Rich Mulholland started his working career as a roadie, hauling gear on and off stage and operating the lighting at gigs for the likes of Iron Maiden and Def Leppard. Now 38, Mulholland runs Missing Link, South Africa’s largest presentation specialist
Author: Craig Wilson
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has released an update for its wildly popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service. The update allows users to make voice calls to other BBM users if both are connected to a Wi-Fi network. The latest version of the Canadian company’s messaging
Passengers using low-cost airline Mango to fly between Johannesburg and Durban between now and 31 January will be able to use the G-Connect in-flight Wi-Fi service for free. And it’s all part of a plan to beat a world record.
Mango launched the in-flight Wi-Fi service in May. The airline
HTC’s new midrange Microsoft-powered smartphone, the Windows Phone 8-based 8S, is a remarkably good piece of gear. Costing R4 000, it’s about R3 000 cheaper than its flagship 8X and the most affordable Windows Phone 8 device we’ve reviewed to date. Despite its modest price
Open-access fibre-optic telecommunications infrastructure supplier Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) is investing more than R81m over the next six months in 120km of new links in Klerksdorp in North West province. DFA has already laid more than
Stellenbosch-based mobile social network Mxit is retrenching as much as 27% of its workforce, company insiders say. This comes just months after the exit of CEO Alan Knott-Craig, who also formerly headed up the investment vehicle World of Avatar of which Mxit is part. TechCentral has learnt
Despite Johannesburg’s position as South Africa’s economic hub, Cape Town is often considered the country’s technology start-up capital. A new technology hub in the city of gold, called JoziHub, may help in starting to change that. JoziHub, which will be launched in the first quarter of next
Apple’s smaller, 7,9-inch iPad has landed on South African shores, along with the new full-sized, fourth-generation iPad. The iPad mini, as the smaller variant is called, starts at just R3 399, which is particularly well priced given the product costs $329 in the US and the rand has weakened substantially against
Pretoria and Cape Town are home to two of the most advanced forensic laboratories in the world, but the biggest limitation to their efficacy is the lack of a national and standardised DNA database. Major-general Adeline Shezi of the South African Police Service’s forensic services division says the country has
With fewer than 1m broadband digital subscriber lines in service in South Africa, and longstanding exclusive rights to content held by local media companies, there is little demand for – and huge complexity involved in – bringing video content to the