Browsing: News

All the latest technology news from South Africa and around the world.

Camera technology has taken centre stage at Samsung’s launch of its new flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, which were launched on a stage ahead of the Mobile World Congress in

President Jacob Zuma’s daughter, who received widespread criticism for being the youngest head of a ministerial department, has left her government job, it was confirmed on Sunday. Department

There is mounting concern in the telecommunications industry that the government is planning to award a R750m broadband project to Telkom to connect 5 000 government facilities in rural areas without first going out on a competitive tender. In an interview on Friday

MTN’s share price fell by more than 20% at one stage in trading on the JSE on Friday after warning on Thursday after markets closed that its headline earnings per share would fall by more than 20% for

MTN’s headline earnings per share for the year ended 31 December 2015 will fall by at least 20%, the JSE-listed telecommunications group warned investors on Thursday after markets closed. The group has blamed operational

First National Bank will no longer actively develop its application for Windows-powered smartphones, it said on Thursday. It has also pulled the plug on development of its app for

Huawei is the world’s fastest-growing smartphone brand, according to new research from Gartner, with sales up by more than a half in the three months ended December 2015. With an increase in sales of 53% in the fourth quarter of last year, Huawei

Volatility in MTN’s share price has seen the counter add more than 42% since its 52-week low just a month ago as investors pile back in on a range of factors, including the publication in two weeks of its year-end results. From MTN’s recent low

Google has quietly launched a transactional video-on-demand service in South Africa through its Google Play platform. The launch of Google Play Movies comes two months after the US Internet giant launched its music streaming service