Alibaba Singles Day kicked off with Taylor Swift and a huge, new sales record
Alibaba Singles Day kicked off with Taylor Swift and a huge, new sales record : Move over Prime Day, Alibaba's shopping holiday just set new spending records.Singles Day, the Chinese ecommerce giant's annual "global...
An Aussie airline successfully tested the world’s first nonstop NYC–Sydney flight
An Aussie airline successfully tested the world's first nonstop NYC–Sydney flight : Qantas airlines has completed the world's first nonstop flight from New York to Sydney in a 19-hour, 16-minute journey that, if implemented,...
The new iPhone is ugly
The new iPhone is ugly : I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a bit old-fashioned when it comes to phones. Everyone scoffs at my iPhone SE, but the truth is it’s the...
MediaLab acquires messaging app Kik, expanding its app portfolio
MediaLab acquires messaging app Kik, expanding its app portfolio : Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab.It echoes the same message...
Getting ecommerce site mobile-ready can beat loadshedding
Getting ecommerce site mobile-ready can beat loadshedding : Marketers need to be aware of the “creep factor” when deploying strategies of personalisation and individualisation in their marketing efforts, Forrester’s Brendan Witcher, VP and principal...
SA chainsaw operators now train in VR
SA chainsaw operators now train in VR : Developed by Forestry South Africa (FSA), the Fibre Processing and Manufacturing Sector Education and Training Authority (FP&M Seta) and industry partners, this solution trains chainsaw operators in...
Now for hardware-as-a-service
Now for hardware-as-a-service : Integrated ICT and Infrastructure provider Vox has entered into an exclusive partnership with Go Rentals to introduce a Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) offering, which is aimed at providing local small and medium...
Which should you use: PIN or Password?
Which should you use: PIN or Password? : As users of this digital age, we have many different choices. You can enable or disable web cookies, depending on how much information you want a...
10 more African countries join Facebook fact-checking
10 more African countries join Facebook fact-checking : Facebook today announced the expansion of its Third-Party Fact-Checking programme to 10 additional African countries, which now join Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon and Senegal in...
Prepare for Wi-Fi 6
Prepare for Wi-Fi 6 : 20 years ago, with the release of 802.11b, Wi-Fi began its conquest of the world networking scene in earnest. Wi-Fi can easily be called out as one of the...
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Google Store switches Pixel 3 phones and accessories from pre-order to...
Google Store switches Pixel 3 phones and accessories from pre-order to buy : Some Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL pre-orders started to arrive...