Do you remember when having a great website was enough? Now, people are getting answers from Siri, Google search snippets, and mobile apps, not just our websites. Forward-thinking organizations have adopted an omnichannel content strategy, whose mission is to reach audiences across multiple digital channels and platforms. But how do you set up a content management system (CMS) to reach your audience now and in the future? I learned the hard way that creating a content model—a definition of content types, attributes, and relationships that let people and systems understand content—with my more familiar design-system thinking would capsize my customer’s omnichannel content strategy. You can avoid that outcome by creating content models that are semantic and that also connect related content…
Antiracist economist Kim Crayton says that “intention without strategy is chaos.” We’ve discussed how our biases, assumptions, and inattention toward marginalized and vulnerable groups lead to dangerous and unethical tech—but what, specifically, do we need to do to fix it? The intention to make our tech safer is not enough; we need a strategy. This chapter will equip you with that plan of action. It covers how to integrate safety principles into your design work in order to create tech that’s safe, how to convince your stakeholders that this work is necessary, and how to respond to the critique that what we actually need is more diversity. (Spoiler: we do, but diversity alone is not the antidote to fixing unethical, unsafe tech.) The process for inclusive safety When you are designing for…
In the 1950s, many in the elite running community had begun to believe it wasn’t possible to run a mile in less than four minutes. Runners had been attempting it since the late 19th century and were beginning to draw the conclusion that the human body simply wasn’t built for the task. But on May 6, 1956, Roger Bannister took everyone by surprise. It was a cold, wet day in Oxford, England—conditions no one expected to lend themselves to record-setting—and yet Bannister did just that, running a mile in 3:59.4 and becoming the first person in the record books to run a mile in under four minutes. This shift in the benchmark had profound effects; the world now knew that the four-minute mile was possible. Bannister’s record lasted only forty-six days, when it was snatched away by Australian r…
We’ve been having conversations for thousands of years. Whether to convey information, conduct transactions, or simply to check in on one another, people have yammered away, chattering and gesticulating, through spoken conversation for countless generations. Only in the last few millennia have we begun to commit our conversations to writing, and only in the last few decades have we begun to outsource them to the computer, a machine that shows much more affinity for written correspondence than for the slangy vagaries of spoken language. Computers have trouble because between spoken and written language, speech is more primordial. To have successful conversations with us, machines must grapple with the messiness of human speech: the disfluencies and pauses, the gestures and body language, a…
I’m not sure when I first heard this quote, but it’s something that has stayed with me over the years. How do you create services for situations you can’t imagine? Or design products that work on devices yet to be invented? Flash, Photoshop, and responsive design When I first started designing websites, my go-to software was Photoshop. I created a 960px canvas and set about creating a layout that I would later drop content in. The development phase was about attaining pixel-perfect accuracy using fixed widths, fixed heights, and absolute positioning. Ethan Marcotte’s talk at An Event Apart and subsequent article “Responsive Web Design” in A List Apart in 2010 changed all this. I was sold on responsive design as soon as I heard about it, but I was also terrified. The pixel-perfect designs…
“Any comment?” is probably one of the worst ways to ask for feedback. It’s vague and open ended, and it doesn’t provide any indication of what we’re looking for. Getting good feedback starts earlier than we might expect: it starts with the request. It might seem counterintuitive to start the process of receiving feedback with a question, but that makes sense if we realize that getting feedback can be thought of as a form of design research. In the same way that we wouldn’t do any research without the right questions to get the insights that we need, the best way to ask for feedback is also to craft sharp questions. Design critique is not a one-shot process. Sure, any good feedback workflow continues until the project is finished, but this is particularly true for design because design wo…
Feedback, in whichever form it takes, and whatever it may be called, is one of the most effective soft skills that we have at our disposal to collaboratively get our designs to a better place while growing our own skills and perspectives. Feedback is also one of the most underestimated tools, and often by assuming that we’re already good at it, we settle, forgetting that it’s a skill that can be trained, grown, and improved. Poor feedback can create confusion in projects, bring down morale, and affect trust and team collaboration over the long term. Quality feedback can be a transformative force. Practicing our skills is surely a good way to improve, but the learning gets even faster when it’s paired with a good foundation that channels and focuses the practice. What are some foundationa…
Are you like me, reading about people fading away as they burn out, and feeling unable to relate? Do you feel like your feelings are invisible to the world because you’re experiencing burnout differently? When burnout starts to push down on us, our core comes through more. Beautiful, peaceful souls get quieter and fade into that distant and distracted burnout we’ve all read about. But some of us, those with fires always burning on the edges of our core, get hotter. In my heart I am fire. When I face burnout I double down, triple down, burning hotter and hotter to try to best the challenge. I don’t fade—I am engulfed in a zealous burnout. So what on earth is a zealous burnout? Imagine a woman determined to do it all. She has two amazing children whom she, along with her husband who is als…
This Person Does Not Exist is a website that generates human faces with a machine learning algorithm. It takes real portraits and recombines them into fake human faces. We recently scrolled past a LinkedIn post stating that this website could be useful “if you are developing a persona and looking for a photo.” We agree: the computer-generated faces could be a great match for personas—but not for the reason you might think. Ironically, the website highlights the core issue of this very common design method: the person(a) does not exist. Like the pictures, personas are artificially made. Information is taken out of natural context and recombined into an isolated snapshot that’s detached from reality. But strangely enough, designers use personas to inspire their design for the real world. …
Beyond the severe toll of the coronavirus pandemic, perhaps no other disruption has transformed user experiences quite like how the tethers to our formerly web-biased era of content have frayed. We’re transitioning to a new world of remote work and digital content. We’re also experimenting with unprecedented content channels that, not too long ago, elicited chuckles at the watercooler, like voice interfaces, digital signage, augmented reality, and virtual reality. Many factors are responsible. Perhaps it’s because we yearn for immersive spaces that temporarily resurrect the Before Times, or maybe it’s due to the boredom and tedium of our now-cemented stuck-at-home routines. But aural user experiences slinging voice content, and immersive user experiences unlocking new forms of interacting…
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Double acquisition strengthens footprint in South Africa market and adds market-leading skills to Connect’s global offering
By Hardeep Sound, Regional Sales Director for East Africa at SAP
Paratus will build a new gateway for telecommunications provider OneWeb in Luanda, Angola, that will provide low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite services to several countries in the region.
Loan applicants are worried their personal data is being shared or sold behind the scenes, without consent
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By Brendan Maccarron, Palo Alto Networks Channel Manager at Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa
Andela, a global engineering talent outsourcing company launched in Nigeria in 2014 has secured a $200-million investment during a Series E funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the venture capital arm of Japanese mega-corp SoftBank. This latest funding round brings Andela’s total valuation to $1.5-billion, officially making it Africa’s fifth unicorn startup. According […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has officially launched its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) website for the eNaira. Last month, the CBN announced that it was working with Barbados-based fintech firm Bitt Inc as a technical partner to launch the West African country’s own digital coin. The eNaira is set to launch in October. […]
Cryptocurrency buying and selling platform Luno has conducted a survey of over 1000 of its customers in South Africa in August 2021, along with customers in the UK, Malaysia and Indonesia. Luno found that 82% of South Africans who hold cryptocurrency on its platform expect the bitcoin price to rise significantly, some believe as high […]
The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) says that it has less than three (3) days blood stock currently on hand as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitals has stretched blood supplies in the country. SANBS has also been experiencing poor collection due to, among other challenges, low donor turnout to mobile blood […]
Ukheshe Technologies, a leading fintech enablement partner, has announced a new partnership with Chipper, one of Africa’s most valuable startups and the purveyor of the Chipper Cash app, to enhance and accelerate the rollout of Chipper’s digital payment offerings. Chipper’s new planned offerings through Ukheshe include free and unlimited P2P payments across South Africa, value-added […]
Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions, today unveiled the 2021 Global State of Ransomware Report. The survey reveals most organizations are more concerned about ransomware than other cyber threats, it also reveals that ransomware grew 1070% year over year from 2020. “According to a recent FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape […]
Amazon has revealed a new camera-equipped home robot that can patrol homes and investigate activity on your orders in a move that the billion-dollar tech giant is calling “a breakthrough for security and convenience.” The “Astro” robot as Amazon calls it is roughly 60cm tall and weighs around 9kgs. The motorised device can map out […]
Last week, South Africa’s Central Energy Fund (CEF) published its mid-month report showing that petrol prices in the country were set for a small decline in October to the brief relief of motorists who have been dealing with some of the highest fuel prices in SA’s history. However, the CEF stressed that the data was […]
In the field of enterprise IT, artificial intelligence (AI) is a buzzword that we’ve seen used time and again over the past few years, with the promise of making every part of a business better. What does this mean specifically for data storage? This is the question posed in a recent Tintri blog, which clarifies […]
Over and above leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud services; it has been widely acknowledged that the key building block for true digital transformation is the need for businesses to become data-driven. Of course, this is a uniquely challenging task for almost every business. Dealing with the Data Challenge At the core of any data […]
@tiktok Our CEO, Shou Chew, shares a special message on behalf of the entire TikTok team to thank our community of 150 million Americans... The post A TikTok ban in South Africa? appeared first on Memeburn.
Meta, Google, Microsoft, and other tech companies have made massive changes in their workforce which highlights an interesting forecast into skills required in tomorrow’s... The post Tech skills in 2023: Here’s what you need appeared first on Memeburn.
The Economic Freedom Fighters have delivered on their plan to deliver a protest which disrupted business on Monday morning, despite government and law enforcement... The post EFF national shutdown: Business as usual or NationalShutDown? Malema speaks appeared first on Memeburn.
In a massive show of muscle, the Economic Freedom Fighters have come out in several parts of the country to demand an end to... The post NationalShutDown: Shots fired, arrests and uncapped electricity appeared first on Memeburn.
Eskom former CEO Andre De Ruyter left the buckling power utility during a cloud of uncertainty. De Ruyter during an interview made several notable... The post Was Andre De Ruyter delaying Eskom progress? appeared first on Memeburn.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has issued a stern warning to the EFF who have plans to disrupt the country come Monday in a nationwide protest... The post Ramaphosa hits back, EFF, NationalShutDown and what to do on Monday appeared first on Memeburn.
The recall In a twist of fate, the National Consumer Commission has urged for the return of the Gizzu 300Wh and 500Wh power stations... The post Portable power stations for load shedding, one gets recalled as a fire hazard appeared first on Memeburn.
An EFF-planned national shutdown may just have a major spanner in the works, taxi bosses. The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) says they’re... The post EFF’s #NationalShutDown faces formidable foe appeared first on Memeburn.
Social messaging app WhatsApp has introduced another fleet of comical stickers that users can use to express themselves in conversations. we know how you... The post WhatsApp’s cool new green Gif sticker series, here’s how to get them appeared first on Memeburn.
Google has introduced a first set of AI in both Gmail and Docs and looking at its potential, we think Google just might be... The post Google introduces first set of AI in Gmail, Docs, here’s what it looks like appeared first on Memeburn.
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is the top of the line of the S23 series recently launched, the only one in the series that support the S Pen stylus. It has a similar design as the Galaxy S22 Ultra, however, it is still packed with some major upgrades. These includes the 200MP main camera, a 6.8-inch […] The post Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Specs, Price and Best Deals appeared first on NaijaTechGuide.
Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus is one of the variants of the latest addition to Samsung’s popular Galaxy S series of smartphones. It is more or less like the Galaxy S23 with a bigger display and more battery capacity. Alongside the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23 Ultra models, this device sports a sleek, smooth and beautiful […] The post Samsung Galaxy S23 Plus Specs, Price, and Best Deals appeared first on NaijaTechGuide.
Samsung has announced the new Galaxy A14 with the latest innovation and technology that has become synonymous with Galaxy smartphones. This latest Galaxy A series comes with a large screen, an awesome camera and all the essentials you need to stay connected. It looks and feels awesome as it delivers a truly special performance from its […]
Following the digital disruption that occurred across various industries in the last decade, it is apparent that some skills are more in demand than others. For instance, seven of the top ten companies in the world are digital companies, and even more, establishments now aim to incorporate digital practices. This transformative trend has resulted in […]
Four key markets in Ibadan, capital Oyo State – Ojoo Meat Market/Ojoo Lagos Park, Bodija Market Park Garage, Agbowo Park/ University of Ibadan (UI) Student Residential Area, and Apete Market, Close to Apete Garage/Poly Ibadan Student Residential Area, respectively – erupted with jubilation last week as more functional water borehole facilities and newly renovated of […]
There are numerous Chinese gift card vendors on the internet, but you have to be sure of who you are doing business with so you won’t fall victim to scammers. In that regard, we are unleashing the best Chinese gift card vendors WhatsApp Number where you can easily buy and sell gift cards anytime. What’s […]
The grandmaster of data, Globacom, has unveiled a service tagged “Glo Sponsored Data” that enables companies to give Glo customers access to their websites or mobile apps at zero cost i.e without being charged for data. The data charge is borne by the company i.e website/app owner (the sponsor) through the procurement of a Glo […]
So, while I was trying to follow up with leads via my amocrm dashboard earlier today, I was logged out and noticed a change in url from amocrm.com to kommo.com I was a bit skeptical, wondering if Amocrm have been hacked. lol After I signed in via the new url, I saw a pop up […]
Today, Samsung Nigeria officially launched the Galaxy A04s into the Nigerian market. The launch of this device reinforces Samsung’s commitment in providing affordable yet quality devices that addresses the daily needs of consumers. The smartphone is packed with 4G/64 GB & 4G/128GB storage variants expandable to 1TB and runs on a One UI Core 4. […]
Google yesterday, 5th of October 2022, announced its intent to establish a new Google Cloud region in South Africa – its first on the continent. The news, which came at the second Google for Africa event, is the latest example of how Google is delivering on the $1bn investment commitment made last year by the […]
The BRG Academy recently graduated over 160 students from the 1st Biggest Realtor Academy in Africa in Partnership with Metropolitan School of Business & Management, UK 🇬🇧 & Dubai 🇦🇪 (MSBN) The 3 Days Billionaire Realtor Group Certification Training Program was held in Lagos Nigeria from Wednesday, 17th of August – Friday, 19th of August, […]
It was jubilation galore amid in encomiums as global sports betting brand, 22Bet.ng, this week, provided functional water borehole facilities to two key regions of Ibadan – Moniya Market and Gbagi International Market, a popular market in the heart of Ibadan, respectively. The water borehole facilities, part of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative of […]
oAfrica remains on hold as of January 2018.
oAfrica remains on hold as of January 2018.
Cameroon’s government shut down internet access in Northwest and Southwest Anglophone regions of Cameroon 74 days ago (and counting). There is no sign of the blackout being lifted by the government and the telecom operators remain in compliance with the order. We recently heard from digital consultant Marc Stephan Nkouly, located ...
Cameroon’s government shut down internet access in Northwest and Southwest Anglophone regions of Cameroon 74 days ago (and counting). There is no sign of the blackout being lifted by the government and the telecom operators remain in compliance with the order. We recently heard from digital consultant Marc Stephan Nkouly, located ...
A recap of national ICT headlines for the end of 2015 and start of 2016.
A recap of national ICT headlines for the end of 2015 and start of 2016.
A recap of national ICT headlines for the end of 2015 and start of 2016.
A recap of national ICT headlines for the end of 2015 and start of 2016.
A recap of national ICT headlines for the end of 2015 and start of 2016.
A recap of national ICT headlines for the end of 2015 and start of 2016.
Discovery Insure has taken a similar behavioural-based system to Vitality in the car insurance industry. If you drive better, Vitality Drive will reduce your premiums. This incentive-based driver behaviour programme, launched in 2011, monitors how you drive and then rewards you for driving well. Those onboard monitors can tell if you are in an accident [...] The post How Discovery Insure promotes good driving appeared first on Stuff South Africa.
Meta has announced new WhatsApp group features, set to give those brave group admins a little more power over who can join a group. We also got news of a new feature that’ll give users a simpler way of finding out which groups they have in common with friends. According to the blog post, WhatsApp [...] The post WhatsApp announces new features to give group admins more power appeared first on Stuff South Africa.
Those that haven’t kept up with Stuff (shame on you) for the past two or so years might have a little trouble telling Honor review devices apart from Huawei review devices. That’s because Honor was a subsidiary of Huawei. While Huawei was under fire from the US, Honor emancipated itself, in turn keeping Huawei’s best qualities like [...] The post Honor X9a review: an admirable all-rounder appeared first on Stuff South Africa.
Google has begun a gradual public rollout of its generative AI “collaborator” Bard, the company’s ChapGPT rival. There was the Arms Race, then we had the Space Race, and now we’re in a race for artificial intelligence development, with notable big tech-industry companies playing their hands, trying to get ahead of the latest tech trend. [...] The post Google Bard begins slow public rollout appeared first on Stuff South Africa.
When Returnal launched in 2021, shortly after the PlayStation 5 debuted, it had a lot to live up to as one of the early releases made specifically for the new generation of consoles. Although it was the first AAA title for Sony-owned developer Housemarque, it managed to do just that. It received favourable reviews, picked [...] The post Returnal PC review: Live, die, try again appeared first on Stuff South Africa.
Digital technologies are changing how food is produced. And it’s more than harvesting robots that are arriving on the scene. Companies are now pairing data centres with greenhouses, capturing the heat emitted by computing hardware and reusing it to grow crops indoors. The new QScale data centre development in Lévis, Que. is one such project. The company claims that it [...] The post Can the heat from running computers help grow our food? It’s complicated appeared first on Stuff South Africa.
Keeping up with the latest digital cons is exhausting. Fraudsters always seem to be one step ahead. But our study found there is one simple thing you can do to drastically reduce your chances of losing money to web scams: slow down. In fact, among the various techniques used by scammers, creating a sense of urgency or [...] The post How to avoid falling victim to an online scam – research says slow down appeared first on Stuff South Africa.
When you think about location data on your mobile phone, tablet or laptop, what comes to mind? Mailing addresses? Postal codes? These data indicate where you live, where you work, and the places you visit. When combined with other types of data over time, companies and governments use them to analyze your consumption patterns, occupation, [...] The post Satellite data: The other type of smartphone data you might not know about appeared first on Stuff South Africa.
In 2016, evidence began to mount that then-South African president Jacob Zuma and a family of Indian-born businessmen, the Guptas, were responsible for widespread “state capture”. It was alleged that the Gupta family influenced Zuma’s political appointments and benefited unfairly from lucrative tenders. The Guptas began to look for a way to divert attention away from them. [...] The post Algorithms are moulding and shaping our politics. Here’s how to avoid being gamed appeared first on Stuff South Africa.