Online retailer Amazon.com is opening its Kindle e-book reader to third-party application developers. The announcement comes less than a week before Apple is expected to announce a tablet device that will compete with Amazon in the e-book market
Google’s decision to square up to the Chinese government over censorship is extraordinary. It will probably result in the company being forced to pull out of the communist-led country. But if it feels so strongly about it, why did it invest in the first place?
When Apple introduced the iPhone in January 2007, some commentators were quick to write obituaries for the BlackBerry. Three years…
[Best of the Web — 20 January 2010] Bill Gates joins Twitter: Within hours of joining Twitter, former Microsoft CEO…
WirelessG has provided more details of its soon-to-be-launched airline Wi-Fi service, including how much it will cost airline passengers to…
Communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda has dismissed claims by the Democratic Alliance that the proposed Public Service Broadcasting Bill will grant…
In 2007, when the ANC asked Ismail Vadi to become chairman of the important parliamentary portfolio committee on communications, he…
The second GeekRetreat was held last weekend in the picturesque surroundings of Stanford, in the Western Cape. This gathering of technology entrepreneurs, educators, journalists, and venture capitalists is unique in its format and composition
Fox News is claiming it has the inside scoop on what Apple CEO Steve Jobs will be announcing at a press conference scheduled for 27 January in San Francisco. Journalist Clayton Morris says a source at Apple has told him that the event will likely focus on the much-rumoured Apple tablet device, a new version of the iPhone operating system, and an up
Easing their way into 2010, our panel of geeks this week consists of Duncan McLeod, Simon Dingle and Toby Shapshak. They discuss On Digital Media, Google and China, the BlackBerry Bold 9700, Internet filtering, and much more