Technology News
Apple loses most valuable title
Apple is no longer the world’s most valuable company. On Friday, Exxon Mobile overtook Apple to once again claim the top spot. Apple’s shares dropped 2,4% on Friday, following disappointing financial results earlier in the week. This lowered its market capitalisation...
Lenovo eyes BlackBerry buy
Rumours were abounding this weekend about the possibility of Lenovo buying Research in Motion’s hardware assets – including the BlackBerry 10, to be launched on Wednesday. Mobile Marketing Watch reports that Lenovo is assessing potential acquisition targets, which...
Smartphones see holiday growth
The worldwide mobile phone market grew 1,9% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2012 (Q412), as strong holiday smartphone sales raised shipments of these devices to levels nearly equal to those of feature phones. According to the International Data Corporation...
Understanding youth unemployment
Between 60% and 65% of young people in sub-Saharan Africa, aged 15 to 35 years, are unemployed or under-employed. Researchers from the University of Cape Town are conducting a study that they believe could help avert this potential time bomb. Funded by a grant of...
Milestone for Nedbank app
Nedbank has reached a number of milestones in a few short months, exceeding R1-billion in transactional value being processed via the Nedbank app, with no incidents of fraud. This is a significant achievement in the current area of online fraud. The Nedbank App Suite...
Massive smartphone growth in 2012
The number of smartphone shipments exceeded 200-million in the fourth quarter of 2012, with the annual total reaching 671-million - a growth of almost 42% year on year. This is according to a report from Juniper Research. Samsung continued its phenomenal growth over...
Mthatha school gets connected
Vodacom, together with the Department of Communications, has handed over a mobile computer centre and free data to the previously disadvantaged Jonguhlanga Secondary School in Mthatha. This initiative is the realisation of a partnership between Vodacom and the...
Africa shifts to mobile
Customers have shifted their behaviour online, creating incentives for operators, legislators and the information communications technology (ICT) community as a whole to adapt their business and processes to keep pace. This was the key message from Ahmad Abdulkarim...
Columbus appoints new sales director
Sidwell Ngqandu, former GM and acting CIO of the South African State Information Technology Agency (SITA) has been appointed sales director at Columbus Technologies, a subsidiary of the Swiss-based Brainware group. He replaces Theo Fourie who is moving into an...
FrontRange announces HEAT 9.6
FrontRange is pleased to announce the general availability of HEAT 9.6. The release delivers major enhancements, including Web-based Managers Monitor and Mobile Field Support. The product has been available to all customers and partners as of Monday, 21 January. HEAT...
Consumers sue Google
A group of Internet users has launched a landmark privacy case against Google for undermining the security settings on Apple's Safari browser, in order to track online usage covertly. In the first case of its kind in the UK, a number of people with concerns about...
Telkom warns of hoax advert
Telkom has issued a warning to the public of a hoax advertisement claiming that Telkom is looking to hire call centre agents. The bogus advertisement was sent through SMS, e-mail and social media channels such as WhatsApp and BBM. “We want to remind customers and the...
LTE to reach 100m subscribers
Just three short years after the technology’s original deployment, worldwide subscribers to the 4G wireless standard known as Long Term Evolution (LTE) are projected to surpass the 100-million mark this year. LTE subscribers worldwide will reach 198,1-million in...
Apple loses most valuable title
Apple is no longer the world’s most valuable company. On Friday, Exxon Mobile overtook Apple to once again claim the top spot. Apple’s shares dropped 2,4% on Friday, following disappointing financial results earlier in the week. This lowered its market capitalisation...
Lenovo eyes BlackBerry buy
Rumours were abounding this weekend about the possibility of Lenovo buying Research in Motion’s hardware assets – including the BlackBerry 10, to be launched on Wednesday. Mobile Marketing Watch reports that Lenovo is assessing potential acquisition targets, which...
Smartphones see holiday growth
The worldwide mobile phone market grew 1,9% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2012 (Q412), as strong holiday smartphone sales raised shipments of these devices to levels nearly equal to those of feature phones. According to the International Data Corporation...
Understanding youth unemployment
Between 60% and 65% of young people in sub-Saharan Africa, aged 15 to 35 years, are unemployed or under-employed. Researchers from the University of Cape Town are conducting a study that they believe could help avert this potential time bomb. Funded by a grant of...
Milestone for Nedbank app
Nedbank has reached a number of milestones in a few short months, exceeding R1-billion in transactional value being processed via the Nedbank app, with no incidents of fraud. This is a significant achievement in the current area of online fraud. The Nedbank App Suite...
Massive smartphone growth in 2012
The number of smartphone shipments exceeded 200-million in the fourth quarter of 2012, with the annual total reaching 671-million - a growth of almost 42% year on year. This is according to a report from Juniper Research. Samsung continued its phenomenal growth over...
Mthatha school gets connected
Vodacom, together with the Department of Communications, has handed over a mobile computer centre and free data to the previously disadvantaged Jonguhlanga Secondary School in Mthatha. This initiative is the realisation of a partnership between Vodacom and the...