Fast-growing international deal-of-the-day website Groupon has acquired SA e-commerce provider Twangoo. The value of the transaction has not been disclosed

The backers of a new social networking site, Mobilitate, hope to help stem the tide of poor service delivery in SA municipalities, help communities keep track of crime and keep abreast of developments in their neighbourhoods

SA is to get a Wikipedia chapter. Among other things, the chapter, the first in Africa, will encourage translation of the free online encyclopaedia into local languages. A group of local volunteers has begun working on making Wikipedia

Telkom looks set for a big management shake-up in the next few months as government moves to appoint a permanent CEO and a chairman to lead the telecommunications group. The two crucial roles are likely to be filled

While other mainstream media have undergone radical change due to the Internet, television has remained relatively immune to its influences — until now

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) is taking a bold gamble in its efforts to unbundle the local loop, the last mile of Telkom’s copper cables that connect consumers

Millions of mobile phone subscribers in Africa saw the icon on their phone screens change from Kuwaiti company Zain to Indian company Airtel last fall. The change means little to the average customer, but for the continent, it’s another sign that India is moving in

At its last meeting of 2010, on 15 December, cabinet decided SA would adopt the second generation of the European standard for digital terrestrial television. This should have ended many months of often-rancorous debate. Except there’s a problem

This year promises to be another packed full of monster hits for the videogaming industry, with a host of massive titles expected to hit the shelves over the next 12 months

There’s finally some movement in the long-awaited auction of radio frequency spectrum in the 2,6GHz and 3,5GHz bands, with the appointment of a specialist auctioneer imminent. The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has