Here they are, TechCentral’s South African Newsmakers of 2013. These are the individuals, in ascending order from five to one, who we believe were the most newsworthy in the technology and telecommunications space this year, for good reasons and bad
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Five years after media giant Naspers put MWeb up for auction unsuccessfully, corporate action involving the Internet service provider may again be looming. According to a well-placed industry source, Dimension Data and Naspers have been engaged in talks about merging MWeb and Dimension Data
The iPad Air is Apple’s fifth-generation tablet, released three-and-a-half years after the original groundbreaking device. At the announcement of the iPad Air in October, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company sold more than 170m iPads to date, so there’s no denying it’s the preferred tablet choice for many
Motorists might be able to claim e-tolls refunds because a Government Gazette notice about the charges indicates conflicting amounts, Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) said on Wednesday. The differences were in the English and Afrikaans versions of the e-toll tariff notices published in the
Former South African president Nelson Mandela, who passed away earlier this month, is the top trending South African search term on Google in 2013, the search engine giant announced on Tuesday as part of its annual Zeitgeist rankings. The court appearance of sportsman Oscar Pistorius and
BlackBerry’s newest flagship smartphone, the Z30, is the successor to its very first BlackBerry 10-powered handset introduced earlier this year, the Z10. The most notable difference between the two is the Z30’s much larger 5-inch screen, up from the Z10’s 4,2 inches. Like the Z10, it’s devoid of front
All indications are that Telkom is and will remain implacably opposed to the regulations introducing local-loop unbundling. This is deeply unfortunate – a drawn out legal process will not solve any of Telkom’s longer term problems. If past legal processes of this nature provide any guide, then by the time
MTN Group has signed a deal with technology incubation business Rocket Internet and fellow emerging markets-focused mobile operator Millicom International Cellular to develop e-commerce businesses in Africa through a business called Africa Internet Holding. The partnership is
Start-up 250gram, based in Cape Town, which lets Instagram users print images from their picture feed in a Polaroid-type format, has been launched, hoping to tap into the growing interest in the social image-sharing service. The company requires a minimum of 15 Instagram prints to be
The scene is set for a bruising showdown between Telkom and its regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa), over local-loop unbundling. This is after the authority this week said it would disregard the fixed-line operator’s arguments about how much money it’s losing for each