Global smartphone sales to end users totaled 328,8-million in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of 10,8% year over year, according to Gartner. Overall global mobile phone sales grew 10,2% despite supply constraints due to Covid-19 related production disruption...

He developed a protype to trap plastic and tested it in a local river - the Klein Jukskei in Johannesburg; then entered it as a project for the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists; won an award and represented South Africa at an international science fair in Indonesia....

Internet services providers in South Africa face a number of challenges as market growth rates subside, despite the high growth opportunities in fibre and cloud services. This is according to a new report from ICT analyst firm BMI-TechKnowledge, entitled "SA Internet...

Google has received a patent for a way of reducing injuries in pedestrians involved in accidents with self-driving cars. The San Jose Mercury reports that the company has applied for and been granted a patent for any crash to "glue" the pedestrian to the vehicle. "The...

Former Altech CEO Craig Venter has launched ClickaBet, an online sports betting site. Sports enthusiasts can go online, predict sports results, and place a wager on the outcome. It allows bets anytime, anywhere for the tech-savvy sports fan, and rewards winners with...

Telkom is working with Avaya to offer communications as a service (CaaS) to businesses across the country. Telkom will host Avaya's innovative communications solutions and make them available to businesses in a cloud services model for the countries it operates in...

SAP and Microsoft have announced joint plans to deliver broad support for the SAP Hana platform deployed on Microsoft Azure, simplify work through new integrations between Microsoft Office 365 and cloud solutions from SAP, and provide enhanced management and security...

Vox Telecom has launched a Microsoft Private Cloud Services portfolio, offering medium-to-large companies a single supplier for communication, collaboration, CRM and business intelligence as part of a fully managed service. "While Microsoft's applications form a core...

Revenue for Allied Electronics (Altron) declined by 4% to R26,6-billion for the year ended 29 February 2016. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) reduced by 73% to R376-million, and headline earnings per share (HEPS) declined to a loss...

With two-thirds of South Africans out in the cold when it comes to Internet access, the WiFi Forum SA (WFFSA) will redouble its advocacy for public access WiFi across South Africa. The commitment to universal service was made by the WFFSA's "top three" who were again...