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Google lost its status as the darling of the Internet earlier this week following an uproar over changes to its search results. Now the search engine and online advertising giant faces a fresh PR disaster after Kenyan mobile start-up Mocality, on Friday, accused
Airborne launched in late December 2011, and is an online music service that gives SA (and international) music audiences a chance to support their favourite artists directly, by “subscribing” to their playlist for a dollar a month, and by encouraging fans to
Howzit MSN, one of the largest websites in SA, thanks in part to its status as the default landing page for users of Microsoft’s Windows Internet Explorer browser, has launched a new, dedicated channel for consumers in English markets in Africa. The
Tower management company Eaton Towers has secured a US$30m debt facility from Standard Bank, via Stanbic Bank Ghana and Standard Bank in SA, to expand its portfolio of telecommunications towers in Ghana. Eaton Towers is one of several companies
Telkom’s consumer mobile operator, 8ta, said on Wednesday it is offering a once-off data bundle consisting of 60GB of data for anytime use and 60GB for use between 12am and 5am. The bundle costs R1 800 and is valid for 12 months. The announcement follows
Both LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics used the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) event in Las Vegas this week to introduce 55-inch OLED (organic light-emitting diode) television sets. But the technology is far from new. Research into causing organic
Internet service provider (ISP) MWeb said on Tuesday that its group CEO, Rudi Jansen, is stepping down at the end of February after 15 years at the Naspers-owned subsidiary. Jansen has held the position of CEO since 2005. DStv Mobile CEO
The role and importance of social media in world politics are growing and will continue to do so, says Alec Ross, senior advisor on innovation and technology at the US department of state in the office of secretary of state Hilary Clinton. Ross was
Altron subsidiary Bytes Technology Group is acquiring Unisys Africa, which is owned by Unisys of the US and local black empowerment company CyberKnowledge Systems Investments. The deal remains subject to competition authority approval in SA, Botswana and Namibia
With rumours swirling that Apple is on the verge of introducing its first flat-panel television product, possibly within weeks, Samsung Electronics used the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Tuesday to up the ante in the rapidly escalating war for the
