The story behind SnapScan – South Africa’s pioneering fintech solution
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My Smart City Aims To Make It Easy For South Africans To Track And Manage Service Delivery Issues
Residents in Cape Town and Johannesburg can now utilise a free mobile and desktop-based platform for some of their service delivery needs. The My Smart City platform was developed by software development
Transition to API-based app development raises security concerns
The proliferation of API-centric applications and mission-critical cloud services are causing many organisations to underestimate the required tools and technologies to secure them, new research from edge cloud platform provider
Celebrating ten years of recognising homegrown App Development talent
MTN Business App of the Year Awards now open for entry, offering biggest prize money ever Marking ten years since the launch of this national platform to recognise local champions
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The money behind the app – is it worth it?
For the MTN App of the Year Awards entrants, there is a clear line between how much was spent on the development of the app and how much return there
The History of Android: A Version-wise Study of its Evolution
Source: Written by Aparna Kaurshik for Mobile App Daily Google has just released the Android 12 beta version in May 2021. Let’s have a look at the history of Android
The efforts to make text-based AI less racist and terrible
Researchers try different approaches to solve problem of amplifying negative stereotypes. KHARI JOHNSON, WIRED.COM In July 2020, OpenAI launched GPT-3, an artificial intelligence language model that quickly stoked excitement about computers writing
Movers & Shakers
The rise of young tech leaders
Source: Independent Online South Africa’s unemployment rate reached 32.6% in the first three months of 2021, Statistics South Africa (Statssa) said. It was revealed in Stats SA’S Quarter Labour Force
App store trends of note
According to Statista, the top 15 app store categories are gaming, business, education, lifestyle, utilities, entertainment, travel, food and drink, health and fitness, productivity, finance, shopping, books, music, and social
Local firm brings app and affordable hearing aids to US
The hearX Group, based in Tshwane, is rolling out smart hearing devices to a global market. The hearX® Group is a smart audiology company headquartered in Tshwane, selling affordable hearing