Google may be about to pair all that data it has on users’ Web browsing with the ads displayed on public billboards. Creepy? Maybe. Inevitable? Almost certainly.
Brace for hikes in the cost of gadgets and other technology items. The rand has weakened beyond R14/US$ for the first time since a credit downgrade in November.
Samsung Electronics has unveiled the Galaxy Note9, banking on the larger-screen device to rejuvenate sales of a struggling flagship line and fend off Apple’s upcoming iPhones over the holidays.
Two days after Elon Musk vowed on Twitter that he had “funding secured” for a spectacular $82-billion deal to take Tesla private, he has offered no evidence to back up the statement
Apple and Samsung’s domination of the smartphone world is being challenged like never before, with Chinese companies muscling in with cheaper and just as innovative devices.
MTN Group remains on track to report a total 2018 dividend of R5/share, despite “continued challenges in repatriating funds from MTN Irancell”, it said in notes alongside interim results for the six months to 30 June.
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has used his first visit to South Africa to encourage governments in Africa to support small businesses to address the crippling challenge of unemployment.
MTN Group CEO Rob Shuter has moved to downplay the short-term impact and potential of 5G wireless technology, particularly in the markets in which it operates, saying it’s a “technology searching for an application”.
MTN Group has warned that renewed US-led economic sanctions against Iran had once again tied up funds in its second biggest market, scuppering plans to turn the country into a cash cow after years of troubles.
Naspers’s Video Entertainment unit, which has oversight of DStv parent MultiChoice, has created a new Connected Video unit and appointed a CEO to lead it.