Services, Africa strong as BCX re-organises
Business Connexion has continued to grow its African footprint with acquisitions in Nigeria and Botswana, new contract wins and existing client contract renewals which offset the impact of operating conditions in other sectors. The company today released its interim...MTN delivers 79c flat rate on all networks
MTN South Africa has introduced a flat rate of 79c per minute across all networks for its prepaid customers, effective immediately. “At MTN we pride ourselves on listening to the voices of our customers and understanding their needs, especially in tough times,”...Google buys drone start-up Titan
Google is to buy Titan Aerospace, a New Mexico-based start-up that builds unmanned vehicles (or drones) that can fly for long distances and durations. The Titan drones are capable of high-altitude flight, and are solar-powered. The move by Google comes just a month...82 000 new strains of malware every day
Cybercriminals created and distributed 20% of all malware that has ever existed, reveals the 2013 annuals report of PandaLabs, Panda Security’s anti-malware laboratory. Last year a total of 30-million new malicious strains were in circulation, an average of 82 000 per...Poor communication grows manufacturing costs
A lack of communication – combined with a short-sighted fixation on holding down factory capital expenditures – is incurring massive energy-inefficiency costs for manufacturers during the lifetimes of their production facilities, according to HIS...