Pitched as an “SA-inspired” tablet, the first generation of Wise Touch Tablets are meant as a budget alternative to high-end tablets. The tablets offer preinstalled localised content and are intended for educational applications. The biggest selling point of the Wise tablet is its price. At R2 100 for the Wi-Fi-only

Telkom has expressed “great concern” about copper theft after customers in parts of Randburg, Johannesburg were without service again this week, for the second time this month, after thieves made off with cables. More than 1 600 business and residential customers have been affected in the Randburg suburbs

Concern for consumers will inform Eskom’s upcoming electricity tariff increase application, President Jacob Zuma suggested on Wednesday. Delivering the presidency budget speech, Zuma pointed out that Eskom reduced its tariff hike for this year from 25,9% to 16% thanks to government’s decision to

The Flame malware that infected computers across the Middle East and North Africa is a “cyber weapon”, probably developed by a nation state for the purpose of espionage. This is the view of Vitaly Kamluk, chief malware expert at Russia’s Kaspersky Lab, the antivirus company that played an instrumental

Internet penetration in SA, the continent’s economic powerhouse, is low compared to other leading economies in Africa due to high broadband cost and a lack of infrastructure, a study said Tuesday. According to the study, commissioned by Google SA, the country had 8,5m Internet users

A date has been set for the court showdown between JSE-listed Reunert and John Holdsworth and his new company, mobile virtual network operator AppChat. However, the matter will only be heard in early August, more than two months after the parties had expected they would square off in front of a

Amid rumours that Facebook is considering building its own smartphone and is looking to acquire facial recognition service face.com comes another and arguably more sensible bit of speculation. Facebook is said to be looking to acquire Opera Software in

Discovery Health has launched an iPad application called HealthID that it claims will ease the burden of paperwork and administration on SA doctors, making it easier for the medical aid administrator to process claims in real time while maintaining patient confidentiality. Discovery Health SA CEO Jonathan

SA’s Internet economy contributes 2% to SA’s gross domestic product and this figure is rising by about 0,1 percentage points each year, meaning it may reach 2,5% by 2016. The total value of SA’s Internet economy in 2011 was R59bn. This is according to a report titled “Internet Matters

MTN has acquired nearly R1,4bn in its own shares in the past three months in a move it says is meant to improve returns to its shareholders. Between 8 March and 28 May 2012, the telecommunications group says it has bought back shares to the value of R1,36bn. The total value of shares bought back