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The 2nd annual Digital Retail Forum is set to take place on the 29th of January 2020, at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg. The forum is hosted by IT News Africa, under the theme; Digital Disruption in Retail: Apocalypse or Revolution. Following a suc...
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43% of South Africa’s population lives in rural regions, with just one physician responsible for 7 700 people, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). With limited options, telemedicine has the potential to make healthcare far more accessib...
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Google cofounders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin have announced that they’re resigning from their day-to-day management roles at Alphabet. The pair will be succeeded by Sundar Pichai, the current CEO of Google, who will now have “oversight o...
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The technological wave of the Internet of Things (IoT) is sweeping across all industries. This technology is enabling tech devices to collect, interpret, and share data with one another without the help or interference of humans. It independently stu...
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uKheshe, a locally developed financial inclusion platform, announced on Tuesday that it has further enhanced its offering to the unbanked by collaborating with Mastercard. The partnership aims to enable informal traders, street vendors and casual lab...
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Retail giant, Makro announced on Wednesday, 4 December 2019, that shoppers at its 22 South African outlets and online store can now experience instant customer care and service by connecting with them directly via WhatsApp. Some of the features avail...
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& We are well into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), as evidenced by the digitisation of information and automation of most business functions. However, South Africa runs the risk of lagging behind on this, with one of the reasons being ou...
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What would you rather experience this December: a ‘black festive season’, with issues and uncertainty around energy, water and other critical infrastructure, or ‘Green-for-Go’ holidays – with running water, operational communications and all the ligh...
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Huawei’s newest wearable, the Watch GT 2 42mm series, is now available in South Africa. The tech giant announced on Tuesday, 3 December 2019, that the 42mm series features some distinctly superior-tech aspects as well as an elegant design and a...
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Apple has revealed a list of apps and games that drove ‘app culture’ this year on Monday, 2 December 2019. The Global tech giant says it looks to apps to “help simplify our lives and express our creativity, connect us to friends, fa...
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The launch of Facebook’s unified Facebook Pay system across its entire family of messaging apps hasn’t just created the world’s biggest payment platform – it’s taken the existing payment universe and turned it on its head, with huge ramificatio...
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Integrated ICT and infrastructure provider, Vox announced on Tuesday, 3 December 2019, launched its uncapped data and voice satellite service plans. As part of its YahClick satellite service, these plans aim to provide cost-effective connectivity to...
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The Competition Commission finally released its latest report – the Data Service Market Inquiry – on Monday, 2 December 2019. The report, which focuses on South Africa’s biggest mobile operators – MTN and Vodacom, concludes th...
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Whether a large or small crime, a vehicle accident or even a large-scale incident, it’s crucial for any law enforcement agency to see the full picture before, during and after an incident. With this in mind, on Monday, 2 December 2019, Motorola Solut...
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Cyberattack methodologies have become more sophisticated in recent years magnifying their effectiveness and speed. For networks and organisations using sophisticated methods to detect and respond to attacks, the response might be for criminals to at...
