Africa boasts some of the fastest-growing national economies in the world, with South Africa having already established itself as the second-largest economy on the continent – just behind Nigeria and its population that’s four-times the size of ZA. Businesses are … Read the rest
Tag: technology
EU announces antitrust suit against Google
The European Union will accuse Google on Wednesday of abusing its dominant position in Internet searches, opening the US tech company up to a risk of massive fines and enforced changes in its business model, the Financial Times and Wall … Read the rest
Lazy MP’s get the finger
South Africa’s Parliament has embraced technology to keep tabs on lazy MPs.
The National Assembly’s 400 members and National Council of Provinces’ 90 delegates make up the Members of Parliament who represent South Africans.
Parliament has now installed biometric finger … Read the rest
Upcoming African technology takes tech world by storm
During a time when the gaze of the world’s technology lovers is firmly on technologically developed areas such as North America, East Asia and Europe, the notion that one of the least developed areas on the planet, Africa, could soon … Read the rest
Davos: Individual privacy is dead
Imagine a world where mosquito-sized robots fly around stealing samples of your DNA. Or where a department store knows from your buying habits that you’re pregnant even before your family does.
That is the terrifying dystopian world portrayed by a … Read the rest
The information Google doesn’t want you to organize
Back in February, in a San Jose courtroom, a bombshell was dropped that could have been erased from the public record.
It turns out that Google, which bases its business on collecting and analyzing huge reams of data for advertising … Read the rest
SA science website outdated since 2008 despite R16 million grant
Despite a R16-million grant, most information on the SA Agency for Science and Technology Advancement’s website has not been updated in years.
A member of the public visiting the South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement’s (Saasta’s) website for … Read the rest
Living in the cloud, with South African bandwidth
by Dan Roodt
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Ever since I lost some data in a hard drive crash some years ago, I have always been a fan of keeping remote backups online. Somehow hard … Read the rest
The Next American Revolution
The next American Revolution will not be an event, it will be a process, writes Tyler Durden.
We naturally turn to the past for templates of the future, but history has a way of remaining remarkably unpredictable. Indeed, all the … Read the rest
Digital dementia
Doctors in South Korea are reporting a surge in “digital dementia” among young people who have become so reliant on electronic devices that they can no longer remember everyday details like their phone numbers.
South Korea is one of the … Read the rest
Technology is the Opiate of the Masses
Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high tech devices, while driving, while walking, while shopping, while in groups of friends, while in restaurants, while waiting in doctor offices and hospitals, while sitting in toilets … Read the rest