Articles by Brandon Gregory, Page 13
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Fri, August 9th, 08:00 · Brandon Gregory
WhatsApp introduces voice messaging
Popular person-to-person (P2P) message service WhatsApp has released voice messaging on all of its platforms simultaneously. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 18:30 · Brandon Gregory
The real Tutu joins Twitter and Facebook
Nobel Peace Prize winner and South African Archbishop, Emeritus Desmond Tutu, has finally joined the Twitter and Facebook social media platforms. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 16:00 · Brandon Gregory
Former Vodacom CEO “evasive” in Please Call Me case – lawyer
Cedric Puckrin, the lawyer representing Nkosana Makate, a former employee of Vodacom, has accused Alan Knott-Craig, former Vodacom chief executive officer (CEO), of being evasive about the mobile operator allegedly stealing Makate’s Please Call Me idea. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 15:00 · Brandon Gregory
MRA launches SMS service for economic operators
SMS services have been launched by the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) at the Custom House in Mer Rouge in a move to ease the process of communication between the MRA and its stakeholders. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 12:00 · Brandon Gregory
A fraction of Gauteng motorists will pay maximum monthly e-toll cost – SANRAL
According to the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL), a fraction of motorists using the roads upgraded by the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) will pay the maximum monthly e-tolling cost, of which ZAR450 (US$45.5) is capped for registered users. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 08:30 · Brandon Gregory
Economic impact of apps and space tech incalculable – SA Parliament
Space technologies and applications have an economic impact which is “virtually incalculable,” said the South African Parliament in its concluding remarks of its announcements, tablings and committee report. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 20:00 · Brandon Gregory
IntelliTools, a “jack of all tools” application
IntelliTools is an all-in-one measurement tool application, which was developed by Avelgood Apps in Zimbabwe for the Nokia Asha smartphone platform. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 13:20 · Brandon Gregory
Dina Pule goes from communications to transport
Dina Pule, South Africa’s controversial former minister of communications, has been appointed to the Portfolio Committee on Transport for the African National Congress (ANC), revealed by a parliamentary announcements, tablings and committee report. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 11:20 · Brandon Gregory
AARTO fine collection disaster confirms e-tolling will fail – Ollis
A reply to a parliamentary question posted by the Democratic Alliance (DA) has revealed only 12.19 per cent of fines issued through the Department of Transport’s Administrative Adjudication of Road Offences (AARTO) have been collected since 2008. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 08:30 · Brandon Gregory
A2P messaging the big hope for operators
Application-to-person (A2P) messaging is the “only hope” for mobile operators to make a profit from their SMS messaging infrastructure, said Pieter Streicher, managing director of BulkSMS. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 19:00 · Brandon Gregory
263Chat plays vital role in Zimbabwe election
263Chat, described as “a crowdsourcing platform discussing Zimbabwean national issues by Zimbabweans,” played an important communications role during the country’s controversial elections last week. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 16:30 · Brandon Gregory
FNB tops more than 175,000 smart devices in sales
First National Bank (FNB) has noted as the smartphone and tablet market matures, customers are focussing equally on the latest in technology and lowest cost of use with access to affordable data being a market driver. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 12:40 · Brandon Gregory
Doctors in South Africa “know nothing” on electromagnetic hypersensitivity
In an attempt to escape his electromagnetic hypersensitivity ordeal, Zakhele Gininda has moved to a farm in rural KwaZulu Natal with his brother. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 08:30 · Brandon Gregory
Smart devices create perfect storm for enterprises
The advent of smart devices has given rise to “smart connected interactions”, which has been described as a new sort of customer engagement by Deon Scheepers, a strategic consultant for Interactive Intelligence for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 06:00 · Brandon Gregory
Assault suspect identified through picture portal website
Thunda.com, a popular picture portal website, has played a part in the identification of a man allegedly responsible for the attack on a Cape Town man at a nightclub. → Read more
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Mon, August 5th, 17:30 · Brandon Gregory
Advanced analytics – a new era of insurance fraud detection
Insurance companies have long used tried and tested techniques for detecting insurance fraud, but now high performance analytics enables them to be more proactive in identifying fraud before it occurs, said Tracy Dunbar, director of analytics for South African company BITanium. → Read more
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Mon, August 5th, 16:00 · Brandon Gregory
100 per cent discounts on ADSL for FNB customers
First National Bank (FNB) has revealed details regarding its ADSL service, which offers discounts of as much as 100 percent on uncapped ADSL accounts as well as free monthly 3G data of 500MB. → Read more
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Mon, August 5th, 13:30 · Brandon Gregory
Potraz records an increase of abusive texts and calls
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) and mobile operators have recorded an increase in abusive texts and calls being made via unregistered SIM cards. → Read more
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Mon, August 5th, 11:00 · Brandon Gregory
DA to appeal to president not to sign e-tolling bill
The Democratic Alliance (DA) will appeal to President Jacob Zuma not to sign the e-tolling bill and request Dipuo Peters, South Africa’s minister of transport, to conduct a review of the e-toll contract. → Read more
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Mon, August 5th, 08:30 · Brandon Gregory
SABC 24-hour news blooper not real
A “blooper” video reportedly doing the rounds on Facebook early on Friday, which was supposed to have come from the new South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) 24-hour news channel, is not real. → Read more
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