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More than 70% of South African employees would use a wearable device in the workplace, allowing their employers to collect data on them. That surprising finding is contained in new research by PwC, which shows that fully 87% of employees would consider wearing a device such
Nigerian telecommunications operator Etisalat is taking rival MTN to court over the latter’s plan to use acquisition target Visafone’s spectrum in the 800MHz band, it has been reported. Nigeria’s Daily Post reported at the weekend that Etisalat has instituted legal action
The land speed record attempt by the Bloodhound Supersonic car at Hakskeenpan in the Northern Cape will now only take place in 2017, due to financial problems. “The revised dates reflect the fact that, although interest in and support for the project have
Local Internet video service ShowMax is not increasing its monthly R99 subscription rate despite the weak rand impacting its business. Multinational media and Internet company Naspers launched ShowMax on 19 August last year as a TV series and movie video-on-demand service.
Internet access in the Western Cape is higher than the national average. This is according to a study dubbed the “Western Cape Digital Readiness Assessment 2015”, which was commissioned
The South African Financial Exchange has joined a growing list of new exchanges angling to destabilise the JSE’s monopoly over South Africa’s equities market. Its founder, Francois Venter, is a chartered
Durban-headquartered technology services group Adapt IT has reported a 42% improvement in headline earnings per share to 23,96c in the six months ended 31 December 2015. The strong growth in Heps comes on top of a 19% improvement in turnover to R310m and a 50%
It’s finally happened. South Africa this week launched digital terrestrial television, ushering in a new chapter in the country’s broadcasting history, but one that has arrived many years later than
A United Nations panel has found that Sweden and the UK have arbitrarily detained WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange contrary to their obligations under human rights treaties. The panel called on the two governments to ensure Assange’s rights are respected and to compensate him
Maxwell Nonge, MD of free-to-air satellite provider OpenView HD, has been named as chief technology officer of e.tv parent eMedia Investments, while Patrick Conroy, the MD of eNCA, will take over from Nonge at OpenView HD. At the same time, veteran journalist
