design, including two Best of the Best awards. The top Best of the Best awards were given to LG's Signature OLED TV W and Smart...
OpenWeb launches affordable fibre pakcages
OpenWeb has launched affordable Capped Unshaped ADSL and Fibre packages from as low as R1.37 per Gigabyte. OpenWeb CEO Keoma Wright comments: "This product runs at the speed of your line, whether it is a 2Mbps or 100Mbps line." He says the superfast ADSL/VDSL data...
What is your old smartphone worth?
With the much-anticipated Nokia 3310 relaunch taking place this year, users might want to consider selling their old phone, says Claire Cobbledick, marketing head for Gumtree SA. The iconic Nokia 3310, first launched in 2000, quickly became one of South Africa's most...
Incredible Connection opens new brand stores
Incredible Connection has opened two new brand stores - one at the new Springs Mall and one at Ballito Junction. "We have seen a growing need for a store in these regions and we are pleased to be able to bring a new look store to these respective malls," says Craig...
BT improves parking attendants’ working lives
Until recently, parking attendants had a tough time patrolling the streets of Amsterdam. They'd meet aggressive - sometimes violent - reactions from ticketed drivers. That put a serious strain on their health, resulting in high absenteeism. Now, thanks to digital...
Durban tech team launches app for Spaza stores
Local Durban-based tech company, Spazapp, has launched a "money-saving" app for spaza store owners. Geared at uplifting last mile traders and disadvantage communities, the app works to connect users directly to bulk buying opportunities and business support. Spazapp...
The unspoken social media commandments
Social media is fair game, right? Wrong. Over-use and abuse it and you'll end up unliked, unfollowed and maybe blocked. Teens and young adults from HDI Youth Marketeers' Junior Board of Directors offer their top 10 rules when it comes to social media. #1 - Thou shalt...
Dynamic digital consumer voice gets louder
The collective voice of today's dynamic digital consumers is growing louder, compelling goods and services providers to respond with enhanced organisational agility across their entire businesses, writes Wayne Hull, MD and head of Accenture Digital for South and...
MTN unveils revamped online music platform
MTN has unveiled its revamped online music platform, MTN Music+, which offers a couple of first to market functionalities. Maxwell Nonge, chief digital officer at MTN SA, comments: "The revamped Music+ strengthens our focus on developing local content and contributing...