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WATCH: Purchase date and pricing revealed for the new Blackberry

TCL Communication’s newest BlackBerry smartphone the BlackBerry Key 2 now has a release date which will be available on July 13th in the United States starting at $649.99 (R8789.49) WATCH: Pre-orders are set to start at […]

IPhone assembler’s billionaire CEO chafes at China overtime caps

The billionaire chief of Foxconn Technology Group, Apple Inc.’s main iPhone assembler, argues that China’s “unreasonable” restrictions on overtime hours hurts his workers and the company’s competitiveness.   Taking aim at criticism Foxconn over-works its […]

Apple slapped with $6.7m fine

The Australian federal court fined US tech giant Apple $6.7 million for telling some Australian iPad and iPhone owners that their faulty devices could not be fixed because they had previously been repaired by a […]

Liberty Holdings suffers cyber attack

Insurer Liberty Holdings said on Saturday it had become the victim of a cyber attack, with an external party claiming to have seized data from the firm and demanding payment. “Since becoming aware, we have […]

Apple partners with Oprah Winfrey for original content push

Apple Inc. unveiled an original programming partnership with TV star and producer Oprah Winfrey, the iPhone maker’s biggest ally so far in a battle with Netflix Inc., Google and Amazon.com Inc. over the future of […]

WhatsApp, Snapchat banned on company devices at Continental

German auto parts maker Continental AG said it will forbid its 240,000 employees from using Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp or Snap Inc.’s Snapchat on any of its company-issued mobile devices. About 36,000 such devices would be […]

Vodacom launches Android Go smartphones

Vodacom has launched their first Android Go smartphones in South Africa in partnership with Google. The Android 8.1 Go Edition which was launched at an event in Johannesburg is a streamlined version of the Android […]

70% of bitcoin owners in SA are under 30 years old

According to international cryptocurrency marketplace, Paxful, African virtual currency users are more likely to be male, under 30 years old, a graduate or studying toward a tertiary qualification. Paxful, a global peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace, said […]

WATCH: Minister Davies to launch a R1bn smart factory in the Eastern Cape

The Minister of the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti), Rob Davies will tomorrow launch an R1 billion smart factory in the Eastern Cape. The launch of the smart factory is part of the […]

This is how Google is trying to tackle the latest iPhones

Google is working on an upgraded Pixel smartphone line for this fall, including a model with a nearly edge-to-edge screen, seeking to boost revenue for a critically acclaimed phone that has yet to make a […]

MultChoice partners with university to develop tech talent

MultiChoice and the University of Pretoria have announced that aimed at developing and sustain scarce Artificial Intelligence and specifically Machine Learning technology skills in South Africa. Through the collaboration between the company and the university, […]

WATCH: Airbnb launches Travel stories feature

Airbnb has launched a feature that will allow Airbnb guests to create and upload video’s that show the highlights from their trip. This new feature is called Travel Stories.  Airbnb is also giving their users […]

FNB’s eBucks was supposed to be a currency

The initial concept behind eBucks was to launch a new currency however the powers that be at FNB were stopped by the South African Reserve Bank. Paul Harris, the former CEO of FirstRand Limited, was the […]

South African authorities investigates $80m bitcoin scam

South African authorities are investigating an alleged cryptocurrency scam that defrauded investors of R1 billion ($80 million) with promises of huge returns that never materialised, police said on Friday.   The fraud investigation involves a […]

Zuckerberg’s Testimony to European Parliament to be streamed

Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to the European Parliament Tuesday on the Cambridge Analytica scandal will be broadcast live on the internet.   Zuckerberg agreed to the web feed after talks with Antonio Tajani, […]

Genetics company Prenetics acquires UK-based DNAFit

Prenetics, a leading genetic testing and digital health company with a global footprint, has acquired UK-based DNAFit which was founded in 2013 by Johannesburg-born genetics lifestyle entrepreneur Avi Lasarow. The acquisition, the first by Prenetics, sees […]

Google has to hit delete as right to be forgotten turns to crime

Google’s effort to rein in the so-called right to be forgotten has taken a hit after U.K. and French judges said the reputation of businessmen tarnished by old news stories about improper conduct trumped the […]

Zuckerberg’s grilling over data privacy continues

Concern about Facebook’s respect for data privacy is widening to include the information it collects about non-users, after chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said the world’s largest social network tracked people whether they had accounts or […]

Is your company ready to join the next generation of African innovators?

Startupbootcamp (SBC), a global family of industry focused accelerators, last year launched its first-ever Africa-based programme.    SBC Africa is a world class accelerator focused on high growth startups in block chain technologies, connected devices, payment […]

Activate Group and SqwidNet sign IoT partnership agreement

Activate Group and SqwidNet sign IoT partnership agreement Activate Group, an end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT), mobile solutions and IoT-as-a-service provider, has signed a partnership with SqwidNet, the licensed Sigfox IoT network operator in South […]

LaunchLab Ideas Programme calling all Entrepreneurs

Calling all entrepreneurs to pitch their innovative ideas in the LaunchLab Ideas Programme – winning ideas stand the chance to win incubation support worth R50 000 and access to our clients! The Stellenbosch University LaunchLab […]

From the frontier:Predictions for how tech will shape the world in 2018

A lot can happen in a year. And when that year is 2018, a year in which we stand on the threshold of an exponential future driven by technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, […]

The Cisco of Africa, and so much more

A colourful childhood, a true passion for electronic engineering and computational devices and a career in the navy culminating in establishing a modern tech juggernaut, is the backdrop of Metacom’s Managing Director Réan van Niekerk’s […]

Stormy seas ahead for brands who ignore tech

The ship has sailed on silo-driven batch-and-blast email and vomit-and-hope SMS campaigns. Today’s attention- and time-deprived consumer expects personalised communication built on seamless digital experiences that offer relevant, timely forms of value. Recent advances in […]

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