The Guardian has drawn the ire of a large number of cryptography and security experts by publishing a story claiming that WhatsApp has a security backdoor that would allow it, or governments, to snoop
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Vodacom is considering the sale of a R15bn stake in what would be one of the country’s biggest ever deals aimed at boosting black participation in the economy, according to two people familiar with the matter. The mobile group
The national ICT policy white paper does not pass constitutional muster said Leon Louw, executive director of the Free Market Foundation. Louw, speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, slammed the white paper
Amazon.com’s strategy of sticking to Hollywood’s time-honoured traditions helped deliver a big payoff that has so far eluded its streaming rival Netflix – the first-ever best picture nomination for an online video service. Manchester by the Sea
Dear Telkom, this was very nearly a public break-up between us. It wasn’t me, you see; it was you. It took 12 working days and immense perseverance from me to get you to fix my dead phone line and practically useless
South Africa’s long-delayed project to migrate from analogue to digital terrestrial television has “failed”. That’s the view of Democratic Alliance MP and shadow minister of telecommunications & postal services Marian Shinn, who said on Tuesday that
Social media app Tinder lets you find interesting people around you to meet, with users often accessing it for dating. A new South African start-up, called Carter, hopes to apply a similar technique to buying a
The fact that Qualcomm’s business model has survived two decades is as much a marvel of modern lawyering as one of modern technology. That Qualcomm is the leading player in global mobile development is beyond doubt. What
South African- and New York-listed technology group Net1 UEPS Technologies has acquired a 30% stake in Bank Frick & Co, a family-run bank based in Liechtenstein in Central Europe. Following completion of the transaction – which is still
It’s not easy for computer science students at most universities in Africa to practise and develop their programming skills. They can program, but access to desktop or laptop computers might be a problem. I experienced this first-hand