Apple’s iPad mini with Retina display is the second-generation in the line-up of smaller iPads. The main difference over the first iPad mini is the new high-resolution “Retina” display, which really should have been the screen used when the original device was unveiled in October 2012. Apple has become somewhat predictable with its
Tata Communications’ plan to sell its stake in its South African subsidiary Neotel to Vodacom is being held up as communications regulator Icasa mulls whether or not to allow the transfer of radio frequency spectrum to the mobile operator. That’s according a report in The Economic Times on Monday. The Indian newspaper, quoting
Cape Town is home to another start-up incubator, this one called Springlab, which wants to help nurture entrepreneurs across the sub-Saharan Africa region. The company’s two founders, Sheraan Amod and Eugen Peterson, bring a wealth of experience from the US and Germany respectively. “We bring two major
Long-term MultiChoice and Naspers executive Eben Greyling is stepping down to “take a break” and to “pursue new interests”. Greyling had been with Naspers for more than 18 years in various roles. He leaves with immediate effect, with Jim Volkwyn, the previous head of the group’s pay-television segment, taking the reins from
The high court in Johannesburg on Monday found that communications regulator Icasa’s 2014 call termination regulations were “invalid and unlawful” but said the cuts to termination rates will take effect as planned on 1 April for a period of six months. Judge Haseena Mayat granted a final order in favour of MTN and Vodacom, but used her
Communications regulator Icasa’s 2014 call termination rates are “invalid and unlawful” but the cuts to the rates will take effect as planned on 1 April for a period of six months, high court judge Haseena Mayat ruled on Monday. Mayat said she was exercising her
Kagiso New Media and radio station Jacaranda FM, both of which are subsidiaries of Kagiso Media, have announced plans to run a proof-of-concept pilot starting this week that will investigate the feasibility of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to provide
The State IT Agency (Sita), the government body meant to co-ordinate government’s IT spending, is “dysfunctional”. This is hurting both government departments and the companies that supply technology services to government. This is the view of Gijima
The story of Oculus VR is the kind of garage-to-greatness story that geeks usually love. A passionate, self-taught tinkerer barely out of his teens revives a dead technology and two years later, Facebook buys his company for US$2bn. So, why are many of the company’s earliest backers so angry? Oculus VR makes virtual reality headsets
Nearly R1,5bn — that is what was wiped off the market capitalisation of technology group Pinnacle Holdings in just two trading sessions this week after news emerged that one of its directors and biggest shareholders, Takalani Tshivhase, had been arrested on
