Despite the strength of its brand, Apple occasionally releases a product to mediocre reviews — remember the original Apple TV or Apple Watch? But reviewers have rarely been as grumpy as this month, when Apple unveiled its
A team of experts from international law firm Baker McKenzie is still busy with its investigation into a “kickbacks” scandal at the South African subsidiary of German software giant SAP, the company
Companies controlled by the Guptas lost a court bid to prevent Bank of Baroda from shutting their accounts, which would leave the politically connected family without banking services in South Africa from the end of this month
MultiChoice plans to launch its streaming video platform, DStv Now, will for subscribers across all of its bouquets by the end of the year, including Family, Access and EasyView. DStv Now is already available for subscribers to DStv
It was a long wait, but Thursday morning finally looked like the time to congratulate HTC on a smart move. Except I can’t. HTC messed up. Taiwan’s iconic smartphone maker is selling 2 000 of its best and brightest engineers to
Google agreed to buy part of HTC’s engineering and design teams for US$1.1bn, taking on a cadre of veterans that worked on the Pixel phone and could bolster its nascent hardware business. Google is taking on
The Reserve Bank unexpectedly kept its benchmark lending rate unchanged because it’s concerned about higher inflation expectations. The rand rallied. The central bank’s monetary policy committee
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
South African start-up Project Ubu, which is working to combine the idea of a universal basic income (separate from government-led initiatives) with a blockchain-housed cryptocurrency, has announced plans to
The Chinese government’s decision to order several bitcoin and other cryptocurrency exchanges to close shows how much of a threat they are perceived to be to financial stability and social order in China. The