Though consumers can still buy Microsoft’s new Office products on physical media, the software giant hopes they will subscribe to its new Office 365 products instead. Office 365 comes in various flavours and the box retailers will carry contains no
Author: Craig Wilson
You have to hand it to Samsung’s marketing department. Not only does it have its finger on the pulse, but it appears to have a sharp sense of humour to boot. Only Samsung could launch a device with a 4-inch display, one of the selling points of the iPhone 5, and call it the “mini”. Well played Samsung, well played
Research in Motion (RIM), the Canadian company that develops BlackBerry smartphones, has announced that its rebranded BlackBerry World content portal will carry music for South African consumers. Customers in the US, UK and Canada will also have access to movies and television shows when
The information and communications technology (ICT) policy review panel appointed in November by communications minister Dina Pule met last Thursday and Friday in Pretoria to map out its work, divide up responsibilities and to design an approach to tackling the review process. The panel
There’s no denying that cutting the cost to communicate is good for South Africa. Cheaper and more ubiquitous communications have a direct and measurable economic impact. This is one of the reasons government wants to have every South African online by the end of the decade. Part of government’s
Telkom now has a presence on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. The company says it made the move to allow customers to engage with the company on channels they may find preferable to call centres or e-mail. A number of parody Telkom accounts exist on social networks
MWeb, the Internet service provider owned by media group Naspers, is assessing Telkom Internet’s dramatic broadband price reductions, announced on Thursday, and has told TechCentral it will respond with product announcements of its own early next week. This comes after
First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan may be planning to leave the bank at the end of the year, according to a report. The 44-year-old has been CEO since 2004 and has been instrumental in driving its digital strategy, including the development of mobile banking applications and its drive to get consumers to use digital
Kenyan capital Nairobi has emerged as a “serious tech hub” and may become Africa’s technology leader, Google chairman Eric Schmidt said this week. Schmidt visited Kenya’s iHub innovation hub last week during a whirlwind visit to Africa that also included stops in South Sudan, Chad, Nigeria and Rwanda
China’s Tencent, in which JSE-listed Internet and media group Naspers holds a 35% stake, appears to have designs on the African market and is preparing to ramp up focus on South Africa and Africa more broadly with its WeChat platform. Tencent, well known in China for its QQ