Technology News
The benefits of upgrading to Windows 8
Now that the Windows 8 operating system is available - it was released to manufacturing in August 2012, and for general use at the end of October 2012 - the question is what benefits will make it worth the consumer’s while to upgrade, says Cindy du Toit, Microsoft...
XDSL provides critical connectivity for G4S
G4S, a global leader in the provision of safety and security solutions and specialist provider of cash security solutions for the banking and retail sector, relies heavily on being able to accurately manage all of its cash In transit (CIT) from the customer to the...
TAKEALOT.com acquires stake in Mr D
Mr D (formerly Mr Delivery) continues its transition from a pure food delivery business into a fully fledged business to consumer distribution business, specialising in last mile deliveries to the consumer market. Mr D has over the past 12 months rebranded and...
OTEL relocates VoIP station
OTEL Telecoms has announced the relocation of its VoIP transit service, dubbed Victoria Station, from 158 Jan Smuts Avenue to TERACO in Isando. The service, used by providers as primary or failover VoIP termination, has been operating from the Rosebank-based data...
iROKOtv launches app for Nokia Lumia
iROKOtv, the world’s largest online distributor of Nigerian movies, has announced the launch of a brand new mobile app for the platform, in an exclusive partnership with global phone manufacturer, Nokia. The app has been designed to give Nollywood fans and iROKOtv...
Twitter hands over user info
More than 30 government agencies from 23 countries requested user information from Twitter during 2012 - and the social media company complied with most of them. During the year, Twitter received 1 858 requests for information, with the bulk of these - 1 009 - coming...
New BlackBerry World store launches
Research in Motion (RIM) has announced that the new BlackBerry World storefront (formally BlackBerry App World) for BlackBerry 10 will offer one of the most robust music and video catalogues in the mobile environment. The new BlackBerry World will include an...
BB10 may not be silver bullet
This week’s launch of the BlackBerry 10 will give Research in Motion (RIM) a welcome boost – but it may not be the long-term solution that the company needs. This is according to Jan Dawson, chief telecoms analyst at research firm Ovum. “Two major factors have worked...
Altech sheds East African operations
Altech has disposed of its East African operations, contributing them to Liquid Telecommunications Holdings in exchange for shares in Liquid. Altech will become a strategic minority shareholder in Liquid, holding an initial 8,6% of Liquid’s issued share capital, with...
Economy drives African urbanisation
Accra, Lusaka and Luanda, the capital cities of Ghana, Zambia and Angola respectively, have been identified as the sub-Saharan African cities that have the highest potential for growth over the next five years, according to the MasterCard African Cities Growth Index....
Ruckus simplifies WiFi complexity
Ruckus Wireless has introduced two new Smart WiFi technologies, SmartWay and BeamFlex+, which simplify the administration and improve the performance of mobile devices and traffic over Smart WiFi networks. The proliferation of mobile devices within organisations of...
Size matters when choosing a TV
Televisions have definitely come a long way since they were first made commercially available in the late 1920s. Back then, a big-screen TV was 12-inches (30cm) and sold for almost R4000.00. Of course, users had to settle for black and white, because colour TVs would...
Sage adds security to payroll solutions
Sage Pastel Payroll & HR software solutions deliver increased business efficiency and cost savings for SME businesses following their integration with secure, online transaction processing services provider Sage Netcash. The result is that the South African SME...
The benefits of upgrading to Windows 8
Now that the Windows 8 operating system is available - it was released to manufacturing in August 2012, and for general use at the end of October 2012 - the question is what benefits will make it worth the consumer’s while to upgrade, says Cindy du Toit, Microsoft...
XDSL provides critical connectivity for G4S
G4S, a global leader in the provision of safety and security solutions and specialist provider of cash security solutions for the banking and retail sector, relies heavily on being able to accurately manage all of its cash In transit (CIT) from the customer to the...
TAKEALOT.com acquires stake in Mr D
Mr D (formerly Mr Delivery) continues its transition from a pure food delivery business into a fully fledged business to consumer distribution business, specialising in last mile deliveries to the consumer market. Mr D has over the past 12 months rebranded and...
OTEL relocates VoIP station
OTEL Telecoms has announced the relocation of its VoIP transit service, dubbed Victoria Station, from 158 Jan Smuts Avenue to TERACO in Isando. The service, used by providers as primary or failover VoIP termination, has been operating from the Rosebank-based data...
iROKOtv launches app for Nokia Lumia
iROKOtv, the world’s largest online distributor of Nigerian movies, has announced the launch of a brand new mobile app for the platform, in an exclusive partnership with global phone manufacturer, Nokia. The app has been designed to give Nollywood fans and iROKOtv...
Twitter hands over user info
More than 30 government agencies from 23 countries requested user information from Twitter during 2012 - and the social media company complied with most of them. During the year, Twitter received 1 858 requests for information, with the bulk of these - 1 009 - coming...
New BlackBerry World store launches
Research in Motion (RIM) has announced that the new BlackBerry World storefront (formally BlackBerry App World) for BlackBerry 10 will offer one of the most robust music and video catalogues in the mobile environment. The new BlackBerry World will include an...