In 2004, Bill Gates pronounced usernames and passwords dead. Gates, a man consistently thinking ahead of the crowd, was right. Most of us — including our employers and the online services we rely on — just haven’t caught up yet. Gates’s statement came at a time when the devastatingly simple consumer-focused
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You can smell the genius in the air. And there’s a hint of coffee there, too. The university students taking part in Siemens’ Cyber Junkyard 2014 have conceptualised and built automated machines to address a need in the industries that they
Apple Pay has been launched to much fanfare. People with the iPhone 6 or 6 Plus are now able to make credit card payments at certain shops and restaurants in the US. But Apple Pay isn’t the first of its kind and the technology it uses has actually been around for the past 15 years. So why has
The ANC and the opposition on Friday claimed the SABC judgment vindicated their clashing views on whether the public protector’s findings are binding – an issue which is central to the Nkandla controversy. The ANC said the order went a long way in clarifying interpretations pertaining to
There have been so many leaks, hacks and scares based on misuse or misappropriation of personal data that any thought that “big data” could provide benefits rather than only opportunities for harm may be fading in the public imagination. Beyond the humiliation of those involved, the main effect has been to deepen
A senior executive at Vodacom believes so-called over-the-top (OTT) service providers such as WhatsApp and Skype should be allowed to “run free” on mobile operators’ networks, but emphasises that there is also “no place” in South Africa
With the launch last week of the iPad Air 2, Apple quietly announced a new Sim product that looks set to have a profound impact on mobile telecommunications operators worldwide. Apple’s reprogrammable Sim allows users to switch between data plans without the need to get a new Sim for each carrier
Six hundred media workers lost their jobs in South Africa in the past 12 months. Those remaining are working at organisations that are struggling to survive in a world where print is losing circulation and online earnings are not filling the
As SABC board chair Zandile Ellen Tshabalala fights off the demand for proof of her academic qualifications, it has emerged that she and the controversial chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng have tried to push through
The parliamentary inquiry into whether SABC chair Zandile Tshabalala misrepresented her qualifications has been postponed to Thursday to allow her legal team to properly prepare for the matter. It is unlikely, though