This is a video transcript of the live recording of episode 101 of the ZA Tech Show, produced at our new studio at Thunk’s offices in Johannesburg. The show is broadcast live every Friday afternoon at 4pm, SA time, and the edited podcast will continue to be available on Monday mornings.
Please note this live recording [...]
A young father scans the crowd in a busy shopping mall, looking for a lost child. He pushes his way through a sea of shoppers. He spots a red balloon across the room, runs towards it hoping that it’s the one his 10-year old son is clutching in his hand. Concern gives way to panic [...]
When Nokia introduced its now iconic E71 smartphone in July 2008, it represented a huge leap over its predecessor, the E61i. Nokia’s answer to Research In Motion’s BlackBerry range, the E71 was slimmed down, with a much faster processor, and refined software.
It’s not a stretch to suggest that the E71, which is now used by [...]
The market for personal computers is “returning to a state of health”, says JSE-listed computer assembler and technology distributor Mustek.
In notes accompanying its interim results for the six months to 31 December 2009, the company says growth predictions for the SA market are “finally positive”, with strong growth in notebook sales predicted.
Sales of netbooks, small, [...]
Long-time Xerox man, Bytes Document Solutions MD Rob Abraham, has been appointed as the new CEO of Altron IT subsidiary Bytes Technology Group, replacing long-standing CEO David Redshaw who is retiring.
The appointment, effective Monday, sees Redshaw returning to his native Britain, where he will chair Bytes’s UK operations. Redshaw will also continue to service as [...]
Internet service providers (ISPs) could get “hurt” as the decline in bandwidth prices in SA gathers steam.
The fall in prices, already evident in the market for fixed-line broadband, will result in lower revenue for ISPs and put pressure on their profit margins.
That’s the view of Keith Matthews (pictured), GM for sub-Saharan Africa at BT Global [...]
Smartphones, cellphones with large screens and the ability to browse the Web and access e-mail and other online services, have made a “dramatic entry” into corporate SA, far surpassing general consumer use or small business use.
That’s a key finding in a new research study released on Thursday by World Wide Worx. Its “Mobile Corporation in [...]
Operating systems were all the talk last week at Mobile World Congress, the cellphone industry’s annual confab in Barcelona. Apple, Microsoft, Google, Nokia and others are engaged in a battle over whose software will run the next generation of smartphones
Management and shareholders of Faritec remained locked in talks late on Wednesday as they sought to pull the JSE-listed IT group back from the brink.
The group is expected to publish details of a new rights offer in the next few days as it seeks to raise at least R60m to ensure it has sufficient working [...]
Video stores, watch out! MultiChoice, which operates the DStv satellite pay-TV service, is considering launching a video rental service.
However, instead of renting movies on DVD or Blu-ray disc, MultiChoice will provide the service — if it launches it, which appears likely — via satellite to users of its personal video recorder (PVR) decoders.
The content will [...]
