I was fortunate to be invited to a business breakfast hosted by AREI (Association of Representatives for the Electronics Industry) at which the guest speaker was renowned businessman and entrepreneur, ...
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Anyone who’s designed and tested electronic circuits will tell you, having a circuit that doesn’t work is not the worst that can happen; it’s the intermittent faults that really hurt. For a product that’s ...
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2017 marks the 21st anniversary of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), an initiative of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to eliminate trade tariffs on hundreds of high-tech products. The acronym ...
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US President Donald Trump’s decision to drag his country out of the Paris Agreement on climate change has brought the issue into even sharper focus than usual. Many people from all walks of life still ...
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The virtual wall that protects the IoT from the trolls prowling outside is only as steadfast as the security that holds it together.
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I once mistakenly credited President Jacob Zuma with having an underrated, though diabolical, sense of humour. That was back when he decided to split the former Department of Communications into a new, ...
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Over recent years, new technologies have given us nifty new ways of interacting with our mobile devices. Novelties like touchscreens, motion detection and haptic feedback quickly became essential features ...
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How easy it is to take technology for granted. Perhaps the most fitting testament to the dependability of modern electronics is that, after the honeymoon period of getting to know the latest gadget that ...
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I don’t often say this at the start of a new year, but if 2017 carries on more or less where 2016 left off, it wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing. Last year wasn’t perfect for the local electronics sector ...
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If 2016 could be called the year of the set-top box (with varying degrees of irony depending on where one stands on the matter) then 2017 may go down as the year of the smartphone, as far as the local ...
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With the end of the year fast approaching, this will be the last issue of Dataweek until January, as we follow the example of the industry we serve by shutting down over December. As we have done for ...
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Underprivileged and industry are taking a back seat as the two government departments responsible for telecommunications policy compete for the title of biggest fly in the ointment.
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