With the announcement of the Kindle Fire on Wednesday, Amazon.com hasn’t just entered the tablet market aggressively: it may be about to change it fundamentally. The product is groundbreaking because it deftly addresses the two most pressing issues for
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Wireless telecommunications operator iBurst has slashed the price of bandwidth on its network and introduced its first “uncapped” Internet products. The company says it is introducing two uncapped products, the first priced at R599/month and the
Telkom said on Thursday it had grown its “revenue-generating” customer base in mobile to 882 235 by the end of August, an increase of 86,3% since the start of the financial year on 1 April. At the same time, it has incurred a loss of about
Problems in its African operations outside SA, increasing competition and regulatory pressures have conspired to knock Telkom’s earnings in the six months to the end of September 2011, the telecommunications group has warned shareholders. Basic
JSE-listed technology group Altech is considering big changes at its largest subsidiary, Altech Autopage Cellular. Options on the table include launching a mobile virtual network operator and bidding for radio frequency spectrum to build its own fourth-generation
From noon on Wednesday until the same time this Saturday, IBM is facilitating an online dialogue between members of the National Planning Commission (NPC) and ordinary South Africans. Called the “NPC Jam”, the 72-hour event is intended to allow anyone who
Avusa CEO Prakash Desai has resigned, the company said on Wednesday. Desai stepped down on Monday and MD of media, Michael Robertson, would act in his place, the Avusa board said in an online statement. Avusa is one of SA’s largest media houses, and publishes
Anyone who’s been been shopping for a tablet in recent months will know that for all their bells and whistles, no Android-based tablet has yet been able to quite match up to the Apple iPad. No tablet, that is, until the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Close inspection reveals
Altech CEO Craig Venter believes East Africa remains a powerful opportunity despite the region dragging down the JSE-listed technology group’s results in the six months to the end of August. The East Africa business reported an operating loss
Sitting at your desk doing Internet banking may make you feel safe. After all, it is not a bank, where someone can steal your bulging wallet when you step outside. But that friendly e-mail claiming to be from your bank and asking you for your details could cost you and