When Salesforce launched Force.com in 2007 as a place for developers to build applications on top of Salesforce, it was a pivotal moment for the concept of SaaS platforms. Since then, it’s been said that every enterprise SaaS company wants…
The BBC has created a "wellbeing" smartphone app called Own It aimed at children.
It monitors how young people interact with friends and family online and through messaging apps.
It uses AI to evaluate a child's mood so it can offer …
Huawei has launched its latest smartphones without many of the apps typically pre-installed on Android handsets.
The Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro both lack YouTube, Google Maps and Gmail among other software.
They also do not feature Goog…
Whether your phone is a hand-me-down you've been given, or you've managed to get your hands on a brand new device, there's no denying that smart phones are incredibly popular these days.
Smart phones are big business and mobile phone m…
Body positivity campaigners are celebrating after Instagram announced new rules for posts about weight loss products and cosmetic surgery.
Some posts will be hidden from under-18s while others promoting "miraculous" weight loss products…
Microsoft's president has called on the US to end a ban on it supplying Huawei with Windows software for the Chinese company's computers.
Huawei was blacklisted by the Trump administration in May over claims it posed a threat to the US'…
West Africa is embracing technology to power the response to infectious disease outbreaks.
The 15 member states of the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), Nigeria among them, are leveraging technology that will help them prevent …
Hands-on with the clip-on smart camera
Facebook wants to take over your television with a clip-on camera for video calling, AR gaming, and content co-watching. If you can get past the creepiness, the new Portal TV lets you hang out with…
India’s government has announced an immediate ban on e-cigarettes — citing youth-focused public health concerns.
In a news statement following a cabinet meeting today finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the ban covers production,…
Extending the lifespan of smartphones by just one year would significantly reduce carbon emissions in the European Union, a report from environmental groups said on Wednesday, urging new EU rules to make electronics last longer.
Activis…
UK police and companies must stop using live facial recognition for public surveillance, politicians and campaigners have said.
The technology allows faces captured on CCTV to be checked in real time against watch lists, often compiled …
Last November the pioneering London AI firm DeepMind announced that its health division was being transferred to its parent company Google.
Now, ten months later, the move is finally happening, the delay a measure of how controversial a…
Long-awaited features like the always-on display are more about refinement than revolution
Apple’s iPhones numbers may have suffered in recent years, but when it comes to smartwatches, the company remains utterly dominant. Recent …
The imagePRESS C165 prints everything you need for the day-to-day of your business - and to a professional standard
Introducing the imagePRESS C165. One multi-functional printer, a world of opportunities. Combining the best of our award…
SAP Africa Code Week enhances digital skills training capacity in Kenya with series of Train-the-Trainer sessions
More than 1100 Kenyan teachers completed their digital skills training in August ahead of this year’s Africa Code Week (AC…
Sony's latest premium pocket camera does everything so well it sometimes feels unfair
Sony’s latest advanced compact camera is the highly pocketable RX100 VII, the seventh iteration of the RX100. Since its debut, this line of camera…
Marc Randolph, founder of Netflix, also told the Today programme that customer service is the key to the success of the business.
Mr Randolph launched the company as a DVD delivery service with Reed Hastings in 1997 and told the Today p…
Uber on Tuesday will begin limiting drivers’ access to its app in New York City to comply with regulation aimed at boosting drivers’ pay and easing congestion in Manhattan, laws that Uber says will have unintended consequences.
Uber Tec…
In June 2017 the European Union scrapped additional charges for roaming on smartphones when you travel to another EU country.
Roaming is when you use your mobile phone abroad. Since 2017, UK consumers have, within reason, been able to u…
Owners of electric cars should be able to choose the noise their vehicle makes to alert pedestrians, says a US road safety body.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says car makers may give several sound choices t…
Global voice group maximizes the value of data for governments and authorities with new additions to its visio suite of digital solutions
As a partner of governments and regulatory authorities in their digital transition, global voice g…
Celebrities should ignore and block online trolls so their abusive views aren't spread to other people, according to an anti-hate group.
Stars including Gary Lineker and comedian Aisling Bea are backing a new guide on how to deal with a…
The Android tablet market isn’t exactly a hotbed of excitement and activity, which makes it all the more impressive that Samsung continues to iterate its own tablet lineup in smart, meaningful ways that push the technology forward and de…
When Plaid announced its $250 million Series C investment, last year, it left out a couple of key investors. Today it revealed that Mastercard and Visa had also quietly participated in the round.
For a company like Plaid, which build…
I really wish I hadn’t had cause to write this piece, but it recently came to my attention, in an especially unfortunate way, that death in the modern era can have a complex and difficult technical aftermath. You should make a will, of cou…
Today Adder announced the appointment of South Africa based partner, Zimele, to expand its growing presence in the region. The new partnership underpins a commitment to support IP KVM and high performance connectivity in South Africa.
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Wi-Fi 6 certification is here, marks evolution in delivery of Wi-Fi connectivity
The Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6™ certification program from Wi-Fi Alliance® is now available and delivers the best user experience with devices based on IEEE 802.11a…
It can happen to you – NU Africa and Indegy discuss threats to industrial control systems and how to protect your OT infrastructure
Cybercriminals have proven that they are more than ready to strike critical infrastructure, with potenti…
The world is fast embracing the technology and potential of emergent solutions such as the Internet of Things (IoT), automation and digital transformation. Over the past few years, hype and conversation have centred around what these techn…
Google says it’s taking new steps to ensure that original reporting gets prioritized in its search results.
In other words, articles that kick off a major news cycle should have a prominent place in search results for a longer time, ra…
Pandora today is launching a desktop app for Windows users following its debut of a native Mac app earlier this year. On Mac, Pandora offers a variety of features for desktop users, like on-screen notifications, keyboard controls, a way t…
Half-price cinema tickets, cycle to work schemes and gym passes have long been part of employee benefits programmes.
But with research showing 84% of millennials look to leave their jobs within the first two years, employers want to tai…
Apple is changing how subscriptions work on its App Store. Before, any lapse in payment could cut off the customer from being able to use the app’s subscription-based features — and make it more difficult for the developer to reacquire th…
Fall tech announcement season is here, and Amazon is the next up to bat: the company just announced its next big hardware event for September 25th.
Details are slim, with the company only promising that it’ll “share some new things from…
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
This week Kate and Alex were back to cover a lot of late-stage news, which they rounded up with some early…
Apple’s iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max are available for preorder. Each phone will release on September 20th, and buying one now ensures that you’ll receive one on launch day.
Unlike Samsung and most other phone makers, Apple …
Google Photos is getting its own version of Stories. But instead of focusing on what you’re doing now, as Stories on other platforms like Instagram and Snapchat offer, Google Photos is adopting the format to help you take a trip down mem…
Large pickup trucks that tow most of the profits in to Ford Motor Co and General Motors Co are holdovers from another century - with heavy ladder frames and big internal combustion engines in the front driving the wheels in the back.
No…
YouTube's algorithm promotes fake cancer cures in a number of languages and the site runs adverts for major brands and universities next to misleading videos, a BBC investigation has found.
Searching YouTube across 10 languages, the BBC…
How’s that iPhone in your pocket feeling? Old? Outdated? Just fine, but you want to trade it in anyway? September is usually the time when people start thinking about trading in their current iPhone and upgrading to a new device. Aside fro…
Market-leading ATM software company KAL is launching Kalignite Hypervisor, a game-changing new product for the retail banking industry that solves the long-standing, billion-dollar problem of enforced ATM hardware upgrades.
Kalignite Hy…
New offering enables improved performance of battery-electric vehicles
The Mobil EV™ offer helps battery electric vehicles to travel further between charges, extend equipment component life and promote safer operation
The launch h…
Making good on the strategic partnership with Orange Telecoms and its West African Affiliates Sonatel and Orange Cote d’Ivoire signed in September 2018, MainOne has confirmed the scheduled landing of the MainOne submarine cable systems in …
Google's Sidewalk Labs's plans to build a smart city "from the internet up" in a disused waterfront area of Toronto contain too much "tech for tech's sake", an independent panel has said.
It also accused the company of being too vague a…
Spotify today took another step in its efforts to build out services for artists to help diversify itself away from a business model predicated on paying music streaming royalties to labels: it has acquired SoundBetter, a music production …
France says it will block development of Facebook's Libra digital currency in Europe because it threatens the "monetary sovereignty" of governments.
Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Libra posed financial risks and could be open to a…
Police in 10 countries have arrested 281 people they suspect of carrying out large-scale money-transfer scams.
The FBI co-ordinated the raids over several months against groups of people suspected of stealing millions of pounds from com…
Huawei's chief executive has proposed selling its current 5G know-how to a Western firm as a way to address security concerns voiced by the US and others about its business.
Ren Zhengfei said the buyer would be free to "change the softw…
New software leader paves the way for industries to realize Digital Transformation with offerings enabling value capture across Engineering, Operations and Maintenance by empowering the Workforce
18 months on from completing its combina…
Unreachable Technology and Price? No, TECNO CAMON 12 Air Offers Youth the Access to the Revolutionary Dot-in Display Smartphone
The new launched CAMON 12 Air is the first smartphone with revolutionary Dot-in Display targeting to the you…