BlackBerry CEO John Chen has presided over five new phones during his two-and-a-half years running the company, none of which has managed to turn around steadily declining smartphone sales. Some analysts are wondering who would buy a sixth. BlackBerry
Eight-year-old Lillian looks nervously at her king. It’s stuck; hemmed in on F3 by her opponent’s castle and queen. Two moves later, it’s all over. Checkmate. She looks around, despondently. Behind her around 20 other youngsters hunch over their chess boards
Technology companies that make business software are never going to match the glamour of their consumer counterparts. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is a household name, but many would be hard-pressed
The SABC has still not replied to Icasa’s ruling that it must withdraw its ban on the broadcasting of violent protest footage. SABC spokesman Kaizer Kganyago on Wednesday said the broadcaster had
Eight SABC journalists who were fired this week have updated their urgent application with the constitutional court, requesting the court to intervene over their dismissals. The journalists, dubbed the
South African inflation quickened for the first time in four months in June, complicating the task of the Reserve Bank as it deliberates before announcing its rates decision on Thursday. The inflation rate rose
Microsoft reported quarterly sales and profit that topped analysts’ estimates, rekindling optimism about CEO Satya Nadella’s cloud strategy as more customers shifted to the company’s Internet-based software and
South Africans will soon get their medication from self-service, “ATM-style” machines. This was one of the announcements made by the South African ministry of health at the 21st International Aids
At some point, everyone knew, Netflix’s subscriber growth in the US had to slow down. The company’s video streaming service is nearing market saturation among its core demographic
South Africa’s third largest mobile network, Cell C, has expressed its concern over having to fork out at least R3bn to bid for radio frequency spectrum. Communications regulator Icasa on Friday invited applicants
