Worldwide IT spending will grow by 2,7% in 2017 to reach US$3,5 trillion (a staggering R47,5 trillion in soft-currency terms), according to a new forecast from Gartner. The analyst firm said 2017 is poised to be a “rebound
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For years, the biggest names in tech crammed the Consumer Electronics Show floor with fridges, light switches and microwave ovens to preview a futuristic world where you could control every appliance
Outside Sweden, Daniel Ek isn’t a household name. That will probably change this year when the 33-year-old seeks to turn Spotify, the music streaming business he founded a decade ago in Stockholm, into a publicly traded company that
Amazon.com has taken its video-on-demand platform, known as Prime Video, live in 200 countries around the world, including South Africa. Prices start at just $2,99/month (about R40/month) as part of an introductory offer. The introductory
Amazon’s Echo has made tangible the promise of an artificially intelligent personal assistant in every home. Those who own the voice-activated gadget (known colloquially as Alexa, after its female interlocutor) are prone to
Amazon.com on Monday unveiled technology that will let shoppers grab groceries without having to scan and pay for them — in one stroke eliminating the checkout line. The company is testing the new system at what
Netflix is making some television shows and movies available for download to watch offline, providing its users a feature that has become a must-have for binge-watchers. Many fans have requested to watch Netflix content without an
Naspers plans to expand in education software as Africa’s biggest company by market value searches for a repeat of the profitable bet it made on China’s Tencent. The owner of Africa’s biggest pay-television
Amazon.com is in talks to acquire Dubai-based online retailer Souq.com for about $1bn (R14,2bn) in a deal that will give the e-commerce giant a footprint in the high-growth Middle East market, according
Amazon.com is preparing to take its video streaming service worldwide in a challenge to Netflix, the world’s largest paid online TV network. Amazon, which currently offers the service in only a handful