dti moots small business census

The Department of Trade and Industry wants to run a regular small business census to help improve its support and funding to the sector as part of a revised policy to boost support to small businesses. 9 Feb 2012 09:09

SONA in a nutshell

Union and business representatives have welcomed President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address to Parliament and, while the speech was held by some observers to be uninspiring it contained a lot of detail about the government's plans to boost jobs and invest in infrastructure. 10 Feb 2012 10:06

Drug delivery gets sophisticated

[Wilma den Hartigh] Wits University researchers are developing advanced drug delivery technologies that will change the way people take medication, improve the efficacy of drugs and reduce the cost of medicine. 9 Feb 2012 10:39

SA wine farms a first for Google Street View

Wine Magazine reports that Google Street View is in the process of mapping their first wine farms - and these farms are in South Africa. Google Street View is a sophisticated tool that enables users to see places at eye level from almost every angle. 8 Feb 2012 12:29

Apple to debut 'iPad 3' in March

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple will unveil a new version of its market-ruling iPad table computer in March, according to a report in Dow Jones-owned technology blog All Things D. 10 Feb 2012 09:44

[2012 trends] Reviewing 2012 tech trends

[Toby Shapshak] There is universal agreement that this is likely to be the year of the cloud, the mobile, Africa's emergence as a new economic region, the year of the tablet and the app economy too. Here are 12 tech trends for 2012. 24 Jan 2012 13:43

ADAPT IT software making inroads into Africa

According to Business Report, KwaZulu-Natal-based Adapt IT chief executive Sbu Shabalala said the groups was in talks with interested parties in Kenya to expand its sugar industry tailored software into Africa. The group had also partnered with Sierra Leone sugar company Addax to help it enter the country. In addition, it would supply education solutions to Rwanda's national university. 9 Feb 2012 12:53

South Africa's space capabilities set to grow

[Shamin Chibba] The South African National Space Agency (Sansa) has a New Year resolution: to put the initial stage of the National Space Programme (NSP) into motion. 9 Feb 2012 10:16

iPhone leaps to third place in mobile market

SAN FRANCISCO: An outbreak of iPhone fever made Apple the third hottest mobile phone maker worldwide at the end of 2011, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). 7 Feb 2012 14:28

SA's blacks and whites have different views of science

In a Times Live opinion piece, writer and scholar Jonny Steinberg asks if science and technology mean different things to black and white South Africans. 13 Feb 2012 12:15

Turkcell looking to bring case against MTN in US

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetlera AS (Turkcell), which was unsuccessful in attaining the second GSM telecommunications licence in Iran, is looking to bring a case against South African mobile services provider MTN in a US court. 3 Feb 2012 12:41

Youth Technology Innovation Fund established

The Youth Technology Innovation Fund (YTIF) has been set up to assist young innovators in need of funding, mentorship and business support, by The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), an entity of the Department of Science and Technology. 12 Jan 2012 11:57

Scientists will not give up on HIV-fighting gel

30 years ago the worldwide HIV epidemic began ravaging the African continent, and sub-Saharan Africa still carries the biggest burden of HIV worldwide, Allafrica.com reports. While there has been a significant improvement in access to antiretroviral treatment in recent years, scientists keep searching for a gel or vaccine that can prevent HIV infection. 6 Feb 2012 12:15