Twitter will honour requests from users who do not want their online behaviour tracked, the company said on Thursday, in contrast with Web companies such Google and Facebook whose business models rely heavily on collecting user data.
Written by: Gerry Shih, iOL News
The hype about cloud computing and data centres can often seem overblown when you visit some of Africa’s smaller markets but in many of the larger markets, data centres and the services they enable are now becoming an established part of enabling both consumer and corporate services.
Written by: Russell Southwood, BusinessTech.
Facebook is updating its data use policy in an attempt to give users more clarity on how the information they share is used by the company.
Source: News24
What is a Data Warehouse? And the benefits of one?
Source: Wikipedia
The digital revolution has given rise to a literal explosion of data, as the volume of information shared, distributed and stored increases exponentially on a daily basis.
Written by: Charlie Fripp, IT News Africa
Many South Africans travelling overseas with a smartphone for the first time have made the shocking discovery that the data downloads they get free at home come at a massive cost beyond our borders.
Written By: Wendy Knowler, Daily News
Google South Africa will not say whether it has deleted sensitive Wi-Fi data – including passwords, Internet usage history and other sensitive personal data – which it had collected in South Africa without authorization in 2011.
Written by: Rudolph Muller, BusinessTech
Similar to Google’s new Account Activity dashboard, the company is now expanding its data-crunching ways to another popular Google service: Gmail. With a new tool called “Gmail Meter,” you can now know everything there is to know (well, almost) about your Gmail usage.
Written by: Sarah Perez, Techcrunch
Google on Tuesday launched a long-anticipated “Drive” service that lets people store photos, videos and other digital files in the Internet “cloud”.
Written by: Glenn Chapman, iOL
The week is thin in terms of local economic data. Friday is a public holiday in SA to celebrate Freedom Day. The week’s main data releases are the leading indicator and producer inflation.
Source: Business Live
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