Women’s groups, tech watchdogs and progressive activists are calling on Google and Apple to remove the apps.
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Fewer learners studying mathematics at school level threatens South Africa’s economic competitiveness.
Shoprite is adding buy now, pay later options across its retail brands, including for grocery purchases.
Investment is pouring into renewable energy, but grid expansion will determine whether momentum can be sustained.
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Despite a good performance in its ICT segment, Reunert experienced challenging trading conditions in the first half of its 2020 financial year, with its Electrical Engineering segment adversely impacted.
MultiChoice Group has signed agreements with Netflix and Amazon.com to offer the companies’ streaming services through its next-generation Explora personal video recorder decoder.
MultiChoice Group has reported a 14% improvement in trading profit to R8-billion for the year ended 31 March 2020, despite a tough economic environment and the growing threat of Netflix.
South African business confidence has plunged due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, with companies even more pessimistic now than at the height of disinvestment during apartheid.
Ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies has rolled out Uber Cash in South Africa to encourage contactless payments amid the Covid-19 crisis.
The move will have multiple negative ramifications for Intel’s chip business. The most obvious is the direct impact of losing revenue as the sole processor supplier for Apple’s PC line.
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Google is close to acquiring assets from Taiwan’s HTC, according to a person familiar with the situation, in a bid to bolster the Internet giant’s nascent hardware business. By owning a manufacturer outright, Google could gain tighter
Bitcoin will probably see another splintering off in November as miners and developers debate how best to scale the cryptocurrency’s rapidly growing marketplace, says investor Roger Ver, CEO of Bitcoin.com. In
The bitcoin rally is proving hard to stop. The cryptocurrency has breached $4 000, soaring more than 20% from the lows reached Friday, as concern eases that a crackdown by Chinese regulators will hinder the growth of the alternative
American retailer Toys “R” Us has filed for bankruptcy as the retailer, loaded with debt in a buyout more than a decade ago, failed to keep consumers from abandoning its stores for the lower prices and convenience of online shopping
