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MXit gets e-reader app

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:41:00 +0200

Native held the official launch of bookly, a sophisticated e-reader app available on the MXit platform late last week.
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The future of business is in SMS texting

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:08:00 +0200

NEW YORK, US: It wasn't that long ago that the cost of texting was on the rise, but the recent move towards smartphones has changed business models for cellular carriers.
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Reddy, steady... Stop

Mon, 20 May 2013 05:59:00 +0200

NEWSWATCH: The press ombudsman has dismissed Durban tycoon Vivian Reddy's complaint against the Mail & Guardian newspaper in its entirety, the newspaper reports, and Icasa is in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, reports BD Live. On a sad note, SABC television and radio presenter Vuyo Mbuli has died, reports Times Live.
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ICASA review in the pipeline

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:08:00 +0200

Cabinet has approved a proposal to review some of the Independent Communications Authority of SA's functions to make it more transparent and accountable.
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Pondering Panda CEO slams research industry

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:50:00 +0200

In his opening speech at today's session of the South African Market Research Association's (SAMRA) conference, Butch Rice, co-founder and CEO of market research company Pondering Panda, criticised the local research industry. The conference is being held at the Thaba Ya Batswana, Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve in Johannesburg from 16-17 May 2013.
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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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App to guide start-up entrepreneurs

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:14:00 +0200

Problemio, a Cape Town based business, has launched a four-app course developed to coach and educate SMMEs on business planning, business ideas, fundraising and marketing. The apps are available for iOS, Android, Kindle and Nook.
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Let the Cannes games begin

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:24:00 +0200

For the first time, this year's Cannes Lions festival will function as a mass scale game as its delegates join a MMOG - a 'massive multiplayer online game' - with the launch of the official Cannes Lions app, announced yesterday, 15 May 2013.
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GustPay wins SA leg of entrepreneur competition

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:19:00 +0200

At the South African leg of SeedStarsWorld, an exclusive worldwide competition, held in 20 countries through 2013 to discover the best start-ups in emerging markets, Stellenbosch based GustPay was selected as the winner.
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Augmented Reality through Google coloured glasses

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:01:00 +0200

Augmented Reality (AR) can be traced as far back as 1957 with the invention of Morton Helig's Sensorama. During the decades that followed, AR was used in manufacturing and engineering, as well as the Airforce and broadened its horizons into the arts, in a production called "Dancing in Cyberspace" by Julie Martin.
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