Ah, the good old days. Those lovely summer afternoons where one could scoff at George Lucas and the merchandising monstrosity he turned Star Wars into. I might as well be blunt about this: much as I like the Star Wars films and
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Perhaps the most surprising thing about Apple’s announcement of its assault on your living room was the matter-of-fact way it revealed it. Apple didn’t need to build a TV after all (although it surely tried, given the rumour-mill in recent years). Rather, Apple announced a fundamental
There are a number of prerequisites for the Internet (both service providers and end users) to be fully liberated in any African country. They involve the creation of Internet service provider associations, a proper licensing regime, local peering and international connectivity
Which five words does a CEO never want to hear? “Apple is entering our market.” Nokia and BlackBerry were both crushed to dust by the colossus from Cupertino, and big Hollywood studios
Open-access networks. Giving a little, to get a lot – in the long run. Various models are already used, at least in principle, in the recent South African home fibre roll-outs. Now how about open-access wireless networks? Why don’t we share more for the greater good (and better
According to technology consultancy BMI-TechKnowledge, the City of Tshwane now has the largest municipal public Wi-Fi network in Africa. What started as a fantasy of making Internet access a basic
The 24th of August 2015 marked an historic day in the history of Business Connexion as the company delisted from the JSE following the successful acquisition by Telkom and after trading for more than 11 years as an independent listed company. The journey for my 23-year-old
There’s a growing trend for consumers to choose video over other forms of content, watching across devices wherever and whenever it is convenient for them. The launch of ShowMax
Later this year, Apple will release the latest version of its mobile operating system – iOS 9 – and, among the promised upgrades and benefits, is one that terrifies Internet content publishers that rely on advertising revenue to stay afloat: content blocking extension support in the Safari
In 2008, the national treasury allocated an amount of R2,4bn for the purchase of set-top boxes for 5m indigent households as part of the digital migration project. This funding has, however, been rolled over each year because of the delay in rolling out the project. We have since learnt