What will the Internet look like in 2021?
- December 08, 2020
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- Gadget-gal
This time a year ago the big news in the telecommunication space was the impending shutdown of South Africa’s ADSL service. Who would’ve thought that one year later we’d see unprecedented internet usage volumes, daily Zoom calls increase by more than 2000% and biometric, no touch facial recognition technologies take centre stage to avoid physical contact in any public space?
“The ‘future’ we anticipated has been thrown into the present day as the world continues to navigate its way around the COVID-19 new ‘norm’,” says Calvin Collett, managing director for Supersonic. “We are being forced...
Can AI cast some light on the Shadow Pandemic?
- November 25, 2020
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- Gadget-gal
South Africa will go into mourning between 25 and 29 November, to honour those who have lost their lives to COVID-19, gender-based...
Nurturing female talent in technology is critical
- October 12, 2020
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- Gadget-gal
Globally, female representation gets lost at every stage of the talent pipeline, from early education and grade school, to higher education and entry-level positions,...
Security a priority for remote working
- August 25, 2020
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- Gadget-gal
Many people and companies have transformed the way they work, writes Bianca Dafel, Security Dell Technologies South Africa. To stay productive people must work remotely...
The agency online: What’s next?
- July 06, 2020
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- Gadget-gal
2020 has flipped the world on its head and delivered the unexpected. With companies like That Ad Store, a boutique digital e-commerce agency, pioneering...
Adapting to a new dawn: How COVID-19 has emphasised the need for digital transformation
- June 10, 2020
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- Gadget-gal
When it comes to digital transformation, COVID-19 has been a massive accelerant, writes Thibault Dousson, GM of Lenovo Southern Africa. Businesses with long-term transformation...
LinkedIn: Business in the front. Party in the back?
- May 05, 2020
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- Gadget-gal
When the idea of LinkedIn was initially conceptualised in 2002, how could the founders foresee their platform for business professionals turning into a site...
DX – thriving in the time of transformational chaos
- April 20, 2020
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- Gadget-gal
Transformational chaos can be the unplanned by-product of digital transformation (DX). The unwanted mayhem that arises when the business moves from established order and...
WD’s top tips for an at home workforce
- April 08, 2020
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- Gadget-gal
Technology is critical to helping people stay connected in a time when we are asked to keep social isolation. The better IT teams can...