Tencent Holdings’ messaging services were by far the most popular Chinese mobile apps in 2016, leading steady growth in the world’s largest Internet and smartphone market, the government’s online industry overseers said on Sunday. WeChat remained the most
The military’s most prolific leaker of digital documents has ushered in an age of even more increased surveillance over government workers. The legacy of Chelsea Manning’s actions is under discussion in the
In this week’s episode of TalkCentral, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg take a look at Netflix’s strong financial results – and they ask: has it taken the lead in South Africa from ShowMax? Also, this week, is WeChat
The Gupta family, through its business Oakbay Investments, has blasted finance minister Pravin Gordhan for his court application seeking a declaratory order that he cannot intervene in a decision by South Africa’s big
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile phone operator, is considering mergers or stake sales at some of its Africa operations as it looks to cut debt and make its biggest overseas acquisition profitable. The moves would pare the size of operations
MTN Group may put off plans to list its Nigerian operation until 2018 as Africa’s largest wireless carrier works to resolve a regulatory dispute and awaits an economic recovery in the continent’s most populous country. “It’s a work in
The ANC could alter its rules for choosing leaders, Business Day reported, citing deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. Any changes agreed at the ANC’s policy conference in June would need to be ratified by the party’s national
The push to bring self-driving cars to US roads got a significant boost on Thursday when the nation’s chief car safety regulator essentially cleared Tesla Motors’ Autopilot system of fault in a fatal 2016 crash. The US National Highway Traffic
The future of television just got a little clearer. An hour after America’s Comcast said its Esquire cable network will shut down, a sign of flagging interest in traditional pay TV, Netflix reported its biggest quarter ever, beating
Mobile network operators need to adopt content-intensive strategies because “over-the-top” services will continue to impact their average revenue per user negatively. Cell C has responded to these threats by hosting mobile
