In this World Wide Wrap: Vodafone cleans up billing hack, Egyptian telco gets e-payment deal, and Rwanda issues electronic cards.
Phishers copy e-mail notifications and add a phoney link, which takes customers to a pseudo-site, says Mia Papanicolaou, messaging specialist at Striata.
Multiple communications media have made life more, rather than less, complicated.
Consology predicts more sophisticated online self-service strategies to emerge this year.
Online self-service will become ubiquitous in the future, says Consology.
Technology improvements are expected to encourage more sophisticated advertising campaigns this year.
Air transport has completed the switch to 2D bar-coded boarding passes worldwide, claims IATA.
In this World Wide Wrap: Google muscles in on Apple, Vietnam e-commerce growth hampered, and Globe inks mobile payment deal.
The companies extend their reach into the data insights market with the acquisition of Knowledge Factory.
Online banking clients must be vigilant of fraud attempts, particularly over the festive period, warns Absa.
The year-end exam results were e-mailed to about 55 000 students with the ITS Student Infoslips application.
The micro blogging site is the latest target by a cyber activist group claiming to defend WikiLeaks.