Discover Digital launches digitally interactive EPG
Discover Digital has developed an advanced new digitally interactive electronic programme guide (EPG) system for broadcasters and digital TV streaming services. Stephen Watson, MD of Discover Digital, says the EPG was developed internally to address the need for an...
Vodacom to live stream Soweto Spring Festival 2017
Vodacom has secured exclusive streaming rights to the upcoming Soweto Spring Festival 2017 with artists such as Kwesta, Skwatta Camp, Okmalumoolkat, Amanda Black, Lady Zamar and many more set to grace the stage. "We will have a set up at both stages and switch between...
Telkom offers Night Surfer bonus
Telkom is offering free Night Surfer data bundles to certain Once-off All Network Data Bundles, from 26 November. For every data bundle a customer buys of between 1GB and 10GB, Telkom will give the customer an equal Night Surfer data bundle at no extra cost. For...
Tips for travelling overseas in peak season
Travelling overseas during the festive season can be stressful because it tends to be one of the busiest periods of the year when tourists travel to and from destinations all over the world. Anthony Grant, CEO of FNB Foreign Exchange, says: "Travelling during year-end...
Intact, F-Secure plug security hole in connected homes
Intact Software Distribution has won South African distribution rights to F-Secure SENSE, the one device that secures every internet-connected thing in consumers' homes. SENSE combines a secure Wi-Fi router with an advanced security application and cloud protection to...
What you need to know about Black Friday
Wondering what the Black Friday fuss is all about? Suffering from a bad case of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) on one of the best retail sales of the year? Black Friday is fast becoming an important date on the online shopping calendar in South Africa, and Tshipi...
Smart Hospitality puts millennials in control
Millennials are upwardly mobile, they are wired into the world around them with the newest technology, they expect connectivity options to cater to their every need and they demand control of every aspect of their lives. Millennials, also known as Generation Y, enjoy...
black launches smart set-top box
Entertainment platform black has launched its blackBOX, a smart easy plug-and-play multimedia box that turns any television into a smart TV. black, which officially launched this week, brings customers a diverse suite of content from renting to buying the latest...
Opera Reborn modernises the browser
Opera has launched a new version of its browser for computers that includes a fun snapshot editing tool, a search pop-up tool, integrated popular social messengers and support for watching online video content using VR headsets. "We believe today's browsers are...
Breaking barriers, Hangman style
Cell C, in partnership with Blink Pictures, has made broadcast history. Hangman, which debuted on South African television screens in early October, is a different beast from your average unscripted reality show. It's a new interactive show that sets a benchmark in...
Tshimologong launches Entrepreneurship Week programme
As the world gets ready to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) from 13 to 17 November 2017, the Tshimologong Precinct at Wits University, has joined the movement and will form part of the 170 countries celebrating innovation, entrepreneurship, and creativity....
Dating goes back to basics
A South African-developed mobile dating app is proving a hit with thousands of installs monthly and growing. "South Africans excel at using existing technologies in new ways. Voicy takes the voice notes we've got used to on chat platforms and turns them into a quick...