Gadgets, Page 21
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Thu, December 12th, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
SANRAL fabricated e-tag sale numbers – OUTA
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) has accused the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) of fabricating its figures for e-tag sales, saying its own research showed sales were less than half those claimed by the state-owned company. → Read more
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Thu, December 12th, 10:00 · Tom Jackson
Microsoft sells 2m Xbox Ones in 18 days
Microsoft has said it has sold more than two million Xbox One consoles since its launch, catching up with Sony’s PlayStation 4 (PS4). → Read more
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Thu, December 12th, 07:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
LG launches first Google Play Edition tablet
LG Electronics has launched the LG G Pad 8.3 tablet, the first device to be designated a Google Play Edition tablet and the first tablet to be launched under Google’s Android Open Source Project. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 15:30 · Nick Sato
Kenyatta unveils Nairobi CCTV command centre
Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto has officially opened Nairobi’s new command centre that will coordinate traffic operations and crime management using CCTV cameras. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Goal-line technology makes African debut
Goal-line technology makes its African debut today, as the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) Club World Cup 2013 kicks off in Morocco. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 07:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Orange partners Renault for LTE research in car industry
Orange has partnered with car manufacturer Renault to research the opportunities presented by long term evolution (LTE) technologies in the automotive industry, with a view to developing “hyper-connected” vehicles. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 17:30 · Tom Jackson
Ghanaian students offered training in robotics, app development
A Ghanaian company is offering training in robotics and mobile app development, looking to promote entrepreneurship and tech businesses in the West African country. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 16:00 · Richard Cutcher
Ghana continues laptop rollout to schools
Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation has so far distributed around 40,000 laptops to schools in three years as part of its Better Ghana Agenda. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher
Future phones to have no screen – Google
A future generation of smartphones may have no screen at all and rely entirely on voice recognition, according to Scott Huffman, senior engineering director at Google. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 10:00 · Tom Jackson
SKA considers change to governance structure – report
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Organisation is considering changing its governance structure, becoming a treaty organisation rather than a corporation, as it seeks benefits including tax exemptions. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 08:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Zimbabwe’s NetOne may have violated tender law in upgrade
NetOne, a mobile service provider in Zimbabwe, may have violated sections of the State Procurement Act when it awarded Huawei Technologies a tender to upgrade its network without approval from the State Procurement Board (SPB). → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 20:00 · Tom Jackson
We will regain good credit rating – SANRAL
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has said it has taken its first step towards improving its credit rating after Moody’s decided against further downgrading the state-owned company following the launch of e-tolls. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 14:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Samsung to stream Kenya@50 events live
Samsung, through its advertising partner Alliance Media, has entered into a new partnership with the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) to enable live streaming of the Kenya@50 celebrations set to kick off on Wednesday. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 11:30 · Nick Sato
GOtv, K24 in partnership to provide free decoders
Kenyan pay-TV company GOtv and K24 have launched a digital migration partnership that will mean K24 viewers are rewarded with decoders daily in a bid to cushion its viewers ahead of the analogue switch-off . → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
Moody’s confirms SANRAL rating
Credit ratings agency Moody’s has confirmed the South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (SANRAL) credit rating after the implementation of the controversial e-tolling system. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Israeli firm awarded Zimbabwe e-passport tender as “reward” – report
Israeli security company Nikuv has been awarded a new tender for the production of e-passports in Zimbabwe, amidst allegations the tender was granted as a “reward” for the company’s role in purportedly manipulating the July general elections. → Read more
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Sat, December 7th, 12:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA game STASIS beats Kickstarter target
South African-developed game STASIS soared through its Kickstarter goal this week, with its developers saying such crowdfunding platforms have “evened out the playing field” for game developers in South Africa and beyond. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 18:00 · Tom Jackson
Egyptian designs crisis management system
Nano Technologies, a Qatari firm founded and run by Egyptian Ahmed Fawzi, has developed a crisis management system named Al Dalilah, which uses satellite information and other technologies to organise first responders and rescue teams in a crisis situation. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 16:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Ugandan MPs given iPads, Kenya set to follow
Ugandan members of parliament (MPs) have each been given an iPad at a total cost of US$370,000, allowing MPs to access official documents while travelling. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 13:30 · Richard Cutcher
The e-toll showdown begins now – OUTA
Wayne Duvenage, chairman of the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA), has said the launch of e-tolls this week does not mean the end of the campaign against them and only now can his group really begin to protest the policy. → Read more
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