| 11 Oct 2011 |
Top stories
IT & Telecommunications
 All mobile app developers are invited to take part in this month's Tech4Africa conference in Johannesburg; 50 discounted tickets, representing a R4000 saving each, have been made available to facilitate their participation. Samsung is the Tech4Africa Ignite partner and has extended this offer in a bid to attract and help grow the local developer community. Read more >>
BlackBerry DevCon Americas, hosted by Research In Motion (RIM), will be held in San Francisco, California from 18-20 October 2011. New and existing BlackBerry application developers will get an opportunity to interact and learn from experts about the latest development technologies for the BlackBerry platform. Read more >>
Hardware
Apple users around the world appear to be miffed by the announcement that an upgraded iPhone 4S - and not the iPhone 5 as predicted - was launched by Apple's Tim Cook. Read more >>
Internet
 After a protracted legal battle between Piggs Peak and South Africa's gambling authorities, Piggs Peak Casino has lost their appeal in the Bloemfontein Supreme Court of Appeals and may no longer use interactive technology to accept bets from South African gamblers. Read more >>
Services
Several new features for SAS Social Media Analytics has been announced which include social scorecards, an author hub and competitive intelligence functionality. Read more >>
 MTN took the number one spot in the Ask Afrika Orange Index survey in the Telecommunication Provider and Internet Service Provider category. Ask Afrika Orange is a South African customer satisfaction index that is researched and compiled annually by market research specialist Ask Afrika. The winners of this year's survey were announced at the Orange Index 2011 conference which took place at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg. Read more >>
Retailers
Leading retailer group TFG (The Foschini Group) has bought niche luxury menswear brand Fabiani, effective from 1 October 2011. Established in 1978 by Arie Fabian and renowned for the exceptional cut of its suits, highest quality fabric and powerful design details, it expanded its offer to include casual clothing, shoes and fashion accessories and is considered one of the leaders in the luxury menswear market. Fabian will join the group as the brand director. Read more >>
Motoring
 [Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] A mixed bag of 10 French, Italian, German and Korean vehicles have made it through to the finals for the 2012 South African Car of the Year competition. The finalists were determined in a vote by the full members and a jury made up of 30 selected members of the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ). Read more >>
Marketing
 [Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] Look closely at the marketing strategies used by Steve Jobs and other visionaries and the first thing that comes to mind is the realisation that marketing is not a democratic process and that those who are really successful at it are, yes, visionaries. Read more >>
Biz Lounge
 [Corné Krige] I am only 36 years old, but one of the many valuable lessons I have learned is that life isn't fair. Sometimes you get things when you don't deserve them and other times when you absolutely deserve it then you don't get it. This was the case on Sunday morning when the Springboks played Australia in Wellington, New Zealand. Read more >>
Lima Bean, a leading web solutions company, is looking for a smart and talented web programmer (HTML, CSS) to join the growing Cape Town team. Read more >>
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