Last week, Rectron held a brand awareness event for the MakerBot brand, a popular collection of 3D printers. Sadly, attendance didn’t reflect that. Only a handful of media types showed up, outnumbered by the company and marketing people on hand, despite some rather nice
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Due to a data centre crash it’s just Brett Haggard and Ben Kelly left in the studio. Highlights include Samsung’s Galaxy S6 edge and Apple’s new MacBook. They discuss at length some of the goings-on at Mobile World Congress 2015, Samsung’s Galaxy S6 edge, LG’s G Flex 2
First National Bank has brought cardless cash withdrawals to its smartphone banking application, allowing the company’s clients to withdraw money at an ATM even if they are not carrying their bank card. Cardless cash withdrawals have been available
MTN South Africa has scotched any hopes employees had of receiving additional performance bonuses for 2014. Some of the operator’s staff picketed outside its Roodepoort head office
In the latest episode of South Africa’s leading weekly technology podcast, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg unpack the big Apple Watch and MacBook announcement. Also this week, they look at the ructions at the department of telecommunications
Sabido Investments, which owns broadcasting assets including e.tv and eNews Channel Africa (eNCA), has announced it may have to close two loss-making divisions and has begun consultations with affected staff. The first business that may be closed down
Eskom on Thursday announced that it has asked its CEO Tshediso Matona and two other executives to “step aside” while an inquiry into the parastatal is conducted. Matona has been in the top job at Eskom for only six months. Before joining Eskom, he
Billed as the cheapest Windows Phone Lumia device to hit the South African market, Microsoft on Thursday announced it would sell its entry-level Lumia 435 smartphone starting at R1 149. The 435 is the first 400-series Lumia. Low-cost Lumia devices have proved
M-Pesa users in Kenya and Tanzania can now send money to each other electronically using their mobile phones, Vodacom said on Monday. Vodacom has 7m M-Pesa customers in Tanzania, while sister company Safaricom has 18m in Kenya. The
An association that represents many of South Africa’s online publishers has entered into discussions with the South African Press Council to explore the feasibility of a cross-platform news media code of ethics and voluntary editorial content regulatory system