Newspaper publishing and printing group Caxton has agreed to buy the 32,7% of FoneWorx held by a trust controlled by the Kirsh family, ending a dispute between the trust and management of the JSE-listed fax-to-e-mail specialist. The Kirsh family trust – led by
The high cost of broadband Internet access, low Internet penetration and slow Internet connectivity is holding South Africa back, according to Stanlib chief economist Kevin Lings. In a research note released this week, Lings says several global studies have found compelling links
SunSpace, started by a group of University of Stellenbosch students, has had a difficult and uncertain three years, filled with unfulfilled government promises and contracts that failed to materialise. Space has been identified as one of the department of science & technology’s five grand challenges – the others are the
In January, in the flurry of resolution that accompanies the new year, Dino Maloko (not his real name), 40, decided to bite the bullet and pay off his credit card. He was over R40 000 in the red, and he wanted to start the year off right. So he made a large payment into his bank credit card account and got his card debt
Hundreds of cars are being repossessed by agents employed by banks who drive around in unmarked cars with number plate recognition cameras mounted on top, it was reported on Monday. According to The Star, banks and owners of the technology claimed they were acting within the law
It’s all-out geekery this week, as Brett Haggard and Ben Kelly Skype in Aki Anastasiou to discuss Google’s I/O conference in San Francisco, the Tumblr acquisition, the Flickr revamp, Microsoft’s new Xbox, Neotel rumours, the new Jolla smartphone, and much more
This week, regulars Brett Haggard and Steven Ambrose are joined by Tbreak.com’s Abbas Jaffar Ali in Orlando, Florida. The team discusses the goings-on at the BlackBerry Live conference, the launch of the BlackBerry Q5, Nokia’s new Lumia devices, and more
Dave Greenaway and Steven Ambrose join Brett Haggard on this week’s show for a deep dive into Windows 8.1, Windows 8 sales, Office 365, Adobe’s cloud ambitions, Intel’s Silvermont announcement, Ushahidi’s BRCK, and much more
Brett Haggard is joined in the studio by Adam Oxford and over Skype by Dave Greenway for a discussion about Google Now for iOS, the new-looking iOS 7, Kenya’s president promising free laptops, HTC in trouble with the One, impressions of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and
Just as the music industry was getting used to the idea of another shift in formats – from compact discs as the distribution mechanism to digital downloads over the Internet – another huge change in the way people listen to music looks set to shake the business to its foundations. A decade after Steve Jobs
