Sentech’s acting chief operating officer, Dingane Dube, has left the state-owned broadcasting signal distributor to pursue “personal business interests”. Dube, a long-serving executive at the company, left its employ on 21 July, says spokesman Nthabeleng Mokotim

The department of science & technology has entered a partnership with Nokia to drive growth in SA’s technology sector. One of the cornerstones of the partnership is mLab, a mobile applications laboratory Nokia has established with support from the department, the

No one saw this coming. Google on Monday said it would buy Motorola Mobility for US$40/share, or $12,5bn, a premium of 63% to the share’s closing price on Friday. The transaction was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies. In a blog post

Andrew Mason is the young, fresh-faced founder of Groupon, the fastest growing start-up in history. Fresh-faced youngsters running tech start-ups are hardly a rare breed in Silicon Valley, but Mason is a native of Pittsburgh and Groupon is based in Chicago, both a far cry

Jabra is known best for its range of call centre headsets, but the company also offers a range of Bluetooth earpieces and headsets for the consumer market. TechCentral took a look at one of its consumer stereo headphone offerings, the Jabra Halo, and found that, like

The suspension and dismissal of executives at Broadband Infraco is what’s behind an anonymous letter sent to public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba and the Public Protector, says acting CEO Andrew Shaw. The allegations contained

Andy Serkis has been called a 21st century Boris Karloff for his ability to bring a CGI creature to life through his motion capture performances. It’s not the computer imagery that sold audiences on memorable creations like Gollum in the Lord of the Rings films or King Kong

Southern Mapping Geospatial (SMG) is a technology company with a difference. It’s using aerial surveying technology to help predict floods, track pollution, monitor urban sprawl, improve cellular networks, refine farming practices and help municipalities expedite service

Newly appointed Telkom group chief financial officer Jacques Schindehütte has promised to work with CEO Nombulelo Moholi to bring stability to the management team at the partially privatised telecommunications operator. The leadership

TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod caught up with Mark Shuttleworth, the man behind Ubuntu Linux, on Thursday and asked him about the future of Linux, patent battles in the software industry, his views on Apple and his future plans