Apple’s new iPhones, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, will go on sale in South Africa on 24 October, the company said on Monday. The Californian technology giant announced that the two new phones would be launched in 36 additional countries in the coming weeks. They include nations in Europe, Asia, the Middle
The South African game development community is still in its infancy, but there is plenty to be excited about as locally developed games gain traction in international markets. This past weekend saw another chapter in one of South Africa’s largest gaming and entertainment expos, Rage
There used to be a time when expensive closed-circuit television (CCTV) infrastructure was needed to set up a home surveillance system. In recent years however, the IP camera has taken much of CCTV’s market share. Now anyone with
According to Edward Snowden, people who care about their privacy should stay away from popular consumer Internet services like Dropbox, Facebook and Google. Snowden conducted a remote interview as part of the
Two of South Africa’s biggest online retailers, Takealot.com and Kalahari.com, surprised just about everyone this week when they announced plans to merge their operations. The proposed deal is surprising because, until now
Asus is a brand that has a strong following in the gaming community with its motherboard, peripherals and graphics card ranges. In recent years, the company has expanded its portfolio to include consumer devices, including notebooks, tablets and more recently, smartphones
In this week’s episode of TalkCentral, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about the merger of Takealot.com and Kalahari.com and what it means for South Africa’s e-commerce market. Also in this week’s podcast
Telkom’s share price reacted positively on Friday after the telecommunications operator told shareholders that it expects both its basic and headline earnings per share for the six months ended 30 September 2014 to be at least 20% lower than a year ago. “The expected decrease in
Mail is piling up at the Witspos post office south of Johannesburg. The mail floor, a giant warehouse the size of about three rugby fields, is almost deserted. Piles of parcels and boxes and sacks of letters are stacked on the floor. A few postal employees sort through the mail in
Synaq’s nondescript offices near the Sandton CBD feel laid back and comfortable. A large blackboard near the entrance has scribbles all over it. These offices check all the boxes of a start-up, but this business is far too big, and a few years too old, to fall into the start-up category. It all started a few years
