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    Young Instagram users give up privacy in search of metrics

    By Agency Staff27 July 2019

    Millions of young people are turning their personal Instagram accounts into “business” profiles to learn more about how their posts are performing. The trend has an unintended privacy consequence.

    SA’s state-owned companies: a complex history that’s seldom told

    By The Conversation27 July 2019

    The problems of South Africa’s state-owned enterprises are in the headlines every day. Yet many have existed for over 80 years.

    Trump vows to retaliate against French digital tax

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    US President Donald Trump has promised to retaliate against France for adopting a pioneering tax on Internet giants such as Google, Amazon and Facebook.

    Minister publishes spectrum policy direction: all the details

    By Duncan McLeod26 July 2019

    Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has asked Icasa to ensure that preferential access to spectrum is given to a new wholesale open-access network while opening the way for spectrum to be released to commercial operators.

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    Communications regulator Icasa has issued an invitation to apply for a tender to help it value high-demand spectrum bands ahead of a planned assignment of the valuable radio frequencies.

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    Apple is to acquire chip maker Intel’s smartphone modem division for $1-billion to bolster its attempt to build its own line of 5G chips and lessen its dependence on Qualcomm.

    Telkom CEO takes a R4-million cut in full-year remuneration

    By Duncan McLeod26 July 2019

    Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko earned total remuneration of R23.2-million in the 2019 financial year, down from R27.2-million in 2018, mainly as a result of fewer shares that vested to him in the period.

    Twitter is attracting millions of new users

    By Agency Staff26 July 2019

    Twitter reported sales that beat Wall Street expectations as the social media company attracted millions of new users with better ways of sorting users’ feeds and more relevant notifications.

    AA calls on government to suspend Gauteng e-tolls project

    By Roy Cokayne26 July 2019

    The only fair and sensible approach is to immediately suspend e-tolling in Gauteng and reimburse consumers who have paid e-tolls since 2013, says the Automobile Association.

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