Jan 28, 2013
The number of smartphone shipments exceeded 200-million in the fourth quarter of 2012, with the annual total reaching 671-million – a growth of almost 42% year on year. This is according to a report from Juniper Research. Samsung continued its phenomenal growth...
Jan 28, 2013
Vodacom, together with the Department of Communications, has handed over a mobile computer centre and free data to the previously disadvantaged Jonguhlanga Secondary School in Mthatha. This initiative is the realisation of a partnership between Vodacom and the...
Jan 28, 2013
Customers have shifted their behaviour online, creating incentives for operators, legislators and the information communications technology (ICT) community as a whole to adapt their business and processes to keep pace. This was the key message from Ahmad Abdulkarim...
Jan 25, 2013
A post-festive season sales report by online retailer kalahari.com reveals that tablets were the second most purchased electronic devices on the site. While the e-tailer’s pre-festive season shopping survey predicted the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy tablets as the...
Jan 25, 2013
South African group Softline – makers of the popular Pastel accounting and HR software products – will officially become Sage from 4 February. The Softline group, which was formed by entrepreneurs Steven Cohen, Ivan Epstien and Alan Osrin, was bought out by UK-based...
Jan 25, 2013
Less than one in five respondents in the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer believes a business or governmental leader will actually tell the truth when confronted with a difficult issue. “We’re clearly experiencing a crisis in leadership,” says Richard Edelman, president...
