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For over a decade, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has been the topic of discussion in developing and developed countries. With the birth of various disruptive technologies and digitally-based occupations, ICT has made its mark and will continue to immerse itself in various industries to transform old norms and practices for both work-related and leisure activities. ICT integration has also...

Google is known for being a gamechanger and is always coming up with fresh new concepts that are made to make our lives simpler and more convenient. One of their latest apps combines Google Drive and Google Photos are just a few of the applications Google has made to make our lives easier. Normally, you’d have to save your important...

  Unlike physical attacks that begin and escalate over a period of time, cyberattacks take mere seconds. Recent global cyberattacks came as both a shock and a wake-up call when up to 99 countries, including South Africa, were held ransom to these computer-generated assaults. The world of technology and computers is changing and expanding every day which leads to a...

A couple of weeks ago, hotels, universities, businesses and hospitals became the target of a series of cyber attacks. The repercussions were vast, putting many businesses and individuals at risk – and, where hospitals are concerned, even resulted in several deaths. Cyber attacks are not the only cause of data loss, though. Data loss can be a result of human...

Nowadays, all we’re hearing is bitcoin this and bitcoin that. But what actually is bitcoin and what’s so special about it? This article will enlighten you about cryptocurrency and how it all works. What is crypto-currency? Cryptocurrency is a virtual currency that is created from an encrypted code and a unique hash algorithm. It is a step in the evolution...

“It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity” – Albert Einstein Maybe Einstein was onto something, maybe he was not. However, we do live in the digital age whether you agree or not; and you will find that what Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen talk about in The New Digital Age is very much a reality...