Samsung Pay launches in SA

South Africans are the first consumers in Africa to get access to Samsung Pay. Samsung Pay allows users to make secure, simple mobile payments, almost anywhere, when purchasing goods at any store, simply tapping their compatible Samsung Galaxy phone on a payment...

Huawei passes Apple in smartphone sales

Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 342-million units during the second quarter of 2018 (2Q18), resulting in a 1,8% decline when compared to the 348,2-million units shipped in the second quarter of 2017. The drop marks the third consecutive quarter of year-over-year...

Icasa invites broadcast spectrum applications

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is inviting applications for the radio frequency spectrum for the purposes of providing a commercial subscription broadcasting service. The successful applicant will be assigned 45% capacity of the third...

Use CX to build great relationships

Eighty one percent of customer experience (CX) leaders report they will compete mostly or entirely on CX, but less than half have established the rationale for why CX drives business outcomes, according to Gartner. The goal of CX is to meet and exceed customer...

Bill Venter steps down from Altron board

Dr Bill Venter, founder of the Altron group, is retiring as non-executive director of the Altron board with effect from today (31 July 2018). Commenting on his retirement Dr Venter says: “I have the utmost confidence in the Board and the executive leadership team, who...
Now anyone can print a gun …

Now anyone can print a gun …

From tomorrow (1 August), anyone with an Internet connection will be able to download the blueprints to create their own, working, 3D-printed gun. Defence Distributed will relaunch its DefCAD project, and publishing instructions that will allow anyone with access to a...