In this week’s episode of TechCentral’s podcast, TalkCentral, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson gather to talk about the ongoing skirmishes in SA’s broadband price war. We look at MTN’s latest move to slash
SA mobile operators, like other companies, are obliged to comply with the stipulations of the Consumer Protection Act, section 22 of which requires them to communicate with their customers in plain language, be it in corporate
Scandal-plagued UK tabloid News of the World published its last issue on Sunday following accusations the newspaper hacked into the voice mailboxes of more than 4 000 people. But how easy or difficult is it to do this type of hacking? And
Google has expanded StreetView, its street-level imaging software in Google Maps, and is now offering more images of areas in Limpopo, the Western Cape, the Northern Cape, Free State, North West and Mpumalanga. In a posting on
Old Mutual has signed a huge IT outsourcing deal with Dimension Data, which is being supported by partners Telkom and Nashua. The contract, worth R2,5bn over its five-year term, will result in Didata and partner Telkom managing
Former regional director for BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has been appointed as the new MD of Samsung Electronics in SA, the Korean company said on Monday. TechCentral revealed last month that Liebenberg
Pixar’s Cars was a big commercial success and made heaps of merchandising money, so it is not surprising that this is the only franchise that Pixar has revisited for a sequel besides Toy Story. The sequel, simply called Cars 2, is a slick production
I’ve been using Google+ for a few days now and, despite being a “limited field test”, it has a brilliant approach to privacy. If you are unfamiliar with Google+, it’s Google’s latest attempt to offer an alternative to Facebook. Google
When minister of science & technology Naledi Pandor returns from her international campaign for SA to host the €1,5bn Square Kilometre Array (SKA), she has a hard decision to make and she’ll need to make it fast. She must give
The speculation is flying that Apple will take the wraps off the iPhone 5 in September to coincide with the release of the latest version of its iOS operating system for mobile devices following a report in The Wall Street Journal this week