Oh, Snap! Not all well at the maker of Snapchat

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Snap still isn’t meeting much-lowered projections for growth. Now the company is taking drastic measures to shape its future. While ad prices fell as part of a transition in the company’s sales system, the larger

Twitter doubles tweet limit for all users

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Bye Twitter brevity. Twitter said on Tuesday that users can send tweets with as many as 280 characters, double the current limit, the latest attempt by the social media company to revive user growth. The roll-out

Vodacom to begin 5G trials with Nokia

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Vodacom and networking equipment supplier Nokia will trial 5G technology in South Africa, the two companies said on Tuesday. Working with Vodacom in a series of workshops and trials, Nokia test how 5G

Africa-Brazil cable Sacs nearing completion

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As news emerged this week on a new submarine cable system that will connect South Africa and Brazil, another major project – the South Atlantic Cable System (Sacs) – is nearing completion. The Sacs cable, a project

Why Apple should buy Netflix

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I try not to give billionaires or corporate managers unsolicited advice on what they should do with their money. Warren Buffett and Apple both have done rather well for themselves and their investors without

Orange establishes SA points of presence

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French telecommunications giant Orange has launched two new points of presence in South Africa, one in Johannesburg and the other in Cape Town. The large-capacity Internet exchange points are operational

High-paid government workers a big problem for SA

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South Africa faces a stark choice: risk strikes by as many as 1.3m government workers or meet their pay demands and jeopardise its credit rating. After years of above-inflation increases, public sector unions now want nothing less than