Empower yourself and your business with technology

[Ramiz Islam] The business environment has been totally revolutionised by today's fast-paced, ever-changing and exciting technological advancements. To stay in step with the rest of the world you need to rethink your technological strategy and empower your business with the new technologies to gain a competitive edge over your competitors. 19 Jun 2013 09:10

Viridis Africa seeks to promote clean technology investment

Deficient infrastructure and services in Africa have inadvertently benefited certain sectors. For example, mobile technology has bypassed traditional terrestrial network infrastructure. However, this is not the case with all sectors. 19 Jun 2013 11:25

Why every business still needs a fax number

As the business world becomes increasingly digitised and virtualised, it's hard to imagine that corporates are still stamping fax numbers at the bottom of their business cards. But the truth is that there are still over 100 million fax devices in use globally today - and the numbers are rising, not declining. 18 Jun 2013 07:23

SA cities to get own domain names

[Shamin Chibba] In the near future, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban may have their own top level domain names on the internet, which could spark innovative ways of promoting business and tourism in each city. The suffixes dotJoburg, dotCapetown and dotDurban will be launched later this year. 18 Jun 2013 07:02

New factory to stimulate job creation for W Cape youth

PRETORIA: Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel has lauded the opening of a technology manufacturing factory in the Western Cape, saying the investment will improve job prospects, especially for the youth. 10 Jun 2013 07:15

Why Kindle is not the answer

[Wesley Lynch] Even though the story of e-books, for the most part, is the story of Amazon's Kindle - which overcame the increasingly high cost of print book production and distribution by digitising the value chain - it is not, for various reasons, the answer in an academic context. 7 Jun 2013 09:08

NMMU moves to minimise internet fraud

[Musa Mkalipi] A team of researchers in the School of Information and Communication Technology at the Eastern Cape's Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University has come up with a solution to mitigate SIM swap fraud and fraudulent internet banking transactions, using just a USB stick. 4 Jun 2013 07:02

Google invests in NC solar project

Google recently announced its investment of R103 million in the Jasper Power Project, a 96 megawatt solar photovoltaic plant in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. 4 Jun 2013 07:22

Science minister congratulates SA company for innovation

PRETORIA: Science and Technology Minister Derek Hanekom has congratulated a South African mobile applications company for their selection as one of the top five innovative and entrepreneurial companies in the world. 3 Jun 2013 13:42

Community to benefit from NW solar energy farm

BUFFELSPOORT: Energy Minister Dipuo Peters has lauded the first solar energy farm in the North West, saying that the community can already see the plant will contribute to the betterment of the area. 29 May 2013 08:00

Samsung Galaxy S4 review: my life companion

[Steven Norris] I own no smartphone. Every so often, a company sends me their phone to review and for a few weeks or months, I live the dream again. From Samsung to Sony to Apple to BlackBerry and back again, this is my story. I live with the phones so you don't have to. This is my story of the Samsung Galaxy S4. 18 Jun 2013 07:15

SA learners lobby for data-free Wikipedia access

A group of grade 11 learners at Sinenjongo High School in Cape Town, South Africa has written four letters to major telecom operators Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and 8ta to address the need for free access to Wikipedia via their mobile phones. 18 Jun 2013 11:40

Wits staff are finalists in NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards

The finalists for the 2012/13 NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards have been announced and Wits University has congratulated those who have been recognised for making an outstanding contribution to Science, Engineering, Technology and Innovation (SETI) in South Africa. 18 Jun 2013 11:34

ASUS launches Fonepad in SA

ASUS has launched its Fonepad in South Africa, which is an affordable 7" Android tablet running on Intel's Atom processor. Built on the successes of the ASUS 7" android tablet range, the Fonepad brings real voice capabilities to a tablet, incorporating all phone and tablet functions into a single device. 14 Jun 2013 07:58

Microsoft, Jobs Fund create youth tech employment

In the next three years, the South African technology sector is set to receive a new intake of trained graduates, thanks to Microsoft South Africa's partnership with government's Jobs Fund. The initiative aims to train over 3000 unemployed graduates, the majority of whom will be placed in permanent IT jobs. 11 Jun 2013 09:26