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First National Bank has released a dedicated tablet version of its transactional banking application. Until now, customers have been able to use the FNB Banking App designed for iPhone and iPod touch on the iPad, but that version of the app isn’t optimised for the tablet computer’s larger
Times Media Group, the publishing, music and retail group formerly known as Avusa, has said it intends acquiring the 50% stake in the loss-making BDFM it does not own. Times Media, which owns the Sunday Times, Exclusive Books, Nu Metro and Gallo Music, is buying the stake
A Johannesburg man is taking legal action against the National Gambling Board (NGB) after it withheld money he won through online gambling. “Any form of unlicensed online gambling in South Africa is prohibited and is a criminal offence,” board CEO Baby Tyawa was quoted in the Saturday Star as saying. He
Suspended communications department director-general Rosey Sekese has returned to work, but there’s still no official word on why she was placed on “special leave” in the first place. Sekese, who was sent home on enforced leave in mid-January, returned to work on Wednesday this
Social networking site Twitter is expected to launch a new music discovery application this weekend, while Apple is reportedly finalising deals with major labels before entering the streaming music space to take on Spotify and Pandora, which are a growing threat to the iTunes Store. There’s a
E-tolling on Gauteng roads will begin within the next two months, the roads agency Sanral said on Thursday. “What we are now waiting for is the completion of the parliamentary process, half of which is already done,” Sanral spokesman Vusi Mona said in a statement. “As soon as the national
The personal computer industry is under severe pressure. New, preliminary data from research and analyst firm Gartner shows that 79,2m PCs were shipped in the first quarter of 2013, an 11,2% decline over the same quarter in 2012. This is the first time the number had fallen below 80m since the second quarter
MTN is one of 15 operators still in the running for a potentially lucrative mobile telecommunications licence in Myanmar, various news wires reported on Thursday. The shortlist has been whittled down from 90 companies that had expressed an interest in mobile licences that will soon be up for grabs
Government delays in improving broadband Internet access are having a negative impact on the country’s economy, according to rankings by the World Economic Forum (WEF) published in a report on Thursday. In 2013, South Africa occupied 70th
The Democratic Alliance on Wednesday asked the South African Police Service to investigate communications minister Dina Pule, her alleged boyfriend Phosane Mngqibisa, SABC chief financial officer Gugu Duda and SABC CEO Lulama Makhobo over allegations of corruption. “The
