Parliament learnt last Wednesday that a certain “device” would be used as part of security measures for the state-of-the-nation address, national assembly speaker Baleka Mbete has conceded, but said the plan was never to block journalists’ cellphone reception
In order to neutralise my initial preconceptions about the low-priced Nokia Lumia 735, I gave it five full days to convince me of its qualities. In that time, I used it for typical home and office tasks like browsing, communicating, installing apps and taking pictures
Mobile operator MTN has made its first play into the consumer cloud computing market – and taken aim at over-the-top rivals like Google and Dropbox – with a cloud service that provides its users with unlimited storage capacity for a fixed monthly fee of R99
Major banks will soon be taking applications for new smart card IDs, home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba said on Tuesday. “There are several new innovations that are going to be introduced by the department to assist South Africans for smart ID cards and passports
Did you recently buy a Samsung smart TV? If you are worried about privacy, you may be wondering how smart that decision was following the manufacturer’s warnings that its voice-activated televisions may record personal information – that is, your
It will take 20 to 30 months before power utility Eskom has caught up with maintenance and is back on the right track, energy department director-general Wolsey Barnard said on Tuesday. “It’s going to take time, it’s going to take in the vicinity
Gauteng moving towards renewable energy to take pressure off the struggling national energy grid, the province’s infrastructure development MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza said on Tuesday. “Solar energy and energy for landfill gas are the most
A new arrival into an extremely competitive market, the first Ubuntu-powered phone has finally gone on sale in Europe — two years after a failed attempt to generate crowdfunding nevertheless raised US$12m. A sleek, polished rectangle, it appears much like other
An urgent application to prohibit the use of mobile network blocking devices in parliament got underway in the high court in Cape Town on Tuesday afternoon. Primedia Broadcasting, Media24, the South African National Editors Forum, the Right to Know campaign
Telkom has announced plans to restructure its business, outsourcing noncore operations, rationalising its IT systems and closing retail stores, among other cost-saving moves. The company
