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TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod sits down with technology entrepreneur and angel investor Stafford Masie to talk about “ambient aware ecosystems” — building “sensory awareness” into everything, creating application programming interfaces that developers can tap

Mobile operators are desperate to associate their brands with Apple and its iconic iPhone smartphone and iPad tablet computer. It’s ironic, because the business model the US electronics giant employs threatens to turn wireless carriers into little

In the fourth episode of Tech Talk, broadcast during the Tech@Work television show on DStv channel 410 on Tuesday evenings, TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod sits down with technology entrepreneur and angel investor

Government does not understand the magnitude of the “crisis” SA’s telecommunications industry is facing, says former Google SA country manager Stafford Masie. During a panel discussion at the Tech4Africa conference held in Johannesburg on Thursday, Masie, who is now consulting to undersea cable operator Seacom, slammed what he described as a “shambles” at the department of communications as well as problems at the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), which he says are holding back the sector.

Finding locations on GPS devices can sometimes be a pain. Entering address information can take a long time. And enter one thing wrong, and you have to start again. Now, though, SA start-up Waytag has developed a solution it says will make it easier for people to find what they’re looking for in navigation software

Stafford Masie returns to the show this week, joining Ben Kelly, Brett Haggard, Duncan McLeod and Simon Dingle to discuss:…