South Africa is ranked 19 out of 46 countries on the RIA African Mobile Pricing (RAMP) Index. The prices of the first-entrant operators – MTN and Vodacom – remain high relative to Cell C and Telkom Mobile, which dropped their prices in the first half of last year.
Like quantum computing, quantum communication records information in what are known as qubits, similar to the way digital systems use bits and bytes. Whereas a bit can only take the value of zero or one, a qubit can also use the principles of quantum physics to take the value of zero and one at the same time.
“You can take our lights. You can take all our frozen food, but don’t you dare take our WiFi from…
Technological changes have fuelled a substantial new private policing sector that includes commercial companies but also online vigilantes. This change is comparable to the “quiet revolution” seen in the 1970s when conventional private policing, particularly the use of uniformed security officers, emerged on an industrial scale.
After weeks of intermittent connection problems, South Africa’s link to Europe has been restored. As from the early hours of…
Facebook CEO and lizard overlord Mark Zuckerburg decided on deploying a web of internet-beaming satellites in space way back in…
Late last year South African mobile service operators Vodacom and MTN were instructed to drop the prices of… well, everything from calls to data. They were given 60 days in order to do so and as of today, those 60 days are up.
Many young people spend significantly more time using screens than is recommended by health professionals. Excessive screen time has been blamed for several ills, including obesity and poor mental health. To mitigate these negative effects, we need to understand the things that encourage children to spend lots of time in front of a screen.
The digital economy has been getting a lot of attention, with increasingly strong headlines offering apocalyptic as well as breathtakingly exciting scenarios. Some warn of job losses due to automation, some wonder at the things digital technology can do. And then there’s real scepticism about whether this will translate into delivering to people who need it most.
We used to be told not to get into stranger’s cars and definitely not meet strangers from the internet. (It’s…