A new study from the University of Cape Town has found a high perception of crime regarding ride-share services. The paper by Jennifer Baufeldt and Professor Marianne Vanderschuren focuses on personal safety and Covid-19 concerns, and will be published in the...

In a world propelled by advancing technology and an insatiable appetite for digital services, the global data centre industry has experienced remarkable growth - and the potential for Africa in this market is almost unlimited. A recent Market Spotlight by DC Byte, a...

The Covid-19 pandemic has had widespread impact on the global economy, leaving many CIOs with the challenge of making immediate IT cost savings, according to Gartner. IT spending is forecast to contract across all categories and regions in 2020. While businesses in...

The Fak'ugesi Digital Innovation Festival 2020 programme, led by the Wits University's Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct and Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg kicked off on 20 October and will run live and online until 20 November 2020. Now in its seventh...

Following Apple's recent presentation of the company's updates, and the iPhone 12 launch in particular, Kaspersky experts have uncovered dozens of suspicious resources around the world which allegedly offered to pre-order the new smartphone. In reality, the security...

Data presented by Buy Shares indicates that video conferencing platform Zoom added 46,26-million downloads in September. The downloads were on both Android and iOS platforms. Android had the highest downloads at 32,17-million. For iOS, the iPhone recorded...

Although the overall client solid state drives (SSD) market has seen low demand during the pandemic, lockdowns and home working have had a positive effect on consumer-channel sales, according to the latest data published by Context. "The impact of the pandemic on the...

Many finance leaders are currently at a high risk of making four common mistakes that could negatively impact their ability to fund digital growth and reduce expenses overall, according to Gartner. This comes at a time when recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic will be...

Two Computer Engineering students at the University of Pretoria (UP) were part of a team that won an award for best proposal on social distancing at a global hackathon held at the weekend. The team comprised third-year UP students Ryan Naidoo and Jason Kamps, as well...

The latest Canalys forecast expects the global smart speaker market, including smart displays, to reach 163-million units in 2021, a growth of 21%. In 2020, Mainland China, which has the Covid-19 pandemic under control, will lead, growing 16%, while the rest of the...