In 2014, as part of its traditional April Fool’s pranks, Google released a video in which Google Maps vice-president Brian McClendon announced a job opening for a Pokémon Master. The video showed candidates travelling around the world, from
Messaging app WeChat is heavily focused on the take-up of its wallet technology in South Africa this year, says the app’s head of Africa, Brett Loubser. WeChat, which is owned by Chinese Internet giant Tencent, rivals competitors such
“Don’t go to Paris. Don’t tour Paris. And please don’t do Paris.” The advice, offered by home-sharing app Airbnb in a series of television commercials that have been airing in seven countries, promotes a vision of
Public protector Thuli Madonsela has confirmed that she is following up on a report she compiled two years ago on governance failures at the public broadcaster. This following a number of high-profile changes implemented at the broadcaster recently
Government’s failed R8,5bn broadcast digital migration process must be stopped in its tracks and reappraised to determine a new path to free up analogue signals to deliver ubiquitous wireless broadband to the nation and foster sustainable competition in radio
South Africa’s rand is overvalued and has little chance of strengthening in the next year due to the policies of President Jacob Zuma’s “populist” government, according to the currency’s best forecaster for the past four quarters. Instead it may
Nintendo, which hasn’t yet thrown itself fully into the world of mobile gaming, is giving people a good idea of what a smartphone hit looks like with the success of Pokémon Go. The company has added more than US$7bn in market value since last
Communications Minister Faith Muthambi will attend a meeting at Luthuli House on Monday where she is expected to be told to take action against the SABC board, ANC communications sub-committee member Jackson Mthembu told the Sunday Times. Muthambi is part of the committee
If you’ve ever tasted a really hot chilli, you’ll know just how potent the effects can be. The burning heat sensation on the lips, on the tongue – and if you are not careful, on other more sensitive areas, such as the eyes – can be severe and last for a painfully
Tannie Evita Bezuidenhout has poked fun at the ongoing censorship controversy at the SABC, congratulating the broadcaster’s Hlaudi Motsoeneng for keeping the news “nice and comfortable”. “No one quite knows what is going on; so what