Author: Thurgood Mashiane
The rapid pace of technological development has truly catapulted mankind into the digital age at an exponential rate. Many statistics demonstrate the effectiveness of digital marketing as compared to traditional advertising. Judging by current trends alone, by 2021, digital advertising is projected to generate a whopping $172 billion in ad revenue, far surpassing traditional advertisement’s $67 billion prediction. A huge factor in the astronomical success of digital campaigning can be accrued to the market share dominance many social media platforms have come to claim in recent years. They are the new age juggernauts and nothing’s slowing them down. They will…
Bitcoin halving is a much-hyped event that has gotten a lot of attention & fanfare for the past few weeks in tech and regular news media both internationally and locally in South Africa – as Bitcoin enthusiasts, exchanges and investors worldwide were looking forward to it and anticipating its effect on Bitcoin price. Bitcoin halving happened on 11th May 2020 at 3:21 p.m. EST when 630,000th block was mined. This is the 3rd halving event in the history of Bitcoin. The first one happened on 28 November 2012 and the second happened on 9 July 2016. Many of us non-tech…
Mobile casinos in XXI century are revolutionising the gaming industry, and it doesn’t show as this trend will change. On the contrary, everything tells us that we go into more of a society that wants to have immediate access from any place and at any time to different kinds of services from shopping, through our personal appointments to entertainment. No surprise then that more and more casino players are accessing their favourite online casinos from the screen of their mobile device, it is a smartphone, an iPad, or even on some occasion their smartwatch. Yes, smartwatches, like Apple Watch, for…
Only a little while ago the economic concerns of South Africa were about load shedding and the worry was over the increase in half a percent to the government’s debt of 70% to the GDP. Today, with the coronavirus the fall out is anyone’s guess. With huge job losses and the effect on the health care service, how will South Africa emerge from this pandemic? Even if the country emerges from this without huge numbers of fatalities and if the health system doesn’t completely collapse, can South Africa be revived? The unemployment rate will be off the charts and the…
The COVID-19 pandemic had put a dent on global economic activity and for the first time, the world must face a severe shutdown that will very likely come with big consequences over the next few years. Due to human-to-human transmission, there are more than 1.8 million confirmed cases until April 13th, 2020 and the numbers keep growing, especially in the United States. If March had been characterized by severe stock market selling, the past three weeks had seen a decoupling between how the outbreak continued to spread and how valuations had been fluctuating. Source: https://www.afro.who.int/fr/node/12206 Bear market rally or V-shaped…
Fundamentals of business systems analysis Business systems analysis is the nexus between the needs of a business, usually its senior stakeholders, and technological gatekeepers such as web admins, programmers and information systems analysts. Whereas proto-business analysts did exist in the early 80s and 90s – as systems analysts who were primarily programmers but served a dual function – nowadays the role is very much a specialised one. Currently, a business analyst needs a thorough understanding of the business model of an organisation and its technology solutions simultaneously. What is a System? Before you can delve into the intricacies of being…
Technological innovation has always shaped online casinos. With rapidly evolving computer electronics and software design in the past generation, progress continues to pick up speed. Several technologies have changed how online casino players gamble online. Still, those innovations might only be a preview of the effect of virtual reality, and AI could have on the future of online gambling. How Technology Has Already Shaped Online Casinos From the start, online gambling intertwined with new hardware and software. Technologies like live streaming, mobile software, computer graphics, and crypto-currencies have changed the way people play online. Let’s take a look at the…
A new technology from Israel aims to use AI to take the online casino gamble out of figuring out how to predict the spread of coronavirus. Researchers have developed a method that employs Artificial Intelligence to help identify and monitor coronavirus outbreaks and possibly to predict future danger zones. The method uses algorithms to analyze the data so authorities can predict where COVID-19 is most likely to develop and monitor that region. AI AI (Artificial Intelligence) is a field of computer science that focuses on creating intelligent machines that work and react like humans. In short, it aims to create…
As is often said in business, opportunity waits for no man. If asset finance is required to buy the equipment necessary to take a company to the next level, it often needed to happen yesterday. For many companies, taking on more debt to ensure the expansion of their business, while maintaining enough working capital to pay all the bills at the end of the month, can be problematic. But it certainly does not need to be. Why asset finance? Asset financing is a more flexible borrowing solution compared to traditional bank loans, especially for small businesses. Because a company is…
A digital nomad describes a worker who is independent of location, which during the times of all the craziness involving the Covid-19 virus, seems like a really good idea. Companies worldwide are forced to send their employees home who now have to learn how to be productive while working from home. As a digital nomad, you can work while in transit. A digital nomad gets to travel the world while working. The amount of money you make is totally up to you, but you can expect to make more as you gain more experience. Below are some handy tips and…