Privately held South African secure electronic communications specialist Striata has acquired New York-based Mass Transmit, a US-based provider of e-mail marketing tools and services. The value of the deal has not been disclosed. Headquartered in New York, with offices in
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When the JSE began trading on Monday morning, Naspers opened at R2 001,50/share. This was the counter’s first foray above R2 000, a price that is just below 88% higher than where it opened on 14 April last year. Going back two years, the surge in the share
Vodacom has become the first mobile operator in South Africa to launch voice-over-LTE, or VoLTE, calling on its network. In development for years, VoLTE allows voice calls to be placed over 4G/LTE networks, which are built first and foremost for data communication rather
Standard Bank has introduced a biometric mobile banking solution that allows iPhone and iPad users to use their device’s fingerprint scanner to sign into the financial services company’s mobile banking application. The update makes use of the TouchID
Online marketplace and auction website Bidorbuy says last year’s prolonged postal sector strike had a big impact on small business owners, who found it difficult to compete with larger retailers and are concerned that the uncertainty of reliable delivery could mean
The latest Visual Networking Index (VNI) mobile forecast from Cisco predicts that 4G mobile data traffic in South Africa will grow at an annual compound growth rate of 110% over the next four years. Fourth-generation networks will account for 56,1% of total mobile data
Vodacom has revealed just how much consumers itching to get their hands on Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, will have to pony up to get their hands on the Korean company’s new flagship smartphones. And the devices do not come cheap. The phones, announced
Far from being dead, BlackBerry could be set for something of a resurgence in Africa, with a significant percentage of consumers in five major markets indicating they may favour the brand when it comes time to buy their next phone. Nokia, on the other hand, is
How do we become the people we are? In AMC’s Breaking Bad we saw how Walter White ended up as Heisenberg and how Jesse Pinkman ended up more broken than he began. But what about Saul Goodman
South Africa is producing less electricity than it did last year, Statistics South Africa said on Thursday. According to a report by Stats SA entitled Electricity generated and available for distribution, which