Articles by Nanine Steenkamp

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Mon, April 8th, 11:47 · Nanine Steenkamp

Telecoms Academy to launch online training

International telecommunication education institution Telecoms Academy will present web-based training in Long Term Evolution (LTE), Cloud and Operator systems from the end of the month to replace personal lectures. → Read more
Mon, April 8th, 10:51 · Nanine Steenkamp

WeChat denies price increase rumours

Chinese chat app owner Tencent Holdings have reiterated its WeChat services will remain free after a Chinese minister pointed to possibilities of pressure by telecoms to charge for similar applications. → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 13:36 · Nanine Steenkamp

Visual imagery, emotion key in social media success, expert says

South African social media expert Dave Duarte has spoken on the importance of evoking emotion with visual imagery for social media success in public relations (PR). → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 12:09 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA Snapplify releases foreign content template

South African digital publishing company Snapplify has launched its foreign language content template ePub to cater for the digital publishing market in foreign languages. → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 11:34 · Nanine Steenkamp

Mars mission deterred by sunblock

NASA engineers studying Mars have been forced to take a break as their sight of the Red Planet is blocked by solar conjunction during April. → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 07:49 · Nanine Steenkamp

African success stories pave way for mobile innovation

Integrated mobile solutions company ComzAfrica (comza) believes Africa can play a leading role in mobile innovation despite the progress the continent still has to make in the field. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 14:58 · Nanine Steenkamp

Jamless now active on Tigo network

Ghanaian mobile and online traffic service Jamless is now available to Tigo subscribers in Accra as the startup expands its market reach. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 13:49 · Nanine Steenkamp

WordPress set for bigger presence on social media

Matt Mullenwag, founder of WordPress, has revealed plans for more social features on his open source blogging template to increase surface distribution. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 09:47 · Nanine Steenkamp

Fourth AfPIF to promote cross-border African relations

The fourth annual African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) will take place from September 3 to 5 in Casablanca, Morocco, with its focus on policy aspects of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), content and cross-border interconnections in Africa. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 16:15 · Nanine Steenkamp

OPINION: Failure a step in the startup ladder

In the innovative space of the tech environment, where startups shoot up as quickly as new technology developments itself, success is not guaranteed. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 15:08 · Nanine Steenkamp

PR-Net hosts social multimedia talk

South African social media expert Dave Duarte will be speaking on the use of social multimedia as a tool to aid public relations (PR) investment in Cape Town tomorrow evening, hosted by peer network for education industry (PR-Net). → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 14:22 · Nanine Steenkamp

40th mobile conversation anniversary celebrated today

Today marks the fourtieth anniversary of the first mobile phone conversation in 1973, when Motorola employee Martin Cooper made the first call in New York to its competitor AT&T. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 13:41 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA Desktop Dungeons developer joins jury in USA

South African game developer Danny Day participated as a member of the judging panel at the Independent Games Festival (IGF) in California last week as award-winning creator of Desktop Dungeons. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 12:00 · Nanine Steenkamp

Google to release eight million Nexus 7 devices in July

The launch of Google’s next generation Nexus 7 tablet is expected in July, with a shipment of eight million to boost its increased presence in the mobile device market. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 09:17 · Nanine Steenkamp

Proposals for pre-construction phase of SKA telescope underway

A request for proposals (RfP) for the pre-construction phase of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope to be built in South Africa has been issued to attract international companies’ collaboration. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 08:57 · Nanine Steenkamp

Kytetime controls teenage mobile internet surfing

Canadian-developed app Kytetime has been released to assist parents in monitoring teen access to the internet through smartphones. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 05:27 · Nanine Steenkamp

Invisible cloak more than a Harry Potter fantasy

An invisible cloak is no longer a fantasy item after American scientists succeeded in creating the first concealed-to-the-naked-eye garment in a microwave light laboratory. → Read more
Tue, April 2nd, 16:40 · Nanine Steenkamp

Mxlish suggested as official SA language

South African news site News24 reported on Monday on the national government decision to establish Mxit language, a shortened social mobile style used in texting, as the twelfth official language, as an April fool’s joke. → Read more
Tue, April 2nd, 16:15 · Nanine Steenkamp

Android hint re-sparks Facebook phone rumours

A pre-event phrase inviting attendees of the Facebook conference on Thursday, April 4 to “come and see [its] new home on Android” restarted rumours a Facebook phone is on its way. → Read more
Tue, April 2nd, 12:32 · Nanine Steenkamp

Assange aims for Australian senate seat, appoints ‘anti-monarchy’ campaigner

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has appointed Australian barrister Greg Barns as director of his political campaign as he attempts to gain a senate seat in the 2014 elections in Australia. → Read more