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 | The Britehouse Group will be hosting an internal hackathon on the 1 November 2013, which is the first event to kick off the Britehouse's Innovations Factory. The objective is to encourage collaboration, innovation and creation of customer solutions across the different companies within Britehouse. Read more >>
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 | Premier Hotels and Resorts have announced that they are now offering free Wi-Fi at all their hotels and venues. The offering amounts to 250MB per guest, which they receive when they check in. Read more >>
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 | Olive Ndaka, writing for Rwanda Eye, says that the country will see the launch of a high-speed (4G LTE) broadband network at the Transform Africa 2013 Summit taking place at the end of the month. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Yahoo! on Monday, 21 October, announced that it hired New York Times reporter David Pogue to head a grand expansion of consumer-focused technology news. Read more >>
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 | Samsung have announced that BBM is now available to Samsung smartphone users in sub-Saharan Africa days ahead of the official rollout to other branded Android devices. Read more >>
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 | Bekezela Phakathi First National Bank's eWallet continues to show strong growth in its African operations with a 119% year-on-year increase. It has also maintained growth in SA with the total number of eWallets in all countries reaching 2.5m‚ an 84% increase from the previous financial year. Read more >>
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 | Larry Claasen Telkom's shares fell sharply on the news that its chief financial officer‚ Jacques Schindehütte‚ was suspended‚ following a probe by an independent law firm into unspecified allegations against him. Read more >>
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 | Gary Allemann Data continues to increase at an exponential rate, presenting organisations with a host of new challenges, not least of which is managing the quality of these significant volumes of information. Read more >>
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 | Mobile phone company MTN said on Thursday, 24 October that the number of subscribers grew by 1.1% quarter-on-quarter (q/q) to 203.8m in the third quarter of this year. Read more >>
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 | Bernard Kur, head of product at Global Micro Solutions looks at the benefits and key considerations when utilising the cloud as a means of data storage and back-up and, importantly, distinguishes between these two fundamentals. Read more >>
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 | Ayanda Dlamini With the vast majority of businesses unprepared for it, the Protection of Personal Information Bill is set to cause some data management headaches for enterprises. Read more >>
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 | Amukelani Chauke Government has channelled additional funding into the transport, communications and energy sectors in a bid to implement SA's priority projects. Read more >>
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 | Doros Hadjizenonos, sales manager at Check Point South Africa, looks at how failures can be used to boost security - if approached in the right way. With the South African government's recent inauguration of the National Cyber Security Advisory Council (NCAC) - higher emphasis has now been placed on the issue of cyber security threats. Read more >>
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 | Desan Naidoo The complexity of technology and the monumental task of understanding its true value is often the biggest obstacle that businesses face as they explore what the organisations need to implement to stay ahead of their competitors. Read more >>
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 | The role of software development in the development and sustainability of the African economy cannot be overlooked, said Malcolm Rabson, MD of Dariel Solutions. Read more >>
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 | In just 24 hours BBM has been downloaded over 10 million times by Android and iPhone users, one of the best single-day openings for a mobile app to date. BBM, the private social network from BlackBerry, is available for free in the App StoreSM and Google Play for immediate download. Read more >>
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 | MADRID, SPAIN: Spain has demanded details of reported mass US eavesdropping on its citizens, denouncing the alleged surveillance as "inappropriate and unacceptable" as outrage spread over the US's worldwide espionage programme. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Smartphones are giving a big boost to posting of photos and videos, according to a study released on Monday, 28 October. Read more >>
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 | SINGAPORE: WAN-IFRA's rolling series of global digital media events comes to Asia next month when Digital Media Asia brings publishers and editors together with hackers, designers, producers and other new media professionals to explore the latest trends in social media, content monetisation, mobile, and tablet publishing. Read more >>
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 | VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis welcomed news that his Twitter account @pontifex had attracted more than 10m followers. Read more >>
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 | PARIS, FRANCE: While heads of state have encrypted mobiles and other secure lines for work, many can't resist using regular smartphones for everyday life, making them susceptible to espionage. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK CITY, USA: Google's video-sharing arm YouTube is preparing to launch a paid music service this year competing against other streaming outlets but with the added feature of video according to media reports. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, US: Facebook is becoming a key source of news for users of the huge social network, even if people discover articles mostly by happenstance, a study has shown. Read more >>
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 | THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS: - Dutch group Philips has terminated the €150m sale of its entertainment business to Japan's Funai, alleging breach of contract. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: - Microsoft has brushed off Apple's move to give away its software, claiming the iWork productivity suite was "lightweight" and had never gained much traction. Read more >>
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 | BERLIN, GERMANY: Smartphones in Germany are now delivering messages from the past, with a new app launched on Wednesday, 23 October, that shows the names and pictures of Holocaust victims or people walking past their former homes. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: The young Ohio man whose remorseful video claim of responsiblity for a fatal drunk-driving accident went viral on YouTube was sentenced to 6 years and six months behind bars and imposed a US$1,075 fine. Read more >>
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 | ABU DHABI, UAE: Nokia, whose handset division is to be acquired by Microsoft, launched its first-ever tablet computer in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday (22 October). Read more >>
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 | LONDON, UK: European smartphone owners accessing retail sites has grown by 43% in past year. Read more >>
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 | BEIJING, CHINA: China's state-run broadcaster launched a broadside against South Korean electronics company Samsung, the latest foreign brand to be castigated by authorities in the world's second-largest economy. Read more >>
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 | LONDON, UK: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday, 22 October, condemned Facebook as "irresponsible" after the social networking site lifted its ban on users posting videos of beheadings. Read more >>
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 | South Africa needs technologies that can be supported and maintained locally, says Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu. Read more >>
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