New research published on Wednesday shows that more than a billion mobile phone users will have made use of their devices for banking by the end of 2017, compared to fewer than 600m this year. Although the forecast of a billion users by 2017 represents more than 15% of the global mobile subscriber
The new year in technology starts off with a bang with the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. As in 2012, a lot of focus at CES this year is on innovation in television as manufacturers push to enormous screens with much higher resolutions. There’s almost a sense of urgency
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance has filed its appeal against e-tolls in the Pretoria high court, the organisation said on Wednesday. Chairman Musa Strachan said the application for leave to appeal was filed in court on Tuesday. “Outa members firmly believe that the grounds and merits of this
4K resolution television, which displays on-screen images four times as detailed as current-generation high-definition sets, is set to be the big emerging trend in television technology in 2013 judging by announcements at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Sony, Samsung Electronics
A consumer’s choice of handset, and how they hold it, can have a huge impact on the quality of their calls and connections they experience. And, ironically, older phones tend to offer better network performance than newfangled smartphones. These are some of the findings from
If you haven’t spilt a cup of coffee, wine or water over at least one keyboard, laptop or tablet computer, you’re not a proper worker bee in the knowledge economy. At the very least, someone you know has. Logitech is hoping these mishaps will encourage people to consider the K310, the company’s
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) will appeal against a court ruling that thwarted its bid to have e-tolls in Gauteng scrapped, it said on Monday evening. “We will be appealing the e-toll judgment,” chairman Wayne Duvenage said. On 13 December, the high court in Pretoria dismissed
The failure by communications minister Dina Pule to make the ANC’s national executive committee last month shouldn’t be considered a bad omen for her future, political analysts have told TechCentral. Pule failed to secure sufficient votes at the ANC’s elective congress in Mangaung in the Free State in December
Uganda is to get a fourth-generation (4G) mobile network using long-term evolution (LTE) technology. MTN’s subsidiary in the East African country will deploy the network in the coming months. MTN claims it will be the first to offer 4G in East Africa, although it appears the company has overlooked Smile Telecoms
Telkom Internet, Telkom’s Internet service provider, said on Friday that from 1 February users on its capped broadband products will be still be able to access international websites and services when they reach their data cap where previously they would be limited to browsing local websites. However
