Beyond the buzz
Why ‘social media’ is not just a Facebook page and a Twitter account.
Microdotting is catching on fast as a crime-fighting and theft prevention tool, with South Africa leading the way in terms of innovation and adoption.
As McKinsey’s ‘automation frontier’ sweeps into the realm of knowledge work, do local professionals have reason to fear for their jobs?
With the influx of several online music-streaming services and the entry of new music download platforms, the South African digital music scene is becoming increasingly crowded – and highly competitive.
Labelled by many technology futurists as the ‘next digital frontier’, location based services are starting to have an impact on various industries, with wide-ranging applications.
Unless local policymakers make a speedy decision around spectrum allocation, SA will miss out on many of the advances in mission-critical technology.
Enterprise IT is riddled with inefficiencies, which is resulting in overstretched budgets and wasted resources.
Despite some formidable challenges, local developers are tapping into our growing addiction to socially fuelled mobile games.
With many new players on the local development scene, the question is whether SA’s numerous technology hubs, incubators and accelerators are having the desired impact.
As people become increasingly dependent on mobile phones to run both their personal and professional lives, advertisers are looking to colonise mobile content.
Is crowdfunding a fad, or a transformative funding platform for local tech startups?
‘Gamification’ is starting to enter the corporate lingo, as companies look for novel ways to engage both employees and consumers.
Over the past few months, mobile giants Vodacom and MTN have been busily restructuring their operations, channelling staff, infrastructure and other resources into newly formed enterprise units.
