Articles by Tefo Mohapi

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Mon, February 25th, 08:41 · Tefo Mohapi

Microsoft latest victim of malicious hackers

Microsoft has confirmed it has been the victim of a “similar security intrusion” to those recently experienced by Facebook and Apple. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 08:03 · Tefo Mohapi

Rumours of a Samsung SmartWatch

“Images” on an online message board of a Samsung SmartWatch have sparked rumours the South Korean manufacturer is set to launch the gadget this year. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 09:06 · Tefo Mohapi

Johannesburg gets first dedicated tech hub

JoziHub, Johannesburg’s first technology incubator, was launched last night with founders promising it will be “dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship and innovation”. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 15:37 · Tefo Mohapi

Adobe Creative Cloud for teams now available in South Africa

Adobe Creative Cloud for teams is now available in South Africa through Comztek’s distribution channel and resellers the company announced this week. → Read more
Thu, February 21st, 08:44 · Tefo Mohapi

Safaricom, KCB partner towards M-Pesa agent loan facility

Kenyan operator Safaricom and KCB Bank have formed a partnership to allow M-Pesa agents to access a KSh1.5 billion unsecured loan facility, though the loans will be repayable at 20 percent interest. → Read more
Wed, February 20th, 17:17 · Tefo Mohapi

Ubuntu unveil tablet interface

Ubuntu has unveiled its tablet interface one day before the first Ubuntu for Smartphones image for the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 is made available. → Read more
Wed, February 20th, 07:44 · Tefo Mohapi

Wi-Fi only low cost Galaxy Camera launched by Samsung

Samsung Electronics have launched their newest Galaxy Camera without the 3G/4G feature from their original camera. → Read more
Wed, February 20th, 07:22 · Tefo Mohapi

Afrinolly achieves two million download milestone

Afrinolly, the company behind popular online African movie app Fans Connect Online has achieved and crossed the two million app downloads. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 15:35 · Tefo Mohapi

Social media monitoring tool Radian6 appoints Ocular Technologies as SA agent

Ocular Technologies has entered into a new deal which will see it become the South African agent for social media monitoring tool Radian6. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 10:47 · Tefo Mohapi

Windows Phone 8 app for real-time tracking of players and scores a first for South African golf

Dimension Data and Microsoft South Africa have developed a Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 app designed specifically for use at the 2013 Dimension Data Pro-Am golf tournament. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 09:13 · Tefo Mohapi

Posterous “shuts down” on April 30

Posterous, launched in 2008 and acquired by Twitter around a year ago, is preparing to shut down posterous.com to “focus 100% of our efforts on Twitter”. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 08:36 · Tefo Mohapi

gTLD launch date announced by ICANN

The first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will be launched on April 23 by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 06:54 · Tefo Mohapi

SA Black Economic Empowerment Consortium bids for a stake in WirelessG

Wi-Fi services company WirelessG has announced a South African Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) consortium, Mightycare Mosegedi, are to buy a 26 percent stake in mother company G-Mobile Holdings. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 18:50 · Tefo Mohapi

Ericsson launches school broadband project in Ethiopia

Ericsson has launched a new broadband project in Ethiopia, in a bid to improve Internet services in the country’s schools. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 18:42 · Tefo Mohapi

South Africans can now purchase the Nokia 206

The new Nokia 206, an “advanced feature phone”, has been launched in South Africa and will cost R759 (US$86). → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 18:36 · Tefo Mohapi

Ubuntu to release image for Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 this week

The promised “Ubuntu for Smartphones” images and open source code for the “Touch Developer Preview of Ubuntu” will be published and made available on Thursday, February 21, for the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 smartphones. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 16:33 · Tefo Mohapi

Public voting open for Afrinolly competition after shortlist decided

Afrinolly have concluded the screening of the entries for the Afrinolly Short Film Competition and drawn up a shortlist of 20 finalists. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 16:31 · Tefo Mohapi

Ayehu appoints Blue Turtle Technologies as a reseller in SA

Blue Turtle Technologies (Blue Turtle) has signed a partnership and reseller agreement with IT process automation company, Ayehu. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 13:52 · Tefo Mohapi

iLab Liberia amongst those to be awarded by Google in RISE Awards 2013

Google has awarded iLab Liberia one of its Roots In Science & Engineering (RISE) gongs in recognition of its use of technology education as a platform and means to bridge wider social and cultural divides. → Read more
Mon, February 18th, 10:52 · Tefo Mohapi

Facebook computers targeted in sophisticated possible Java exploit hack attack

Facebook has reported it was the target of a sophisticated hack attack that possibly used the “Java exploit” by an unidentified hacker group. → Read more