A quarter of all miles driven in the US could be in shared, self-driving electric cars by the end of the next decade, setting off a seismic shift that will upend the car industry, according to a study on the rise of the autonomous age. A convergence of
Microsoft is adding a new marketplace – and a brand new currency – within the videogame Minecraft, opening up the opportunity for businesses to sell their original content and creations to tens of millions of the game’s players for the first
Vodafone Group CEO Vittorio Colao is optimistic that a breakthrough is near regarding government’s controversial ICT policy white paper, saying a “hybrid” model proposed by local mobile operators, including Vodafone
First fact-checking came to Facebook. Now it’s coming to Google. The world’s largest search engine is rolling out a new feature that places “Fact Check” tags on snippets of articles in its News results. The company had already run limited tests. On Friday, it extended the
Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are back for another episode of technology news and analysis. In this week’s show: how Samsung dealt with the Galaxy Note7 crisis. Also this week, Vodafone’s CEO, Vittorio Colao, is in town
TechCentral is ramping up its focus on podcasting, an exciting medium whose time has finally arrived in South Africa. Podcasting is an exciting new growth area for the website, and the downloads of both the TechCentral podcast
The US order prohibiting passengers from carrying laptop computers and other electronics into the cabins of some overseas flights is raising concerns about a risk unrelated to terror: the potential for those devices’ lithium-based batteries
Datatec’s share price was trading almost 10% higher on Friday afternoon after the company disclosed significant looming corporate action involving major subsidiary Westcon-Comstor. The Johannesburg- and London
South African debt got dealt a second blow in a week as Fitch Ratings joined S&P Global Ratings and cut the nation’s credit assessment to junk following President Jacob Zuma’s move to fire his well-respected finance minister. Fitch
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in South Africa to demand that President Jacob Zuma resign after he fired the finance minister and reshuffled the cabinet. Marchers chanting “Zuma must go” in Pretoria walked to
