Government’s Electronic Communications Amendment Bill is unconstitutional, will create a new infrastructure monopoly in the form of a proposed wholesale open-access network and will ultimately be detrimental
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Telkom wants a drastically different approach to future spectrum allocation than its bigger rivals, MTN and Vodacom, arguing in a submission to government that all unassigned high-demand spectrum
At Google, some employees use a tool that restricts time spent on e-mail. A senior Apple executive said his wife used a device that sets iPhone and iPad limits for their children. Members of a venture capital firm meditate before phone
Vakhtang Gogokhia’s plan to extract cryptocurrencies from the netherworld of cyberspace relies on a strategy familiar to many old-school manufacturers who use a lot of energy – the cheaper the fuel, the better. That’s
For bitcoin investors, these are the times that try one’s soul. After surging to almost US$20 000 in December following the introduction of regulated futures contracts in the US, the world’s largest cryptocurrency
I have some bad news, and some probably-not-terrible news about Apple. The bad news was Apple didn’t have a terrific holiday season for its most important product. Apple said on Thursday that it sold 1.2% fewer iPhones in the
Soon after it began in 2011, South Africa’s renewable power programme became the world’s fastest-growing. Almost US$15bn poured into clean energy in seven years, financing everything from wind farms to solar towers. New
It’s been about a year since Rishi Gorantala deleted the Facebook app from his phone, and the company has only become more aggressive in its e-mails to win him back. The social network started out by
It is easy to confuse the current geopolitical situation with that of the 1980s. The US and Russia each accuse the other of interfering in domestic affairs. Russia has annexed territory over US objections, raising concerns
As cloud storage becomes more common, data security is an increasing concern. Companies and schools have been increasing their use of services like Google Drive for some time, and lots of individual users also store