Aug 2, 2013
NASA has put together a short video showing all the activity from the Mars rover Curiosity to celebrate its first full year on the Red Planet. The two-minute video shows highlights of the mission since it touched down on 6 August 2012. Yesterday’s tweet from Curiosity...
Aug 1, 2013
Telecommunications firm Tele-Enterprise wants to turn around the bad reputation that voice over IP (VoIP) has – by issuing a challenge to find South Africa’s worst VoIP implementation. Riaan Pietersen, Tele-Enterprise CMO, says many companies have had their fingers...
Jul 31, 2013
The growth of tablet ownership in South Africa is one of the driving forces behind e-commerce growth in the country. The 2013 mobile shopping survey by online retail Kalahari.com reveals that tablet ownership has grown by 10% compared to last year’s figures. In 2012...
Jul 30, 2013
Apple is back in the spotlight for labour violations at the Chinese factories that manufacture its products – surpassing the violations widely reported at Foxconn last year. China Labour Watch (CLW) has published an investigative report detailing the labour violations...
Jul 29, 2013
Microsoft aims to bring inexpensive broadband connectivity to rural Limpopo. It has launched a pilot project in rural Limpopo that intends to deliver high-speed and affordable broadband to under-served communities using so-called “white spaces” technology. The focus...
Jul 26, 2013
Employees in the information technology industry are extremely restless, as evidenced by Network IT Recruitment’s recent IT Skills survey which showed that 62% of respondents were considering leaving their current job, 50% stayed in jobs for two years or less and 53%...
