Mint Electronics acquires stake in CZ
The first South African built smartphones and tablets are to be launched within the second half of 2014 by Mint Electronics. This follows a landmark deal in which Mint Electronics, a subsidiary of Sekoko Holdings, has acquired a 75% shareholding of CZ Electronics CZ...NASA finds new brown dwarf
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered what appears to be the coldest “brown dwarf” known – a dim, star-like body that, surprisingly, is as frosty as Earth’s North Pole. Images from...Economic shocks in China to be felt globally
The growing risk of a hard landing for China’s economy would result in global growth weakening by an average of 0,4 percentage point annually over 2015-17, according to a scenario developed by economists at HIS. IHS economists developed the scenario because of the...Connected cars already a reality
Connected cars are already a reality, with about 45-million vehicles already online, a number that is expected to see 57% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) to 420-million by 2018. In its latest report, IDATE analyses the connected car strategies of manufacturers,...