Former Bose employees are resurrecting Sleepbuds
I can’t recall a piece of hardware of recent vintage that I wanted to like more than Bose Sleepbuds. That made them all the more frustrating. In recent years, I’ve been on a kind of mini-quest to find a suitable pair of sleeping headphones. As a terrible sleeper, I love
Read moreIt’s official: Threads launches its highly anticipated web app
Starting today, Instagram Threads will begin the rollout of one of its most-requested features: the ability to use the service via the web, while logged in. At launch, Threads users will be able to post, view their feed, and interact with posts from the desktop, the company says, but the
Read moreMeet Relume, the bootstrapped AI web builder that wants to supercharge Figma and Webflow
Despite the abundant venture capital available for startups in the current wave of generative AI breakthroughs, totaling $14 billion in equity funding as of August this year, Relume has turned down investments and instead relied on bootstrapping since its launch in November 2021. “We are focusing more on building a
Read moreMicrosoft is bringing Python to Excel
Microsoft today announced the public preview of Python in Excel, which will allow advanced spreadsheet users to combine scripts in the popular Python language and their usual Excel formulas in the same workbook. This feature will first roll out to Microsoft 365 Insiders as part of the Excel for Windows
Read moreNetflix announces interactive story game for ‘Love is Blind’ fans
Netflix just announced a new mobile game that many “Love is Blind” fans will want to know about. Netflix Stories is an upcoming interactive fiction story game designed to let viewers experience the worlds and characters from popular Netflix films and series. The first game launching on the app is
Read moreLoadshedding in Retail: Alternative Energy a Poor Solution
South African retailers are being hit hard by load shedding. Costs have gone up and trading has come down. The Foschini Group (TFG), in a trading update in March, estimated that its retail turnover has decreased by about R1.5 billion and spent R200m on alternative power solutions. Shoprite also revealed
Read moreHow Can Technology Drive Effective Inspection and Detection in Food and Beverage Manufacturing?
Consumers must trust the food they purchase. Quality control issues can rapidly lead to dissatisfaction and negative brand sentiment. They might even trigger expensive recalls or, in the worst cases, consumer harm, erasing brand value. The food and beverage manufacturing industry plays a pivotal role in ensuring safe, high-quality products.
Read moreKura Elevates Customer Experience with Tech-Driven Platform Investment
Kura, the UK’s largest independent outsourcer, is undergoing a contact centre capability transformation with Avaya Enterprise Cloud. The solution, set for rollout this summer, empowers Kura to furnish its clients, including prominent energy and financial services firms, with comprehensive inbound and outbound contact centre services on a robust platform. This
Read moreContactless Payments Now Supported by Nedbank & Synthesis
South African bank, Nedbank has partnered with Advanced Consulting Partner Synthesis to develop a software-based point-of-sale (POS) system. The solution, built on Amazon Web Services (AWS), can be installed on smartphones without any additional hardware. This allows single operators or small businesses to accept contactless payments easily, lowering the barrier
Read moreCerby lands $17M to manage access to ‘nonstandard’ enterprise apps
Bel Lepe, a former Google software engineer, tells me that it always seemed risky to him that there were apps business users needed and used, but that IT and security teams were unwilling to approve them because of their lack of support for identity standards. It’s a legitimate issue. According
Read more