Articles by Brandon Gregory, Page 23
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Fri, June 7th, 10:43 · Brandon Gregory
City of Johannesburg to get Top Level Domain name
The City of Johannesburg is soon to have its own domain name .joburg, following the success of the initial evaluation phase of the new Top Level Domains (gTLD) project. → Read more
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Fri, June 7th, 08:58 · Brandon Gregory
DA donates ZAR1 million to OUTA
The Democratic Alliance (DA) announced today it will contribute ZAR1 million (US$101,000) towards the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance’s (OUTA) pending court case against e-tolling. → Read more
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Thu, June 6th, 15:08 · Brandon Gregory
GoMetro recorded 750,000 trip requests last month
South Africa’s commuter rail app GoMetro received 750,000 trip requests on its platform last month, going live in its fourth province last week. → Read more
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Thu, June 6th, 13:33 · Brandon Gregory
Vodacom presented with most innovative use of mobility award
Vodacom has been presented with the “most innovative use of mobility” award at the Enterprise Mobility Forum (EMF) awards event. → Read more
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Thu, June 6th, 08:27 · Brandon Gregory
Ian Ollis rubbishes SANRAL’s e-toll award
Ian Ollis, Democratic Alliance (DA) member of parliament (MP) has described the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) 2013 Toll Excellence Award as a “pathetic attempt to gain legitimacy”. → Read more
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Wed, June 5th, 14:33 · Brandon Gregory
OUTA needs ZAR1 million before court case
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) may not be able challenge e-tolling in a court case coming up in three weeks if it does not acquire ZAR1 million (US$101,000). → Read more
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Wed, June 5th, 13:16 · Brandon Gregory
Documents allegedly show Pule lied about Mngqibisa romantic link
Times Live claims to have documents showing South African communications minister Dina Pule lied about her romantic connection to Phosane Mngqibisa, a businessman, and is in fact married to him. → Read more
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Wed, June 5th, 10:17 · Brandon Gregory
Reeva Steenkamp’s “encrypted” iPhone crucial to police investigation
An iPhone allegedly belonging to former model Reeva Steenkamp is central to the police investigation into her murder by boyfriend Oscar Pistorius. → Read more
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Wed, June 5th, 09:30 · Brandon Gregory
Prioritising big data for future success
“Huge value” lies within big data and is something organisations cannot afford to ignore, according to South African Ayanda Dlamini, business development manager for LGR Telecommunications. → Read more
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Fri, May 31st, 14:14 · Brandon Gregory
Transforming data centres for bottom line benefits
Transforming and optimising a data centre can result in “significant bottom line payback” and benefits for business operations, according to Brent Lees, senior product manager at Riverbed Technology. → Read more
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Fri, May 31st, 13:46 · Brandon Gregory
COSATU’s drive-slow 300 cars strong
Approximately 300 vehicles participated in the Congress of South African Trade Union’s (COSATU) “drive-slow” protest action against e-tolling in Gauteng on Friday. → Read more
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Fri, May 31st, 10:51 · Brandon Gregory
Aptronics fires warning on cloud use
Businesses should be aware cloud services could be adding extra costs and security risk, despite the significant adoption and growth it has seen in South Africa. → Read more
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Fri, May 31st, 10:15 · Brandon Gregory
COSATU’s “drive-slow” protest against e-tolls goes ahead
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) began their “drive-slow” protest against e-tolling in Johannesburg this morning. → Read more
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Fri, May 31st, 08:16 · Brandon Gregory
ITU research figures “distorted” – Research ICT Africa
Mobile figures released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) can present a distorted picture of the situation on the ground, according to Alison Gillwald, executive director of Research ICT Africa. → Read more
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Thu, May 30th, 13:09 · Brandon Gregory
infoDEV, Nokia and AppCampus collaborate with innovation hubs
A collaboration between the World Bank’s infoDev, Nokia and AppCampus with innovation hubs throughout Africa, Latin America and Asia has been announced at the Fifth Global Forum on Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship in East London, South Africa. → Read more
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Thu, May 30th, 09:30 · Brandon Gregory
DA urges president to investigate alternatives to e-tolling
Ian Ollis, shadow minister of transport and Democratic Alliance (DA) member of parliament (MP), will write to president Jacob Zuma, urging him to investigate alternatives to e-tolling in the wake of new evidence against the project. → Read more
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Thu, May 30th, 09:25 · Brandon Gregory
IDC: PC sales drop as market turns to tablets
The International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC tracker has indicated global PC shipments are expected to drop by 7.8 per cent this year. → Read more
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Wed, May 29th, 18:10 · Brandon Gregory
SMS still the best channel for business messaging
SMS as a communication medium is still very much alive for business messaging, according to Pieter Streicher, managing director of BulkSMS. → Read more
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Wed, May 29th, 13:15 · Brandon Gregory
Eneza’s “ask a teacher” feature to go live in fortnight
Toni Maraviglia, co-founder of Kenyan feature phone education app Eneza, says its latest feature should go live in two weeks, while an Android version is currently under construction for smartphones. → Read more
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Wed, May 29th, 12:07 · Brandon Gregory
Q&A: Bluegrass Digital’s Nick Durrant
Nick Durrant, managing director of South Africa’s Bluegrass Digital, spoke to HumanIPO about the digital agency, smartphone penetration in the country and establishing an agency in two countries. → Read more
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