Articles by Richard Cutcher

Articles by Richard Cutcher, Page 46

Wed, February 27th, 12:53 · Richard Cutcher

Instagram reaches 100 million users

Instagram now has one million people using the photo sharing service each month, despite a January crisis which saw it rapidly lose daily visitors. → Read more
Wed, February 27th, 10:41 · Richard Cutcher

350 youths and women to be part of new SA entrepreneurship programme

Telkom has launched an entrepreneurship programme for women and young people, aimed at encouraging young business-minded individuals to start and grow their own businesses. → Read more
Tue, February 26th, 15:39 · Richard Cutcher

MWEB joins Telkom by revealing its super-fast Internet prices

South African Internet service provider MWEB has released prices for its VDSL services, bringing customers 20Mbps and 40Mbps speeds, on the same day Telkom revealed their prices. → Read more
Tue, February 26th, 13:31 · Richard Cutcher

Etisalat pursues bank loans to complete majority purchase in Maroc Telecom

Moroccan operator Maroc Telecom faces continued uncertainty after it emerged Middle East-based Etisalat remains in talks with banks as it tries to fund a 53 percent share purchase. → Read more
Tue, February 26th, 07:55 · Richard Cutcher

Angry Yahoo! staff told “no more remote working”

Yahoo! is facing significant staff unrest after a “plethora” of employees leaked an internal human resources letter to the media which brings an abrupt end to their flexible working options. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 16:04 · Richard Cutcher

Latest protest against SA e-tolling held by COSATU

Protesters dressed in red shirts gathered outside the Gauteng provincial legislature building today to campaign against implementation of e-tolling next month. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 15:52 · Richard Cutcher

French begin moves to tax Google’s and Facebook’s data collection

A tax proposal by the French government is targeting web giants such as Google and Facebook by charging them for the personal data they collect on the Internet. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 11:07 · Richard Cutcher

Huawei unveils “world’s fastest LTE smartphone”

The Huawei Ascend P2, claimed to be able to download films in minutes, has been unveiled as the Chinese manufacturer looks to capitalise on huge growth in 2012. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 09:37 · Richard Cutcher

8ta’s ad campaign labelled “false and misleading”

No action will be taken against South African mobile network operator 8ta, despite an ad campaign being labelled “false and misleading”. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 07:14 · Richard Cutcher

Social media ‘afterlife’ to launch in March

Dead people could soon be tweeting after LivesOn announced it is set to launch its mobile application next month. → Read more
Sun, February 24th, 19:42 · Richard Cutcher

FBI double agent who hacked African government websites has sentencing postponed

Hector Xavier Monsegur, who hacked government websites in Zimbabwe, Tunisia and Algeria, before becoming an FBI agent has had his sentencing postponed. → Read more
Sun, February 24th, 19:18 · Richard Cutcher

Etisalat among operators signed up to launch Mozilla smartphones

The Firefox OS smartphone, aimed at the developer market, was unveiled yesterday and Etisalat are among 17 operators which have agreed to market the device. → Read more
Sun, February 24th, 18:45 · Richard Cutcher

Men “very good at computer games” sought to control killer robots

An international pressure group is being formed to lobby governments to stop the escalation of robot warfare and autonomous weaponry. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 15:42 · Richard Cutcher

Cloud accounting system to allow businesses access from around the world

A cloud-based accounting programme aimed at startups and small businesses has been unveiled by Pastel Software Zimbabwe. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 15:38 · Richard Cutcher

SA operator Cell C uncover data problems

Cell C has finally recognised its data issues, following a barrage of complaints from South Africans on social media. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 14:12 · Richard Cutcher

Hundreds of SA licencees not paying ICASA fees

Non-compliant licencees are costing the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) millions of rands. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 12:34 · Richard Cutcher

Hi-tech dress to turn see-through as wearer gets aroused

A line of dresses which physically react to the wearer’s emotions, allowing them to show more or less, has been created. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 10:59 · Richard Cutcher

“No evidence” of Google changes tackling music piracy

Illegal piracy websites are still easily found and accessed despite Google promising last year its revamped search formula would discourage users, a music industry report has said. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 07:44 · Richard Cutcher

Tables turned on Anonymous as they fall victim to latest Twitter hack

A rival group of hacktivists have embarrassed hacker group Anonymous by infiltrating their Twitter account for three hours. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 15:51 · Richard Cutcher

Oscar Pistorius tweets could be defamatory – legal expert

Comments made on Twitter concerning the ongoing Oscar Pistorius murder case in South Africa could lead to unknowing bloggers being found guilty of defamation. → Read more