Thousands apply for Mars colony
More than 78 000 people have applied to join a one-way trip to Mars to establish a colony on the Red Planet by 2023 – and organisers expect 500 000 to have applied by the closing date of 31 August 2013. The Mars One astronaut selection programme has received...Happy birthday to Curiosity rover
NASA has put together a short video showing all the activity from the Mars rover Curiosity to celebrate its first full year on the Red Planet. The two-minute video shows highlights of the mission since it touched down on 6 August 2012. Yesterday’s tweet from Curiosity...Wanted: SA’s worst VoIP setup
Telecommunications firm Tele-Enterprise wants to turn around the bad reputation that voice over IP (VoIP) has – by issuing a challenge to find South Africa’s worst VoIP implementation. Riaan Pietersen, Tele-Enterprise CMO, says many companies have had their fingers...Tablets drive SA e-commerce
The growth of tablet ownership in South Africa is one of the driving forces behind e-commerce growth in the country. The 2013 mobile shopping survey by online retail Kalahari.com reveals that tablet ownership has grown by 10% compared to last year’s figures. In 2012...Labour violations at Apple factories
Apple is back in the spotlight for labour violations at the Chinese factories that manufacture its products – surpassing the violations widely reported at Foxconn last year. China Labour Watch (CLW) has published an investigative report detailing the labour violations...