Commission orders Vodacom and MTN to lower their prices and provide daily, free ‘lifeline’ data
A collaborative, engaging environment enhances employee performance
Knowing what questions to ask your data will unlock its true potential
Boris the BabyBot has been dreamt up by researcher and writer Murray Hunter, who focuses on surveillance and data privacy
Making programming compulsory in schools is a challenging prospect, but if the president wills it, there might be a way
Its use ensures timeous targeted interventions to assist decision-makers, teachers and pupils
Both Naledi Pandor and Graça Machel understand the challenges of the future and want to find ways of getting there
The law was approved in Spain’s upper house of parliament with 220 votes in favour and 21 against
Media Monitoring Africa suggested several solutions including free access to the internet at all government sites such as schools and libraries
A new company has launched a service that seriously challenges those of the major mobile operators
Apart from South Africa, Vodacom has operations in Tanzania, the DRC, Mozambique and Lesotho
Liberty is just the latest in a growing list of targets, heightening the urgency to protect information
The breach illustrates a relative lack in corporate South Africa when it comes to knowledge on cybersecurity
Telkom is steering its business towards "new revenue streams", such as mobile, data and the internet
‘One reader described this as the most boring column I had ever written. I hope to out-bore it soon, perhaps even with this account of its sequelae’
The mining industry in South Africa needs an inclusive model that builds on and improves shared value
The internet service provider says it solved a massive security flaw. But one expert disagrees
A map showing paths taken by users of an exercise tracking app reveals potentially sensitive information about American and allied military personnel.
Governments are producing more data than ever, but are the numbers any good?
The easy solution is to pay the ransom, but there is no guarantee that your files will be decrypted.
If malicious ransomware gets your computer in its clutches, it is possible to retrieve it – but you’ll have to cough up.
SurveyMonkey’s CEO unravels realities behind Big Data, and explains the two distinct kinds of data that need to be collected, writes Liron Segev.
The UN’s working group suggests 169 targets for the Sustainable Development Goals. But we have to focus on fewer if the results are to be measurable.
The Huawei Cloud Congress presents the Active-Active data centre as a solution to the increasingly memory captive website, writes Liron Segev.
A study has found that surveillance efforts aimed at thwarting terrorist attacks have undermined press freedom – and broader democratic rights.
Netflix has become the second-biggest driver of traffic across fixed networks in the UK while WhatsApp is dominating data use in Africa.
SA is in digital chaos, with users storing data on no fewer than 14 electronic devices and 60% of us never backing it up.
Vodacom is looking into music and video content from Naspers on the back of a future reduction in data prices and faster connection speeds.