Hackers threaten to reset iCloud accounts, wipe devices

[Ilse Burger] NEWSWATCH: It seems Apple is under a hacking attack... Not only by the CIA but, most recently, by a hacker group called Turkish Crime Family which is threatening to reset iCloud accounts and remotely wipe iPhones...

#Bookmarks2017: Digital download with... Nona Creative

[Leigh Andrews] Local digirati shone at the recent IAB Bookmark Awards 2017. Here's some feedback from Nona Creative's founder, Gordon Angus and UX strategist, Kerry Beetge-Schutte...

Three-star hotels: Comfy in the middle

[Guy Stehlik] Travelling abroad will make any South African hotel guest realise that our three-star market boxes way above its weight...

2017: The year of taking your business from Gen X to Gen CX

[Leigh Andrews] On the day of love, Tuesday, 14 February, BrandLove fittingly held the much-loved Cape Town version of its CX trends update for 2017 at 360 Business Parks in Paarden Eiland...

#Bookmarks2017: Digital download with... Hellocomputer

[Leigh Andrews] Local digirati shone at the recent IAB Bookmark Awards 2017. Here's some feedback from David Moffatt, group MD at Hellocomputer...

A little less conversation, a little more action

[Michael Bornheim] Why an integrated data platform is the key to aligning marketing, sales and service...

The view from in here: A lesson from 2016

[Fran Luckin] I was in Cannes last year when Brexit happened. In a matter of hours, the lazily hedonistic mood of the festivities transformed into an all-pervasive haze of stunned denial...

TweetDeck might not be free for much longer

[Andy Walker] Struggling to nail down a reliable revenue stream while controlling its often-irate user base, Twitter may soon charge you to use some elements of its currently free service TweetDeck...

#Bookmarks2017: Digital download with... Native VML & Joe Public

[Leigh Andrews] Local digirati shone at the recent IAB Bookmark Awards 2017. Here's some feedback from Native VML strategist Donovan White and ECD Ryan McManus, as well as Pepe Marais, Group CCO at Joe Public United...

Mazda BT-50 is designed for fun

[Henrie Geyser] Smartened up for the city, cool enough to be enjoyed and admired by the leisure crowd, and tough enough for the rough and tumble of a challenging off-road meander – that's the face-lifted Mazda BT-50...

Investing in a circular water economy in SA

[Hermann Erdman] The UN World Water Development Report: Wastewater, the Untapped Resource indicates that for decades, people have been using fresh water faster than nature can replace it...

#Bookmarks2017: Digital(ly augmented) download with... Clicks2Customers

[Leigh Andrews] Local digirati shone at the recent IAB Bookmark Awards 2017. Here's some feedback from Germé Scott, head of SEO at Clicks2Customers with input from Johan Walters, head of C2C Labs on how the Blippar Augmented Reality app took things to another level for IAB Digital Summit attendees...

WikiLeaks unveils how Apple products have been hacked for years

[Ilse Burger] NEWSWATCH: 23 March 2017 saw the release of WikiLeaks' Vault 7 "Dark Matter", a cache of documents which explains the techniques used by the CIA to gain 'persistence' on Apple Mac devices...

#BrandManagerMonth: Building a whiskey brand that's #3xBetter

[Lauren Hartzenberg] The export numbers for Irish whiskey are predicted to double to 12 million cases by 2020, with Africa seen as a key growth market for the category...

#OnTheBigScreen: Face your rivals

[Daniel Dercksen] The following films release this weekend; Kampterrein: Die Movie, Life, The Sense of an Ending, CHiPs, Saban's Power Rangers, Get Out and Dvorák's Rusalka.