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Calling it the “next chapter in smartphone photography”, Nokia on Thursday night launched the Lumia 1020 phone, complete with a 41-megapixel camera. “We’ve made the back the new front,” CEO Stephen Elop told the packed Zoom Reinvented launch event in New York, where the 1020’s impressive camera features
Telkom’s newly appointed group CEO, Sipho Maseko, has bought shares worth almost R1m in the JSE-listed telecommunications operator. Maseko bought 52 000 shares on Thursday, 11 July, worth R990 080. The purchase came on the same day that Telkom Mobile slashed prepaid voice tariffs to
Telkom Mobile has slashed prepaid call tariffs to 29c/minute on per-second billing for on-network calls and to 75c/minute to all other networks. The new prepaid tariff plan, called Sim-Sonke, is “expected to blow the competition out of the water by offering the lowest standard mobile call rates in the country”, Telkom says in a statement
A member of the public visiting the South African Agency for Science & Technology Advancement’s (Saasta’s) website for information about science in the country will find information that is outdated, and in some cases dating back to 2008. This is despite the fact that last year the agency received a parliamentary
First National Bank has given its online banking portal an overhaul. The new site is more minimalist and allows clients to use the full, online service on smartphones and tablet computers, in addition to laptops and desktops. The new website will be available to consumers on Sunday
Urgent measures will be introduced to turn around South Africa’s information and communication sector, newly appointed communications minister Yunus Carrim said on Wednesday. Speaking after being sworn in in Pretoria, he said the performance and management of state entities, particularly the
Absa has released its transactional banking application for BlackBerry devices, but only for those phones running the older BlackBerry 5, 6 and 7 operating systems. The bank already has apps for iPhone and Android and recently launched a version for BlackBerry’s new Z10 smartphone, which is powered
Eskom has assured South Africans they will not experience power cuts, similar to those in 2008, because of problems at the Medupi power plant, SABC news reported on Wednesday. “For the last five years, we have kept the lights on. South Africa has seen no load shedding,” Eskom CEO Brian Dames
Former communications minister Dina Pule faces two investigations into her conduct and allegations of nepotism and corruption and, despite having been relieved of her position on Tuesday by president Jacob Zuma, both investigations appear set to proceed
Zomato, a restaurant review service launched quietly in Johannesburg in April, is about to take its service live in Cape Town, too. Thereafter, the Indian company behind it plans to expand elsewhere in South Africa and in Africa more broadly. Zomato began life as Foodiebay.com. It was founded
