ICANN conference underway in Durban

The 47th ICANN conference currently being hosted by the .ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) at the Durban International Convention Centre until 18 July could not be more timely, the organisation says. ZADNA is hosting the event in partnership with the ZA Central...

Orange boosts African services

European telco Orange is making further strides into Africa with the launch of a quick and easy international money transfer service – Orange Money International Transfer – between Mali, Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire. Every year, 200-million euros are...

Open Data Platform now covers continent

The African Development Bank’s Open Data Platform is now operational for the entire African continent. This follows the completion of the last phase of the project for the following 14 African countries: Benin, Comoros, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea,...

Lenovo takes top PC slot

The ping-pong game that being the world’s number one PC supplier has become swung in Lenovo’s favour in the second quarter, according to the latest figures released by analysts. Both IDC and Gartner figures show that Lenovo has eased HP out of the top position by the...

Q2 PC decline is ‘on forecasts’

Research group IDC says that the 11% decline in worldwide PC shipments for Q2 of 2013 compared to last year is “effectively right on forecasts”. It says that worldwide PC shipments totaled 75,6-million units in the second quarter of 2013, down -11,4% compared to the...

PC shipments decline again

Worldwide PC shipments dropped to 76-million units in the second quarter of 2013, a 10,9% decrease from the same period last year, according to preliminary results from Gartner. This marks the fifth consecutive quarter of declining shipments, which is the longest...