A University of Cape Town palaeobiologist is part of a new study that changes the way we think about the Late Cretaceous period, around 100-million years ago. Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, of the Department of Biological Sciences, is among the scientists who...

A new study from Juniper Research has found the global transaction volume of in-vehicle payments will exceed 4,7-billion by 2026, up from just 87-million in 2021. In-vehicle payments are those where payments are made via vehicle systems, without requiring use of a...

More than 500 000 young Africans have been trained on digital skills under Google's Digital Skills Africa programme. In April, Google committed to train one million people across the continent on digital skills within a year and, six months later, has reached the...

Mastercard is partnering with General Motors (GM) and IBM to enable cars to remind users to run errands - and let them pay from the car, without opening their wallet. The collaboration will bring Masterpass secure, payment technology and Mastercard Digital Enablement...

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2016 fourth quarter ended September 24, 2016. Apple posted quarterly revenue of $46,9-billion and quarterly net income of $9-billion, or $1.67 per diluted share for the fourth quarter ended 24 September. These...

SAP has opened Africa's first ever SAP Co-Innovation Lab (COIL). With a strong focus on collaboration, the lab offers a hands-on environment for SAP to innovate jointly with software solution partners, system integrators and technology partners on current and future...

Kathy Gibson reports from Infracom 2016 - Building an infrastructure for cloud is a big job, and there's no correct way of doing it. There are pros and cons to each approach, says Grant Morgan of Dimension Data. For the experimental approach, he suggests that CIOs...

Kathy Gibson reports from Infracom 2016 in Midrand - In an age when every user has at least two or three devices, and accesses a multitude of apps and services, our reliance in IT infrastructure has increased enormously. Uptime Institute's Phil Collerton point out...

Kathy Gibson reports from Infracom 2016 in Midrand - The software-defined data centre is not only the foundation of the cloud, but it helps businesses to become more flexible and free up resources. VMware's David Funnell point out that there is a need to bridge the...

Kathy Gibson reports from Infracom 2016 - When making a decision on new technology investment, CIOs have to consider the business value that they will produce. In fact, the CIO has to transition his own role to ensure that he can do this, says Malcolm MacDonald from...