Graduates favour government employers

Young graduates are gravitating towards employment in government and parastatal organisations, while the traditionally popular mining houses are falling out of favour as employers of choice.  These are some of the findings from Universum South Africa’s annual survey...

Movie premiers on Mxit today

A Lucky Man, a film about Ernie “Lastig” Solomons, the legendary ex-gang boss, is the first full-length feature film to premiere exclusively on social network Mxit. Mxit users can download the movie using the newly-launched Cinemo app, which is within the Mxit Reach...

Android, iOS dominate in mobile

Android and iOS, the number one- and number two-ranked smartphone operating systems (OS) worldwide, accounted for 91,1% of all smartphone shipments during the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12). According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly...

Fourth quarter decline for colour MFPs

Despite a 10% year-over-year increase for the full year 2012, the colour laser multi-function peripheral (MFP) market declined 1% in the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12) as ongoing weakness in the global economy finally caught up with this segment.  This marks the first...

DCC to distribute Samsung supplies

Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has secured the rights to officially distribute the full range of Samsung business-to-business (B2B) printer consumables. Previously DCC was a sub-distributor of certain products within the Samsung consumables range. “We...

PC market declines in 2012

PC shipments in Western Europe totalled 15,3-million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, a decline of 11,7% when compared with the same period in 2011, according to Gartner. In 2012, PC shipments reached 58-million units, a decrease of 8,4% from 2011. In the fourth...