Dear Telkom, this was very nearly a public break-up between us. It wasn’t me, you see; it was you. It took 12 working days and immense perseverance from me to get you to fix my dead phone line and practically useless
South Africa’s long-delayed project to migrate from analogue to digital terrestrial television has “failed”. That’s the view of Democratic Alliance MP and shadow minister of telecommunications & postal services Marian Shinn, who said on Tuesday that
Social media app Tinder lets you find interesting people around you to meet, with users often accessing it for dating. A new South African start-up, called Carter, hopes to apply a similar technique to buying a
The fact that Qualcomm’s business model has survived two decades is as much a marvel of modern lawyering as one of modern technology. That Qualcomm is the leading player in global mobile development is beyond doubt. What
South African- and New York-listed technology group Net1 UEPS Technologies has acquired a 30% stake in Bank Frick & Co, a family-run bank based in Liechtenstein in Central Europe. Following completion of the transaction – which is still
La La Land, Lions Gate Entertainment’s film about star-crossed lovers trying to make it in the entertainment industry, was nominated for 14 Academy Awards, including best picture, tying for the most ever. Amazon.com’s Manchester By The Sea
It’s not easy for computer science students at most universities in Africa to practise and develop their programming skills. They can program, but access to desktop or laptop computers might be a problem. I experienced this first-hand
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The South African Reserve Bank kept borrowing costs unchanged for a fifth straight meeting even as inflation forecasts worsened. The Monetary Policy Committee unanimously decided to leave the benchmark repurchase rate at
In this special TechCentral podcast, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod sits down with the experts on digital radio in South Africa to talk about the country’s digital audio broadcasting and Digital Radio Mondiale trials. What’s been