Twitter has topped estimates for earnings and revenue in the third quarter amid higher spending from advertisers, marking a much-needed boost for the social networking site.

Microsoft posted another quarter of brisk revenue growth driven by cloud services, underscoring the company’s success in shifting its business toward Internet-based computing. The stock rose in extended trading.

Strong results from Microsoft, Tesla and Xilinx are helping to salve wounds after technology stocks led the Nasdaq 100 Stock Index to its biggest rout in seven years.

Surely Sars would not lend itself to enabling a corporation that it is contracted with to avoid tax?

Bitcoin’s going through a serious quiet spell. The world’s largest digital currency is seeing fewer major price swings and low volatility, signs that the coin may be nearing a bottom.

Billions of rand in bailouts will flow to state-owned enterprises, including roads agency Sanral, the Post Office and South African Airways, national treasury said on Wednesday.

In this episode of the podcast, Duncan McLeod interviews Project Isizwe CEO Duduzile Mkhwanazi on the non-profit’s plans for rolling out free Wi-Fi in South Africa following the dissolution of the company’s agreement with the City of Tshwane.

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday touted the importance of privacy and legislation to protect it, as the iPhone maker seeks to distance itself from Silicon Valley competitors under scrutiny for recent user data breaches.

China’s regulators have ended the issuance of game licences through a stopgap approval process, closing the last known official path for making money from new titles in the world’s biggest gaming market.

Blue Label Telecoms chairman Larry Nestadt has acquired millions of rand worth of shares in the company in recent weeks as its stock price continued to plumb levels last seen a decade ago.