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Google’s live streaming of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton marks the beginning of the end for traditional broadcast models. The search engine giant streamed Friday’s wedding live to millions of viewers across the world. It’s estimated that as

The iPad 2 went on sale in SA last Friday. TechCentral rounded up its 15 favourite apps for the device (they’ll all also run on the original model). Zinio: Magazine reader for the iPad. You can subscribe to some of your

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) is facing mounting criticism over its ability to compete in its primary markets against Apple and Google. RIM fuelled speculation about looming difficulties when it released a dire financial warning last week in which it said i

It’s thinner and lighter and has a front-facing camera for video calls. But is it worth shelling out the cash for Apple’s latest tablet computer, the iPad 2, which went on sale in SA last Friday? TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod spent

Kenneth Branagh seems like an unlikely director for a Marvel superhero movie, but he proves to be an inspired choice for the Asgardian theatrics of Thor. In his hands, the thunder god’s legendary hammer, Mjolnir, hits the nail

A short but busy week at TechCentral translates into packed edition of this week’s episode of the TalkCentral podcast. Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones look at the royal wedding and YouTube’s involvement in it, the launch

In the early days of mobile technology, the short message service, better known as SMS, became a global phenomenon as consumers, against all predictions, took up the service with vigour. The first SMS

TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod talks to Cell C CEO Lars Reichelt about the company’s challenges at the Advertising Standards Authority, competition with Vodacom, and the launch of its 42Mbit/s mobile broadband network

Former Internet Solutions CEO Angus MacRobert is continuing to make investments in the technology sector, snapping up a stake in Aspivia and helping expand the business of an earlier investment, Three6Five Network Solutions. MacRobert has made a range of investments

Competition in SA’s mobile communications industry may be getting tougher, but that isn’t going to stop Vodacom from turning in a robust improvement in earnings in its financial year to 31 March 2011 when it reports results next