New research shows South African universities are good at producing academic papers, but not at translating them into innovations and patents. That needs to change.
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That growing apprehension marks a stark turnaround for a company that has seemed invincible for years.
South Africa’s economy was roaring along in 2007 on the back of the global commodities boom when power shortages struck, bringing mines and smelters to a halt.
There will be another bull market, much larger than the first one, where the potential is finally realised. And we won’t have to wait 20 years for the second act.
Now that Microsoft has restored some of its former glory, the company is going for an even more unlikely comeback: rewriting the history of its much-maligned phone business.
A US antitrust panel wants to learn about Apple’s policies on whether iPhone users can set non-Apple apps as defaults in categories including Web browsers, maps, e-mail and music.
Historically, powerful entities tend to consolidate their power. But the recent populist backlash might push technologists to move in the opposite direction.
The SABC has been in the news for all the wrong reasons in recent times. The question that needs answering is: what needs to be done to fix it?
Phone carriers have been at the heart of computer networks since their birth half a century ago. Now they’ve begun a tactical retreat.
WeWork’s plan to go public, in one of the largest stock offerings of the year, has hit a wall. Now the company will see whether sacrificing its divisive leader can save a crucial fundraising effort.