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In an increasingly crowded and competitive smartphone space, market leader Samsung Electronics has taken the wraps off its latest flagship, the Galaxy S5, at an event in Barcelona, Spain. The new device, unveiled by the company’s CEO, JK Shin, features new health
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) has scolded Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko, ordering him to attend a corporate governance and director duties course within 90 business days over the granting of a R6m interest-free loan to the company’s
Telkom has published an invitation for interested bidders to apply to partner the fixed-line telecommunications operator in providing video-on-demand (VOD) services to its customers. The move comes after Telkom said last year it was talking to potential VOD
New data from International Data Corp (IDC) shows demand for tablet computers in South Africa is soaring. Shipments of tablet PCs to South Africa increased by 107% year on year in the last quarter of 2013 to a total of 513 000 units, the research firm said
At this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Nokia took a game-changing step in the affordable smartphone market with its X series of phones underpinned by the open-source Android operating system. Fitting neatly into the current space
Court cases involving e-tolling on Gauteng highways have cost the taxpayer more than R6m in legal fees, according to finance minister Pravin Gordhan. “The total amount spent on the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) case is
Roads agency Sanral needs to be transparent on e-tag sales in light of the impression it was creating that motorists were “clamouring” to be tagged, the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) said on Monday. “Sanral’s number of 1,2m e-tags ‘taken up’ is hogwash
It’s the end of an era. Naspers has announced that its long-serving CEO, Koos Bekker, 61, is stepping down as CEO. Bekker, who will stand down from the Naspers board for a year, will be succeeded by the media and technology group’s head of e-commerce
Power utility Eskom declared a power emergency on Friday between 4pm and 9pm and urged South Africans to use electricity sparingly. “We are going to use the available resources to man the system but there is a risk of load-shedding,” spokesman Andrew
An announcement regarding the mooted acquisition by Vodacom of Neotel could be made within the next couple of weeks, with due diligence nearing completion. That’s the word from Neotel CEO Sunil Joshi, who was speaking to TechCentral in
