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Fujifilm launches WiFi-enabled camera

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:57:00 +0200

Fujifilm has launched its FinePix S8400W long zoom bridge camera with WiFi, making it easy to transfer photos and movies to smartphones, tablets and computers, through free software or app.
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South African app wins International BlackBerry App of the Year

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:36:00 +0200

PriceCheck claims international award
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Carry multiple currencies on Absa Cash Passport

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:08:00 +0200

Absa has launched a multi-currency Cash Passport that enables South Africans to carry multiple foreign currencies safely on just one card. Representing the future of travel prepaid cards; it allows cardholders to load multiple currencies on the same card with the global reach of MasterCard, accessing 35.9 million locations worldwide.
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Convergence, interoperability drive mobile wallets

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:59:00 +0200

Today's smartphone is a calendar, contacts, games console, music centre, camera, miniature TV, communications portal, news delivery system, encyclopaedia, navigation system, memo pad... and you can also make calls on it. Yet, there is room to cram more functions in there and one in the near future is the wallet.
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PC days not numbered

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:35:00 +0200

Scarcely two weeks ago, the Industrial Development Corporation issued an official announcement that not only portrayed the PC industry as a sector in absolute free-fall but also blamed Microsoft's perceived failure to get Windows 8 off the ground as the reason for the decline.
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Cape Town company makes breakthrough in transistor design

Thu, 02 May 2013 07:21:00 +0200

At the IDTechEx 2013 Printed Electronics Europe Conference and Exhibition in mid April, Cape Town-based PST Sensors announced the commercial release of the first new type of transistor in 65 years.
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'Guide to South African Brands, Barcodes, Prices' launched

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:58:00 +0200

A digital book, 'Guide to South African Brands, Barcodes and Average Prices', has been released by Retail Price Watch to provide the retail industry with a comprehensive reference to those products that regularly find their way into household shopping baskets in South Africa.
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Google Glass for consumers will 'take a while': Schmidt

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:02:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, USA: Consumers can expect to wait a while before they're able to lay their hands on Google's much-hyped Internet-connected eyewear, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt said.
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New SMS service pinpoints recipients based on driving time

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:52:00 +0200

Demographica has launched its Drive Time Targeting service that promises to revolutionise direct marketing. Described as a world first, marketers are now able to send targeted, local and relevant messages, designed to elicit a buying action of a particular product at a particular location.
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Mobile apps need to be inclusive, widely appealing for retail success

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:51:00 +0200

Speaking at a recent seminar on mobile strategy, Bevan Ducasse of WiGroup said no mobile transaction app can work without the close involvement of retailers and no retailer should risk investing in an app that consumers may reject or that could become rapidly obsolete.
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