Telecommunications operator Neotel has lost its chief sales and marketing officer. Stefano Mattiello, who had been at Neotel for the past four years, joined networking company Cisco this week as its channel director in SA. Newly appointed Neotel CEO
Between 2009 and 2010, Africa’s total international Internet bandwidth climbed by 78%, reaching a combined 520Gbit/s by December last year, according to data published by Hamilton Research. The growth has come about as a result of the construction
A year ago, Apple’s market capitalisation blew past Microsoft’s. Now Apple has surpassed its decades-long rival in net profit for the first time in 20 years. The maker of the iPad and iPhone is in the ascendancy. But it’s too early
Google’s live streaming of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton marks the beginning of the end for traditional broadcast models. The search engine giant streamed Friday’s wedding live to millions of viewers across the world. It’s estimated that as
The iPad 2 went on sale in SA last Friday. TechCentral rounded up its 15 favourite apps for the device (they’ll all also run on the original model). Zinio: Magazine reader for the iPad. You can subscribe to some of your
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) is facing mounting criticism over its ability to compete in its primary markets against Apple and Google. RIM fuelled speculation about looming difficulties when it released a dire financial warning last week in which it said i
It’s thinner and lighter and has a front-facing camera for video calls. But is it worth shelling out the cash for Apple’s latest tablet computer, the iPad 2, which went on sale in SA last Friday? TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod spent
Kenneth Branagh seems like an unlikely director for a Marvel superhero movie, but he proves to be an inspired choice for the Asgardian theatrics of Thor. In his hands, the thunder god’s legendary hammer, Mjolnir, hits the nail
A short but busy week at TechCentral translates into packed edition of this week’s episode of the TalkCentral podcast. Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Candice Jones look at the royal wedding and YouTube’s involvement in it, the launch
In the early days of mobile technology, the short message service, better known as SMS, became a global phenomenon as consumers, against all predictions, took up the service with vigour. The first SMS