South African business confidence slumped to all-time low in April in a clear sign of the economic impact of of a nationwide lockdown seeking to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Microsoft will launch its family of Surface devices in South Africa “later this year”, the US technology giant said on Wednesday.
Teraco Data Environments has announced plans to build another major data centre facility, this time in Cape Town, as it predicts continued soaring demand for cloud computing infrastructure.
MTN South Africa said on Wednesday that it has re-opened all of its 410 stores nationwide, but trading hours will remain limited for now.
It’s been left for dead more than once. Yet bitcoin is once again staging a comeback reminiscent of the token’s glory days, with evangelists pegging their hopes on a technical event as the new catalyst.
Telkom will delay the publication of its annual results by almost a month as the group will be unable to finalise these by 25 May, as previously anticipated, as a result of the national lockdown.
Facebook’s Oculus division is building a new version of its Quest standalone virtual reality headset that is likely to be smaller, lighter and have a faster image refresh rate for more realistic content.
Icasa has granted the SABC exemption from local content quotas as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown. This frees the public broadcaster to increase the ratio of foreign content it broadcasts on television.
A day after launching commercial 5G services in South Africa, Vodacom has updated its coverage map showing where the ultra-fast, next-generation broadband technology is available.
Streaming music giant Spotify Technology has finally launched one of the most requested features to South African users – a discounted family plan allowing family members to get access for R99.99/month.