It’s a long but fun episode this week as Brett Haggard, Benedict Kelly and Steven Ambrose get together to discuss, among other things, Microsoft’s TV white-space broadband trial, Cell C adding a million new customers in a month, Android reaching a million apps, and more
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Brett Haggard and Christo van Gemert go at for a second time in one week, as the first recording goes missing. Dave Greenway joins them for a discussion on thoughts on the incoming ID cards, iPad and iPhone screen rumours, VLC, Intel Yolo, and more
A task team has been established to sort out the financial problems at the SABC, communications minister Yunus Carrim said on Tuesday. “We have decided to set up a high-level team made up of the SABC, the department of communications, national treasury and the auditor-general of South Africa to set a firm foundation for financial
The Competition Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of Independent News & Media South Africa by Sekunjalo Independent Media, it was announced on Sunday. The final transfer of ownership was expected to be completed on 15 August, Independent South Africa CEO Tony Howard said in a statement. The approval of the deal was subject
Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu was elated to receive his ID smartcard on Thursday morning. Home affairs minister Naledi Pandor handed the card to him in an envelope outside the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation building in Cape Town. Wearing warm
Food and clothing retailer Woolworths has revamped its online shopping portal and now offers consumers “almost everything” that is available for sale in its physical stores. The Cape Town-headquartered retailer has become the latest major brand to build a website with a
Almost two in five South African adults now have access to the Internet, according to new research conducted by the online publishing body, the Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA), together with Echo Consultancy. The two organisations estimate that South Africa’s
Altron subsidiary Bytes Technology Group has landed an IT services contract with banking group Absa worth R400m. Bytes division Bytes Managed Solutions won the deal to provide services to Absa and parent Barclays across the territories in Africa where the financial services giant operates
MTN was trading nearly 3% lower in midmorning trading on the JSE on Tuesday after dropping a bombshell on Monday…
Sam Beckbessinger returns to the ZA Tech Show studio this week, where she joins Brett Haggard and Adam Oxford in a discussion about the launch of the Lumia 1020, Windows 8.1, Microsoft’s restructuring, more Apple iWatch rumours, Elon Musk’s Hyperloop, Prism and Defcon