Touch drives proximity sensor market

The market for sensors that track hand movements in conjunction with touchscreens is growing explosively as smartphones, tablets and other products increasingly incorporate gesture functionality into their user interfaces (UI). Revenue for proximity-based gesture...

SADC leaders in broadband accord

A ministerial summit in Botswana, under the auspices of the GSM Association (GSMA), has signed a communique focusing on what the region needs to do to achieve digital terrestrial television migration and begin moving towards widespread mobile broadband. John Giusti,...

Bashier Sallie resigns from Telkom

Bashier Sallie, MD: Wholesale and Networks at Telkom, has resigned. This was announced this afternoon by Telkom Group CEO, Sipho Maseko. Bashier joined Telkom in 1986 and has worked in technology and network services for most of the time. He held various positions,...

Ballmer’s e-mail to Microsoft staff

The text of an internal e-mail from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to employees regarding his plan to retire reads as follows: I am writing to let you know that I will retire as CEO of Microsoft within the next 12 months, after a successor is chosen. There is never a...

Search is on for Ballmer replacement

Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer has decided to retire as CEO within the next 12 months, upon the completion of a process to choose his successor. In the meantime, Ballmer will continue as CEO and will lead Microsoft through the next steps of its transformation to a...