So who gets to keep the house? What with high divorce rates and the high cost of living, couples often find themselves living together for a while before jumping into marriage, if at all. But what happens if the honeymoon ends... who gets to keep the house? And for that matter, the car, furniture, family pet..? Juliette Attwell, writing in our BizCareers advisor column, tells you how to price yourself right and dress for success. Let's face it, turning up for an interview in slops probably won't cut it. OK, Christmas is coming and it's only a matter of time before Boney M's Drummer Boy will have you... well... whatever you do having heard it umpteen times before - but at least you know where your Christmas gifts are coming from. So spare a thought for all those kids who don't, and do your bit for the Santa Shoebox Project. It's open for pledges and your shoeboxes of gifts will bring happy smiles to a lot of kids. Just do it, darn it! And it's TIFF news for our film industry... not only is Triggerfish Animation Studios' animated movie Khumba off to the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF), but so is Anant Singh's Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. It will debut at TIFF, so to both our entrants, good luck, and may it be a case of "TIFF luck" and not "tough luck" on the night. Rod Baker, Content Director
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Planet Electronics has partnered TomTom Africa to provide the latest TomTom maps to Planet Electronics' CASKA in-car navigation systems. Read more >>
mapIT, the international digital mapping partner to business and governments throughout Africa, has formed a strategic partnership with MobiTech Mobile Solutions in offering their LBS technology platform, deCarta, to power MobiTech's mobile workforce solution. Read more >>
 | [Luke Wingfield Digby] Imagine this scenario for a moment. You've recently sent out an email detailing a new range of discounted women's wear to your entire database. For a portion of your audience, it achieved high click-through rates, but for the majority it simply earned a one-way ticket to the trash bin. So how do you make sure your email marketing campaign gets all your customers clicking? Read more >> |
While local corporates are ready for big data analytics, there is a general lack of strategic vision and drive to support its implementation. Large South African corporates are lagging far behind when it comes to the utilisation of big data analytics, due to a lack of understanding at an executive level of the competitive advantage that big data analytics brings in enabling companies to respond to data it has collected in real time. Read more >>
 | [Gillian Jones] Absa‚ which is part of the Barclays Africa Group‚ has introduced online insurance products accessible to its 1.3m Internet banking clients in a few minutes. Read more >> |
 | A dating website for people who are HIV-positive has been connecting individuals from around the country and helping some people find true love. Read more >> |
 | Locally based, social learning platform, Obami, recently launched a digitized revision paper campaign in time for the upcoming ANAs (Annual National Assessments) that are to be carried out across South Africa from 9 September 2013. Read more >> |
In light of the major success that social networking sites Twitter and Facebook have been enjoying among their massive number of personal users, companies have started to realise the importance of utilising social networking and the potential it has to enhance their business' profile among the public. Read more >>
 | [Gaongalelwe Moatshe] Purchasing prepaid electricity via FNB's cellphone banking is growing in popularity as customers begin to see the benefit of using the bank's self-service channels for their transactions. Read more >> |
 | [Issued by The Brand Union] The Brand Union (TBU), the WPP-owned brand strategy and design consultancy, has helped Vodafone, one of the world's largest mobile communications companies by revenue, create a new visual brand identity. Read more >> visit press office >> |
 | Fleet and mobile asset management solutions company Mix Telematics on Tuesday (9 September) reported revenue growth of 6.4% to R298.4m for the first quarter of its 2014 financial year. Subscription revenue rose 21.8% to R194.2m. Read more >> |
 | Pinnacle Technology Holdings on Thursday (5 September) said it increased its headline earnings per share (HEPS) by 17% to 205.6c in the year to June after revenue rose by 13% to R6.6bn. Read more >> |
Kingsway Secondary School, Phomolong Secondary School and Willowmoore High School are the three winning schools in the Neotel IgniteIT ICT schools competition. Read more >>
 | A partnership between MasterCard and Blue Label Telecoms will introduce the safety, security and convenience of electronic POS payments to SMMEs operating in rural and peri-urban areas in South Africa, boosting financial inclusion in under-served communities in South Africa. Read more >> |
 | [Jed Hewson] South Africa has a mobile penetration of roughly 118% - which means that 50 million people are wielding close to 59 million cell phones. Yet despite the implementation of RICA, mobile churn (where users buy and discard SIM cards) is still increasing. Read more >> |
Invensys, a focused supplier of industrial software, systems and control equipment to the world's major industries, has released its Wonderware InTouch Access Anywhere software solution. Read more >>
 | [Drew van Vuuren] As a society we have become captivated by the world of social connection, through the vast number of endless apps and platforms available on the web. Whether it's sharing our latest travel pictures, connecting with a former colleague or even posting a comment to an interesting article shared, we have become reliant on social media as one way, if not the primary way, we choose to communicate for work and play. Read more >> |
Business Connexion has sold its interest in the Q LINK business to Summit Garnishee Solutions for R187.5m in cash. Read more >>
 | Microsoft SA has revamped its BizSpark programme as part of its partnership with the government's Jobs Fund to help create up to 600 technology start-ups over the next three years‚ it said on Tuesday, 3 September. The BizSpark programme supports small software development companies. Read more >> |
SMIT Amandla Marine, a specialist marine services company operating in southern Africa, has successfully implemented Sage 300 ERP and Spindle Professional as an Electronic Document Management Solution. Read more >>
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Apple's shares climbed as rumours sizzled ahead of an expected move on Tuesday, 10 September, to expand the iPhone domain with a pair of new models, including one aimed at China. Read more >> |
 | NEW YORK CITY, USA: Corporate raider Carl Icahn acknowledged defeat on Monday, 9 September, in his effort to block a private equity buyout of US computer giant Dell, but still argued that the plan greatly under-values the company. Read more >> |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Facebook on Monday (9 September) began feeding select news outlets real-time social network chatter about hot topics to weave into story coverage, wading deeper into Twitter territory. Read more >> |
 | TOKYO, JAPAN: Sony said on Monday, 9 September, it would sell its new PlayStation 4 games console in Japan next year after its US launch, the first time its declining home market has taken second place. Read more >> |
 | NEW YORK CITY, USA: Verizon plans a record US$25bn debt offering as it gathers financing to buy Vodafone's stake in their Verizon Wireless joint venture. Verizon Communications is expected to launch the offering in the next week or two, the source said. Read more >> |
 | WASHINGTON, USA: US and British intelligence agencies have cracked the encryption that secures a wide range of online communications including emails, banking transactions and phone conversations, according to newly leaked documents. Read more >> |
 | LONDON, UK: Analysis of the latest quarterly online search data for the retail banking sector from leading independent digital marketing agency, Greenlight, reveals queries pertaining to mortgages dominated consumer searches in July. Read more >> |
 | BERLIN GERMANY: South Korean electronics company Samsung on Wednesday, 4 September unveiled its hotly anticipated smartwatch the Galaxy Gear, which allows users to make calls, receive texts and emails and take photos. Read more >> |
 | PARIS, FRANCE: A video game can help elderly people fight cognitive decline, scientists reported in the journal Nature on Wednesday (4 September). Read more >> |
 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google's next version of Android will be called "KitKat" in keeping with its penchant for giving sweet names to its software for mobile devices. Read more >> |
 | BEIJING, CHINA: The secretive anti-graft department of China's ruling Communist Party has launched a website, as part of Beijing's attempts to promote its anti-corruption campaign with a fanfare of publicity. Read more >> |
 | HELSINKI, FINLAND: Nokia said on Tuesday it was selling its beleaguered mobile phone unit to Microsoft for €5.44bn (US$7.17bn) as the US tech giant tries to fight back against rivals Apple and Google. Read more >> |
 | LONDON, UK: Verizon on Monday, 2 September said that it had agreed to buy Vodafone's 45% in Verizon Wireless from the British company for US$130bn. Read more >> |
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