Just 16 months after demonetisation forever changed the way Indians pay for things, WhatsApp is set to disrupt the market yet again. With more than 200m Indians already using its messaging, WhatsApp is piloting a
What is it with Silicon Valley and flying cars? Perhaps it’s a result of having an economy largely based on Popular Mechanics nerds-turned-billionaires. Perhaps it’s to do with the fact that tech hubs San Francisco
Stephen Hawking, the British physicist and black-hole theorist who brought science to a mass audience with the best-selling book A Brief History of Time, has died. He was 76 Hawking died peacefully at his home in
US President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday blocking Broadcom from pursuing its hostile takeover of Qualcomm, scuttling a US$117bn deal that had been scrutinised by a secretive panel over the
Last week, HTC published its February sales numbers and, when combined with January data, revenue dropped 36% from a year earlier. That decline is offset by the fact that the Taiwanese smartphone maker just
Vodacom has found that deploying mobile broadband in deep rural areas can be financially rewarding. The operator said on Tuesday that it has built seven new 3G sites in the deep rural areas of Umhlabuyalingana
Spotify, the world’s biggest streaming music company, made its debut in South Africa on Tuesday. It’s the first entry into Africa for the streaming giant, with the service costing R59.99/month for a single-user
Government’s long-awaited signing of agreements with 27 renewable energy independent power producer projects on Tuesday was blocked by an interdict that the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
Apple said it is acquiring Texture, a digital magazine service that lets users subscribe to more than 200 magazines for US$9.99/month. Texture, offered via the app stores of Apple, Google and Amazon.com, bolsters
The world’s largest music streaming service has gone live in South Africa, a day before the company is due to hold a press conference to announce its local launch. The website went live on Monday afternoon, offering a