Paccurate helps companies ship in smaller boxes, saving them money while helping the earth
Paccurate co-founder and CEO James Malley likes to joke that once you get into supply chain tech, the category doesn’t let you back out. Ten years ago, Malley and Patrick Powers were working together as consultants when they started getting asked the same question over and over. Their clients were
Read moreWhatsApp introduces contact storing directly within the app, teases usernames
WhatsApp announced today a new feature that will allow users to save contacts within the app. That means that even if you lose your phone or link a new device to your primary number, you will see all the contacts stored within WhatsApp in a cloud storage. Until now, WhatsApp
Read moreiPad Mini 2024: Keeping up with the pack
It was a lean few years for the iPad. The tablet fell out of favor with Apple, as the company turned its focus to other categories like mobile, content, wearables, and mixed reality. The same could have been said about the Mac a few years prior, but the laptop/desktop has
Read moreTurnover Labs is helping chemical plants to reuse their waste CO2
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Read moreMeta brings back face scanning to combat scams and account hacking
Facebook is getting ready to scan your face again. | Image: Meta Facebook and Instagram are testing new facial recognition tools that could help users quickly restore compromised accounts and combat fake celebrity-endorsed scams. Meta announced its plan to roll out experimental features that can scan a user’s face to
Read moreCan Technology Solve South Africa’s High Unemployment Rate?
South Africa faces one of the highest unemployment rates in the world, with 32.6% of the population unemployed as of 2023. The country’s youth are particularly affected, with over 60% of young people aged 15 to 24 unemployed. This challenge is exacerbated by economic stagnation, slow job creation, and a
Read moreMimecast Welcomes Tech Executive to its Board of Directors
Amol Kulkarni has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Mimecast, with effect from October 1, 2024 Kulkarni is a seasoned technology leader and advisor who has spent more than 20 years with Microsoft and, most recently, CrowdStrike, where he served as chief product and engineering officer. During Kulkarni’s
Read moreAXIAN Welcomes 3 Directors to Strengthen Financial Services
AXIAN Financial Services has welcomed 3 senior industry leaders to its board of directors, highlighting its commitment to innovation and providing financial services to millions of Africans. Selma Ribica Selma Ribica is the managing partner and co-founder of First Circle Capital, an African venture capital fund with a fintech concentration.
Read moreThe new pair programming: an AI agent that cleans your code as you write
Ben welcomes Sonar CEO Tariq Shaukat for a conversation about AI coding tools’ potential to boost developer productivity—and how to balance those potential gains against code quality and security concerns. They talk about Sonar’s origins as an open-source code quality tool, the excellent reasons to embrace a “clean as you
Read moreTransUnion Africa Appoints New Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Global information and insights company TransUnion Africa is proud to announce the promotion of Gerhard Muller to the position of Chief Data and Analytics Officer (CDAO). In this newly created role, Muller will lead the Data and Analytics department across Africa, while also joining the TransUnion Africa Executive team. Muller
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