Meet MARKETING EDGE 2026 National Marketing Stakehokders’ Summit Panellist — Maureen Ifada Dr Maureen Ifada, Marketing Director, FrieslandCampina WAMCO, has urged marketers to preserve the cultural identity of heritage brands while finding contemporary ways to keep them relevant, warning against sacrificing brand distinctiveness in the pursuit of modernity. In her contribution as a panellist at…
Huawei South Africa completed the sixth edition of the Women in Tech Digital Skills Training Programme, giving a cohort of 50 women three days of practical exposure in AI, cloud computing, 5G-Advanced, and emerging technologies.Held under the theme “HERabytes: Small Business. Big Intelligence,” this year’s group included women business owners and government leaders from the…
KUCHING, July 16 (Bernama) — The media industry must continue to uphold the principles of accuracy, integrity and ethical journalism in addressing the challenges of the digital era, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. He said developments in digital technology, including AI, capable of generating images, audio and videos that are difficult to distinguish…
Predictability is not the exact adjective we can apply to Push notifications. One day, they are at their all-time high; another, Google rolls out an update, and everything goes south very quickly. Changes in platform policies have taken many businesses aback. In this article, we answer one of the most pressing questions: Has Web Push…
KUCHING, July 13 (Bernama) — About 800 participants comprising media and communications practitioners, academics, policymakers, industry leaders and students are expected to attend the Sarawak Media Conference (SMeC) 2026 on Thursday. The conference, organised by the Sarawak Government through the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (UKAS), will discuss issues related to media trust, governance and the…
Employee expectations around AI have shifted quickly. The conversation has moved beyond whether or not to use automation and into how to use it to improve execution without creating new problems. As more marketing teams weave AI into everyday workflows, the biggest lessons often come from the messy reality of implementation rather than the technology…
AI-powered coding tools are increasing the volume of software development, but new data from analytics firms shows that much of this output requires significant revision, raising questions about how productivity should be measured in AI-assisted engineering workflows. Token Usage Metrics Clash With Output Based Productivity Developers and managers have traditionally relied on metrics such…
Google has quietly launched a free offline-first AI dictation app for iOS, leveraging its lightweight Gemma models to compete directly with established players like Wispr Flow. Google just dropped something interesting on the iOS App Store, and hardly anyone noticed. The company quietly released a new offline-first AI dictation app that runs its Gemma language…
Since technology is not going anywhere and does more good than harm, adapting is the best course of action. That is where The Tech Edvocate comes in. We plan to cover the PreK-12 and Higher Education EdTech sectors and provide our readers with the latest news and opinion on the subject. From time to time,…
Maj. Christopher Clark, AI lead for the U.S. Marine Corps, discussed a recent generative and agentic AI workshop in Quantico that brought together over 100 companies and 350 individuals. The workshop aimed to address real-world problems and explore AI solutions, with a focus on the last day for government-only outcomes. Key takeaways included the importance…
