Despite cost pressures, South Africa’s cloud market is on track to exceed R100-billion by 2029, according to BMIT.
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The decision by Leon Schreiber to hike fees for accessing home affairs’ online verification system will be reviewed in court.
Amid stiff competition, DStv is cutting hardware costs and letting households split subscription payments.
South African shoppers can now search Amazon using images, screenshots or barcodes with Amazon Lens.
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Flightradar24.com, the popular flight-tracking website, is experiencing “sustained attacks” on its system and remains unavailable for users as engineers try to fix the issue.
Dimension Data and its parent, Japan’s NTT, on Monday announced plans to build new data centre facilities in Johannesburg offering 12MW of IT load.
Alviva Holdings, the JSE-listed parent of technology companies such as Axiz, Pinnacle and Datacentrix, has reported a 50% decline in full-year headline earnings per share but will pay a dividend of 15c/share.
South Africa is forecast to set an unwelcome world record this week when the statistics agency is predicted to report unemployment rose to a record 34.8% in the second quarter.
As Icasa prepares to release the long-awaited invitation to apply this week for five broadband spectrum bands, a new research report has cautioned the authority to set realistic prices.
Google plans to push harder for developers to give the company a cut of in-app purchases through its Play app store, according to people with knowledge of the move.
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Google could owe Oracle billions of dollars after an appeals court said it didn’t have the right to use the Oracle-owned Java programming code in its Android operating system on mobile devices. Google’s use of Java
Huawei Technologies has introduced its challenger to Apple’s iPhone X and Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S9, amid the company’s fallout with US retailers, wireless carriers and government officials. The 5.8-inch P20 smartphone
Facebook is heading toward its worst month since May 2013 after an analyst report warned of a temporary pullback in advertising and the US Federal Trade Commission confirmed it’s investigating the social
Facebook has denied that the company secretly logs the calls and messages of individuals using Android mobile devices, following media reports and user complaints. In a blog post, the company said that logging
MTN says it will have to start investigating options to improve cash returns meaningfully to shareholders as the emerging market telecommunications sector matures.
That’s the shock assessment of the cellular group’s outgoing president and CEO Phuthuma Nhleko. Nhleko will address the company’s annual general meeting on Thursday afternoon, giving shareholders a peek at what they can expect to see at its interim results presentation next month.
The proposed acquisition by Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) of Dimension Data will give the SA-headquartered IT group’s Internet Solutions (IS) division access to one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies. IS MD Derek Wilcocks, reacting to the news of the proposed R24,4bn all-cash deal, says it’s “incredibly positive” for IS as it will make the Didata unit part of one of the “strongest global networks, with data centres around the world”.
