SA-made digital antenna plant opened
A joint venture between Poynting Antennas and Lawrence Global Manufacturing has been officially acknowledged at the launch of the Tshwane East Manufacturing Incubation Centre (TEMIC). The partnership has enabled the establishment of the incubation centre in order to...Android led tablet sales in 2013
Worldwide sales of tablets to end-users reached 195,4-million units in 2013, a 68% increase on 2012, according to Gartner. While sales of iOS tablets grew in the fourth quarter of 2013, iOS’s share declined to 36% in 2013. The tablet growth in 2013 was fuelled...Telkom adds billing for BlackBerry apps
Telkom Mobile and BlackBerry have announced an integrated carrier billing service for BlackBerry smartphone customers in South Africa. The service is made possible through Telkom Mobile’s newly developed Event Billing service and will enable Telkom Mobile customers to...Spam continues apace in 2014
During January, fake WhatsApp notifications, real stars for Valentine’s Day and Nigerian letters exploiting deaths – including that of Nelson Mandela – all featured in spam messages. Analysts at Kaspersky Lab have published the results of the company’s...FNB: card swipes exceed R2bn per month
With cheque card swipes having exceeded cash withdrawals at ATMs for the first time in 2013, FNB expects that this trend will accelerate rapidly through 2014. Irlon Terrblanche, CEO for FNB Core Banking Solutions, comments: “For customers earning between R100 000 and...