DNA Bill closer to becoming law
The so-called “DNA Bill”, the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill, has been adopted by the National Assembly’s oversight committee, paving the way to it being signed into law. Speaking to the committee last week, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says the...Smartphone sales overtake feature phones
Worldwide mobile phone sales to end-users totalled 435-million units in the second quarter of 2013, an increase of 3,6% from the same period last year, according to Gartner – and smartphone sales overtook feature phones for the first time. Smartphone sales to...Bitcoin-like attacks set to escalate
The recent attacks on Bitcoin apps are an indication of the kind of mobile security breaches users can expect to see in the future. Applications using the same function to generate random numbers for security could be compromised affecting millions of users British IT...MTN adds subscribers, data grows
MTN has increased its subscribers by 6,5%, to 201,5-million, during the six months ended 30 June. Reported revenue for the six months increased 9,8%, despite being negatively impacted by the tariff cuts in both Nigeria and South Africa. MTN Nigeria continued to show...