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Controlled Intelligence
The research that surrounds artificial intelligence (AI) is plentiful and varied. There are reports from Gartner that highlight how it is critical for an organisation to build foundations for AI and machine learning to ensure it is...
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TWO YOUNG SOUTH AFRICAN APP DEVELOPERS CONTINUE TO BLOW MINDS
Leading the way in App development, two young South African creative designers, Brandon Kynoch (18) and Dieter Kunze (21) are paving the way for a younger generation to get involved in the accessible world of coding and programming. Brandon Kynoch has inspired many...
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Five ways Africa’s payments industry is evolving
By Vaughan Alexander, CEO at Innervation PAN African Payments Africa is still home to a large unbanked population. Eighty percent of adults in sub-Saharan Africa don’t use any formal or informal banking facilities, and only 5% of adults have a credit card. It’s not...
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How to choose your next smartphone
By Christo Wessels, Sub-Saharan Africa Manager at MediaTek Smartphones are critical devices for most people in their everyday lives. We use them daily – as a communication tool, we do our banking on it, we video conference and use it as entertainment. With hundreds of...
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Voice interfaces are coming of age, reshaping our relationships with smartphones
By Ernst Wittmann, Global Account Director MEA & Country Manager – Southern Africa, at TCL Voice assistants and interfaces on smartphones are coming of age and adoption is expected to soar over the next few years. ComScore, for example, forecasts that half of all...
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Is it time to replace your phone battery?
Although phone batteries have come a long way in the past few years, they are still not built to last forever. While smartphones have advanced at a rapid rate, no longer falling prey to under-performance after passing their second birthday, phone batteries can’t offer...
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Investing in movable assets helps grow small businesses and the economy
Movable assets – items that can be relocated from place to place without their original structure being damaged or disfigured – are the lifeblood of many small business owners. An immovable asset that is fixed to land, such as a brick and mortar building, might assist...
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The Productivity/ Technology trap
The tyre industry is a microcosm of the dilemma in which South African manufacturers find themselves.
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Securing the Transformation to the SD-WAN Powered Branch
By Doros Hadjizenonos, Regional Director – SADC at Fortinet Traditional WAN infrastructures are struggling to keep up with the growth of SaaS applications providing critical business functions in enterprise branch offices—especially those that require reliable and...
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FIVE THINGS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER FOR THE BEST STREAMING EXPERIENCE THIS WINTER
As we officially bid farewell to the warm summer days and welcome the winter chill, evenings get darker quicker and the nights are longer. Now is a good time to make sure that your not-so-social hibernation calendar doesn’t mean three months of utter boredom. June...
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