SA hits 1m .co.za domain milestone

South Africa has registered its one-millionth .co.za domain name. The registration of www.vulindlela-hpt.co.za, at 09h57 yesterday (19 August 2015) with the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) comes 20 years after there were just 450 registered .co.za domains at the end of...

SanDisk reaches 2bn microSD card milestone

SanDisk Corporation has announced it has shipped more than two-billion microSD cards since it started commercial shipment of the technology 10 years ago. The company commemorates this milestone on the eve of Mobile World Congress Shanghai. Invented by SanDisk in 2004,...

Tablet users to top 1bn this year

While the tablet market is cooling off from its highs of the past four years, more than 1-billion people worldwide will use a tablet in 2015.This is the word from Christopher Riley, CEO of The Notebook Company, who says: “While tablet sales accounted for more than...

eBucks programme hits R5bn in rewards

eBucks Rewards, the rewards programme offered by FNB and RMB Private Bank, has paid its members R5-billion in rewards over the past 15 years, with the lion’s share contributed by FNB. “FNB recognises eBucks Rewards as an integral part of our success in the market,”...

FNB’s cardless withdrawals stand at R2bn

FNB’s cardless cash withdrawal has achieved its four-year milestone with over R2-billion withdrawn since its launch in February 2011. The feature, added to the existing cell phone banking platform which launched in 2005, answers the need of customers who want to...