Articles by Brandon Gregory, Page 19
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Fri, July 5th, 09:46 · Brandon Gregory
Q&A: Richard Console on social media privacy policy
Richard Console is a personal injury attorney, CEO and founder of Console and Hollawell, which operates in the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania as well as the city of Philadelphia. Console spoke to HumanIPO on the ever changing and questionable privacy policies of social media giants. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 14:59 · Brandon Gregory
First batch of smart ID cards to go to prominent South Africans
Home Affairs minister Naledi Pandor has said the first batch of the new South African smart ID cards will be issued to prominent citizens first, including Desmond Tutu and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 14:13 · Brandon Gregory
SANRAL’s tacky spin on e-toll propaganda is costing millions – DA
The South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (SANRAL) advertising on e-tolling is simply “propaganda”, according to shadow minister of transport for the Democratic Alliance (DA) Ian Ollis. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 13:31 · Brandon Gregory
Spying through mobile applications on the increase – report
Mobile phone spying is increasing rapidly in South Africa, aided by new applications, computer forensic experts have told Times Live. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 11:08 · Brandon Gregory
Econet Wireless officially rebrands TN Bank to Steward Bank
Telecommunications company Econet Wireless officially rebranded its banking subsidiary from TN Bank to Steward Bank yesterday. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 09:07 · Brandon Gregory
SARS rejects reports of crashed e-filing site
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has rejected reports their e-filing site crashed under the pressure of large amounts of people submitting their tax returns online. → Read more
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Wed, July 3rd, 15:30 · Brandon Gregory
OUTA: Public not fooled by the possibility of e-toll tariff cuts
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) has called the Department of Transport’s (DoT) consideration of cutting e-tolling tariffs further a “charm offensive tactic” by the South African Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL), saying the public is not fooled by it. → Read more
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Wed, July 3rd, 14:07 · Brandon Gregory
CoinFling to centre around mobile
Musse Roble, an African entrepreneur behind international money transfer service CoinFling, has told HumanIPO he deliberately targeted the mobile ecosystem as he looks to connect the continent to the United States. → Read more
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Wed, July 3rd, 12:40 · Brandon Gregory
SA’s Standard Bank discontinues WAP mobile banking
Standard Bank has decided to discontinue its Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) due to it forming only 0.59 per cent of its mobile banking customers. → Read more
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Wed, July 3rd, 09:22 · Brandon Gregory
Sentech scrambles SABC in Zimbabwe
Sentech, the South Africa-based signal carrier, has scrambled the three SABC channels made available through Zimbabwean free-to-air decoders. → Read more
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Wed, July 3rd, 07:50 · Brandon Gregory
Zambian ISPs remain silent on government collusion – Himaambo
Internet service providers (ISPs) in Zambia are refusing to cooperate with the Zambian Watchdog in regards to its apparent blocking by the government, the editor has told HumanIPO. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 14:47 · Brandon Gregory
DoEverythingIT winner of second Mozambique hackathon
The winners of the second Mozambique hackathon, which took place in Maputo last week, have been announced, with DoEverythingIT taking the top prize of MZN80,000 (US$2,600). → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 10:16 · Brandon Gregory
South African motorists may receive traffic fines via email
The South African Road Traffic Infringement Agency is seeking to amend the law to allow motorists to receive traffic fines via email as well as through ordinary mail. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 09:17 · Brandon Gregory
COSATU takes its “go-slow” protest against e-tolling to Pretoria
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has taken its “drive slow” protest campaign against the contentious e-tolling system in Gauteng, South Africa, to Pretoria. → Read more
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Mon, July 1st, 15:43 · Brandon Gregory
Ian Ollis: Portugal’s failed e-tolling system will fail in South Africa
Ian Ollis, the shadow minister of transport for the Democratic Alliance (DA), is calling for clarity on how e-tolling was pursued in South Africa despite the system having already failed in Portugal. → Read more
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Mon, July 1st, 15:24 · Brandon Gregory
A2P SMS interconnect fee to reduce SA networks’ wholesale price
The introduction of an Application-to-Person (A2P) SMS interconnect fee will be a “pleasant surprise” for businesses despite the increasing SMS costs, according to Pieter Streicher, managing director of BulkSMS.com. → Read more
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Mon, July 1st, 13:46 · Brandon Gregory
Top TV cancels two channels
Top TV, one of South Africa’s satellite pay-TV services has lost the TV channel “Fox Retro” without warning and has replaced “Top Explore” with a new channel called “Spark”. → Read more
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Mon, July 1st, 12:10 · Brandon Gregory
Further e-toll tariff cuts expected
The Department of Transport (DoT) is reportedly considering cutting the tariffs for the controversial e-tolling of Gauteng’s freeways following the recent public consultation process. → Read more
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Mon, July 1st, 09:22 · Brandon Gregory
Motorists in Cape Town to pay for confiscated phones
Motorists in Cape Town will have to a pay ZAR1,140 (US$115) fine to retrieve a mobile phone confiscated for using it behind the wheel. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 14:59 · Brandon Gregory
Google presents more innovation from African developers
Technology entrepreneurs and developers from across Africa recently participated in the Google I/O 2013 event in San Francisco to explore the latest in technology innovations. → Read more
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