Record registrations for FNB App Academy
More than 217 000 learners have signed up for the 2025 FNB App Academy - a 12-fold increase from 17 000 participants in 2023, making it Africa’s largest free digital skills initiative of its kind. Now in its third year, the FNB App Academy is a nine-week, fully online...
Google adds more AI abilities to search
Google has announced new artificial intelligence (AI) features in search, extending AI Overviews to allow users to ask more complex questions in a variety of modes. Elizabeth Reid, vice-president: head of search, outlines in a company blog that AI Mode in Search will...
Zoom downloads decline dramatically post-pandemic
According to Stocklytics.com, Zoom mobile app downloads have plunged by 89% between Q2 2020 and Q4 2023, with a particularly stark drop in the Asia-Pacific region - one of Zoom's key markets - from 113,45-million in Q2 2020 to approximately 18,3-million in the last...
Vumacam’s crime-fighting partnership with Gauteng yields results
Just two weeks after announcing a landmark partnership with the Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG), Vumacam says it is already making impact in the fight against crime in the country's economic heartland. The partnership sees the GPG benefit from Vumacam's extensive...
Broadcom sells VMware’s end-user computing division
Broadcom has agreed to sell VMware's end-user computing (EUC) business to global investment firm KKR, in a transaction valued at approximately $4-billion. Upon closing of the transaction, the EUC division will become a standalone company, with greater access to growth...
Worldwide smartphone recovery finally gets underway
Over the past seven years, the worldwide smartphone market has contracted six times on an annual basis. However, 2024 is set to be the year where the smartphone market swings back to growth. According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC)...
Mobile industry commits $9bn for universal meaningful connectivity
Mobile operator groups have pledged more than $9-billion to extend global connectivity. Alongside the new commitments, the UN Digital Agency also announced that it now has over 1 000 industry, academia and organisational members in addition to its 193 Member States....
AI, wireless leaders form AI-RAN alliance
The AI-RAN Alliance, a new collaborative initiative aimed at integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into cellular technology to further advance radio access network (RAN) technology and mobile networks, was launched at the GSMA Mobile World Congress happening now in...
Initiative aims to open access to digital finance
Visa and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation (GSMA Foundation) have announced the launch of the Digital Finance for All (DFA) Initiative. The five-year initiative aims to advance digital financial inclusion for 20 million individuals, including women, small...
New Nvidia GPUs drive AI-enhanced workflows
New Nvidia RTX 500 and 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPUs will be available in new, highly portable mobile workstations, expanding the Nvidia Ada Lovelace architecture-based lineup, which includes the RTX 2000, 3000, 3500, 4000 and 5000 Ada Generation Laptop GPUs. The...
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Intergreatme raises R27m via crowdfunding
mergent South African regtech player Intergreatme has raised over R27-million - R3-million over its original target - in just 72 hours, following its launch last Tuesday of its public equity drive via Uprise Africa's crowdfunding platform. Most of the initial 120...
Changing workplaces: collaboration is in the detail
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Call for New Einstein Forum ambassadors
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SUSE transforms storage with containerised and cloud workload support
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Reflecting on the one-year anniversary of GDPR
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Tips for detecting hidden spy cameras when travelling
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Whether the market (or country) is ready for it or not, the fourth industrial revolution is here and the pace at which technology is moving is astonishing. And according to Greg de Chasteauneuf, chief technology officer (CTO) for Saicom, software developers are the...
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A dynamic global organization based in Midrand is looking to employ a Digital Strategist with 3 – 5 years' experience leading and managing digital projects.Minimum ExperienceMatricValid Driver's License and Own vehicleBachelor's degree in Project Management,...
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