Articles by Tefo Mohapi

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Thu, December 13th, 08:59 · Tefo Mohapi

Breaking: Judge Vorster rules in favour of Gauteng’s eTolls, dismisses Outa

Judge Vorster has ruled the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance's (Outa) application regarding public participation in the eTolls saga was flawed, saying this morning he believed their application would not succeed. → Read more
Thu, December 13th, 07:05 · Tefo Mohapi

Kenyans win first and second prize in Vodafone’s first App Star Challenge

The winners of the first ever Vodafone App Star Challenge, which included entries from six African and Middle Eastern countries, have been announced. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 10:40 · Tefo Mohapi

2012’s top Google searches in South Africa revealed

Free classifieds site OLX, deceased pop diva Whitney Houston and Hurricane Sandy were the top three search trends in South Africa for 2012 according to the Google Zeitgeist. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 15:16 · Tefo Mohapi

41 employees confirmed to be retrenched, Mxit says it’s channeling funds into “key growth areas”

Mxit, the “largest social network in South Africa”, says it plans for aggressive growth in 2013 with the implementation of an extremely focused technology and business plan. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 14:34 · Tefo Mohapi

More than two million South Africans use LinkedIn

LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with more than 187 million members, has announced more than two million South Africans have signed up. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 12:57 · Tefo Mohapi

Trouble at World of Avatar as Mxit set to retrench employees and Boom.fm shuts down

World of Avatar has suffered further blows after announcements that Mxit is to retrench staff and Boom.fm is to close. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 12:21 · Tefo Mohapi

Twitter takes on Instagram with new photo filters

With Instagram having discontinued previewing of its photos on Twitter, the microblogging site has taken the fight to the popular app by launching its own photo filtering service. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 10:12 · Tefo Mohapi

Keith Bothma appointed as HP SA’s Networking Unit and Sales Manager

Hewlett Packard (HP) South Africa has confirmed the permanent appointment of Keith Bothma as HP Networking BU and Sales Manager for the Enterprise Group, assuming these new roles with immediate effect. → Read more
Mon, December 10th, 15:16 · Tefo Mohapi

Is RB Jacobs, the FNB Guy, a ‘twitterbot’ or the real thing?

South Africa’s First National Bank (FNB) have been leading the way in using technology as part of their brand and customer service, with one such example the “personification” of the FNB brand through the Twitter account @RBJacobs The FNB Guy. → Read more
Mon, December 10th, 11:10 · Tefo Mohapi

TomTom and !Waytag agree partnership

Waytag, a location technology startup, has partnered with TomTom to provide its services on the in-car GPS company’s platform. → Read more
Mon, December 10th, 08:47 · Tefo Mohapi

Network assessment service announced by SA’s Dimension Data

Business performance could be improved by a new service launched by Dimension Data to help customers review traffic patterns, flows and volumes across their networks. → Read more
Fri, December 7th, 13:28 · Tefo Mohapi

MTN Business launches cloud services in South Africa

MTN Business, a division of MTN South Africa, has launched a pilot project for its cloud services, making it the first mobile network and services provider in Africa to adopt the ‘Cloud Service Brokerage Model’. → Read more
Fri, December 7th, 13:16 · Tefo Mohapi

Google’s Public Data Explorer makes available South Africa’s Census 2011 results

Working with Statistics South Africa, Google has published the 2011 South Africa Population Census results and annual mid-year population estimates on Google Public Data Explorer (PDE), its second Sub-Saharan partnership. → Read more
Fri, December 7th, 11:48 · Tefo Mohapi

Kaspersky Lab reports on security trends for 2012 and core threats for 2013

IT security specialists Kaspersky Lab have predicted 2013 will see a continued rise in targeted attacks, cyber-espionage and nation-state attacks as well as an evolving role of hacktavism and the development of controversial “legal” surveillance tools. → Read more
Thu, December 6th, 08:51 · Tefo Mohapi

ZTE and China Development Bank seal US$20 billion partnership, Africa to benefit

Chinese technology company ZTE has agreed a US$20 billion investment with the China Development Bank (CDB) which will support ZTE’s overseas projects, likely to include those in Africa. → Read more
Wed, December 5th, 12:35 · Tefo Mohapi

NATIVE launches an innovation hub and 10 new Mxit Apps

NATIVE Inventions, the innovation and product development division of NATIVE, has launched 10 new Mxit applications as it looks for new revenue streams from the mobile apps market. → Read more
Wed, December 5th, 11:08 · Tefo Mohapi

HP’s new Information Optimisation Solutions aims to harness the power of big data

Hewlett Packard (HP) hope their enhanced Information Optimisation Solutions can help enterprises manage, understand and act upon the variety, velocity and volume of organisational data to drive maximum “Return on Information”. → Read more
Wed, December 5th, 09:02 · Tefo Mohapi

iROKING launches embedded music player

iROKING has launched a music player that can be embedded onto any blog or website, giving visitors the ability to play any of the 35,000+ songs on offer. → Read more
Tue, December 4th, 06:27 · Tefo Mohapi

SA IT company delivers early Christmas present for Randburg SPCA

Bytes Document Solutions (BDS), the Xerox distributor in 26 sub-Saharan Africa countries, has provided an early Christmas present to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Randburg, Johannesburg, by handing over R72,000 (US$8,000). → Read more
Mon, December 3rd, 13:40 · Tefo Mohapi

Ushahidi being used to assist Kenya carpools

Ushahidi, a Kenyan non-profit organisation specialising in free and open source software, has aided the Kenyan carpool Twitter surge by creating a crowdmap to capture, categorise, geo locate and visualise as many tweets as possible. → Read more