Fresh after delivering news that it would report a near-US$1bn quarterly loss and retrench 40% of its workforce, Canada’s BlackBerry has now turned to letter writing in an effort to convince the world that the company, which has placed itself up for sale, will not only survive but perhaps even thrive in the years
The latest version of Microsoft’s flagship operating system is almost here. Windows 8.1 is a free update to Windows 8 that brings back the familiar Start button, which was dropped controversially with with version 8. More importantly, the upgrade promises a slicker and more integrated user interface that fixes
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is giving telecommunications operators more time to comment on draft call termination rate regulations, announced 10 days ago, that sent the share prices of MTN and Vodacom plunging and Telkom surging
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Roads agency Sanral and the department of justice were discussing the possibility of establishing special courts where e-toll non-payers could be prosecuted, it was reported on Monday. Justice department spokesman Mthunzi Mhaga reportedly said Sanral had asked for such a
Offsite document storage specialist Metrofile has suffered a blaze at one of its records management facilities in KwaZulu-Natal, it told shareholders on Monday. Client data has been “affected” by the fire, which broke out on Friday evening and which was only contained by the following day. No injuries
High-flying IT services company EOH has acquired 100% of financial services software specialist Sybrin, which employs 150 people, for an amount neither party is disclosing. EOH, which is listed on the JSE with a market capitalisation of R8bn
This may go down as the week that changed everything in South Africa’s telecommunications industry, the one that signalled the start of the end of the duopoly grip held by Vodacom and MTN. It started nine days ago when sector regulator, the Independent Communications
You don’t get a more hardened hack than Jimi Matthews, who as cameraman and journalist for international media organisations during South Africa’s violent transition saw more bodies than is probably good for anyone. So what does the respected Matthews, who is now acting group executive
Guy Taylor returns to the ZA Tech Show Studio this week and joins Brett Haggard and Liron Segev for a meandering discussion on the rAge expo, the closure of Silk Road, the launch of SnappCap in Johannesburg, Google Now for enterprises, BlackBerry’s cloud-based device management
