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Fast Company Showcasing innovative businesses that are changing their industries. Providing you with listings of businesses, business tips and recommended business resources.The electric vehicle future is already boosting miners’ earnings
The booming electric vehicle revolution is flowing through to the bottom line of a growing list of global miners, who are reaping higher profits from rising demand for battery raw materials. Orocobre Ltd. reported […]
Google Pay to replace Google Wallet and Android Pay
Google has released a new payment service called Google pay which will combine previous services such as Google Wallet and Android Pay. The company has big plans for Google Pay, promising that the service will […]
South African company wiGroup secures investment from Virgin Group and Smollan, goes global
Virgin Group and Smollan have purchased a stake in mobile loyalty software company, wiGroup for an undisclosed sum, joining Investec Asset Management and Crossfin Technology Holdings as co-shareholders. The investment secures the company’s expansion […]
SpaceX to launch test satellites to kick off internet project
Space X is set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket which will carry an Earth-observation satellite called Paz for Spain and two more satellites to test out the technology needed to receive internet from space. The […]
Metair to accelerate its Li-ion battery production
Metair, the listed international manufacturer, distributor and retailer of energy storage solutions and automotive components, has acquired a 35percent stake in Primemotors in Romania for an undisclosed amount to accelerate its production of lithium-ion (Li-ion) […]
LG to launch a new V30 model, set to feature AI camera
LG is set to launch a new version of its V30 phone model which will feature “the first of a suite of AI technologies” at Mobile World Congress (MWC) taking place in Barcelona this month. […]
Goodbye to online crooks
Negative experiences are seldom known to bear the right fruit, but when they do, that aha moment is priceless. For Jethro O’Brien, chief executive and co-founder of TradeSafe.co.za, that light-bulb moment came after he was duped […]
You can no longer “view image” on Google search
Google has decided that it will be removing the “view image” option that appeared when you clicked on a picture. The button was previously used by users when searching for a picture and they wanted […]
Facebook posts on your profile using security measures
Social networking site, Facebook’s security standard, two factor authentication (2FA) reportedly auto-posts on user’s profile, reports The Verge. The 2FA is regarded as a secure way to log in into an account. However, this security […]
General Electric looks to invest in Zimbabwe energy sector
U.S.-based multinational conglomerate General Electric (GE) has set its sights on investing in Zimbabwe’s energy sector, specifically its Batoka Hydro Power plant project. The company’s top executives this week appeared before parliament’s committee on mines […]
Microsoft launches new feature for Xbox Live app
Microsoft has just launched a party chat feature for its Xbox mobile apps. Similar to WhatsApp, The feature allows Xbox Live users to communicate with their gaming friends via both voice and text when they’re […]
Gold Fields in R3.32 billion net loss
Gold Fields announced that it had swung to a loss in 2017 amid a $278million (R3.32 billion) impairment at South Deep. South Deep, based outside Johannesburg, is the company’s only remaining South African asset. The […]
Retail trade sales stronger than expected – Economist
The retail trade sales have increased by 5,3% year-on-year in December 2017. This was a strong growth than expected, according to Azar Jammine, a chief economist at Econometrix. According to figures by Statistics South Africa, the highest annual growth […]
Google will finally block “intrusive and annoying ads”
Following multinational technology company, Google’s announcement in June last year about a new feature that will remove “intrusive” ads, users can now finally say goodbye to these ads, reports The Verge. This comes after the […]
PPC confirms three senior appointments
Shares in PPC declined 1.36% on the JSE yesterday to close at R7.95 after the listed cement and lime producer appointed current interim chief executive Johan Claassen as chief executive and an executive director of […]
WATCH: Huawei P Smart now available in SA
Huawei has introduced a new smartphone in SA called the P smart at a retail price of R3,999. The company has deemed the device the first of it’s kind to be sold in the market […]
PwC presents focus of investigations to Steinhoff
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has given a presentation to executives at scandal-hit retailer on “the scope and focus of their forensic investigations,” Steinhoff says in emailed response to questions, without giving detail of what they will probe, Bloomberg reported. […]
Capitec will ignore Viceroy’s latest broadside
Capitec Bank declined to comment yesterday on the latest dirt dished by the Viceroy Research group which claimed that the bank uses a “curing” method to hide the disastrous underlying performance of its loan book. […]
WATCH: Apple Music expands it’s 50% student discount to 82 more countries
Apple has announced that the company will further expand its Apple Music student discount pricing to 82 new countries. These countries include Israel, Malaysia, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, and Taiwan, according to iMore’s Rene Richtie. The […]
Zim assets to be re-listed in London
Robert Mugabe’s fall as Zimbabwe’s president is setting the scene for the return of a London mining listing for Andrew Groves and his long-term business partner – and former England cricketer – Phil Edmonds. Groves […]
R238m lost in cyberattacks in Russia
Russian banks were hit by 11 cyberattacks involving the Cobalt Strike software in 2017, with the amount of losses estimated at 1.156 billion roubles (R238million), deputy governor of the Central Bank of Russia Dmitry Skobelkin […]
Metair surges after encouraging trading update
Shares in Metair surged 8.37percent yesterday after the JSE-listed leading international manufacturer, distributor and retailer of energy storage solutions and automotive components reported that it expected a double-digit increase in earnings for the year to […]
Apps you need to have if you are in Multimedia
Technology is fast-tracking the way people work their trade. From creating articles to marketing stories and creating video, the digital applications that make use of artificial technology is assisting people with better compiling information and […]
What happens to your Bitcoin if you die?
Five years ago, Matthew Moody was killed during an observational flight when the two-seater plane he was in crashed flying over a canyon in Chico, California. His father, Michael Moody, knew his 26-year-old son […]
