Absa on Thursday denied claims that it was firing 3000 staff members. “Absa confirms that there is no mass retrenchment being undertaken within the company,” spokesman Ajith Bridgraj said in a statement. “Absa has and will continue to evolve its systems and processes, which sometimes lead to very limited job losses
For someone who’s lived through one technology bubble, it’s hard not to see signs of another one every time the market starts edging upward. Besides, no one wants to be the rube who’s the last one to realise the party’s over and the cool kids have already left. That’s why so many people are quick to jump to the conclusion that we’re in a
Alan Knott-Craig, who takes the helm at mobile operator Cell C next Monday, hinted strongly on Wednesday that the operator will begin offering Apple’s iPhone to its subscribers within the next few months. Until now, the iPhone has only been available through MTN and Vodacom
South Africans using Apple and Google Android-based smartphones can look forward to being able to accept credit- and cheque-card payments using their mobile phones from early next month, thanks to a Cape Town-based start-up that is launching a new service called CheqOut next month. CheqOut founder Bradley Elliott says the service will also support
Satellite broadband provider SkyeVine has had a stressful first few months, not least because of problems with its satellite provider, but the company appears to be finding its feet – and finding subscribers in some unlikely places. Meant as a broadband service for outlying and other underserviced areas that don’t have access
Internet Solutions (IS) and its parent Dimension Data have launched the IT group’s managed cloud services platform in SA, operating out of a new IS data centre in Randburg or at clients’ own data centres, if they so choose. The launch follows Didata’s acquisition last year of OpSource, a cloud specialist
What do you do when you find that a service you want doesn’t exist? If your name is John Fearon, you create the service yourself. Fearon started a website back up service called Dropmysite after his business website had a hosting problem that took it out of commission. His latest offering, e-mail backup service Dropmyemail is proving
Facebook‘s counsel asked courts to dismiss a case against founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, involving plaintiff Paul Ceglia, who claims…
The crew this week consists of Andy Hadfield, Brett Haggard and Dave Greenway. They discuss experiences from South By South West, the Nike+ Fuelband, Apple’s share buy-back and dividend announcement, the new iPad and the death or otherwise of hardcore gaming, plus much more besides
JSE-listed electronics, engineering and telecommunications group Reunert is upset over an apparent exodus of employees from its subsidiary, voice communications specialist Nashua ECN, to John Holdsworth’s new start-up AppChat and is now considering legal action. TechCentral has learnt that Reunert is planning to put out
