Gadgets, Page 23
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Fri, November 29th, 19:00 · Nick Sato
Asus attributes success to emerging African markets
PC and tablet manufacturer Asus has attributed its recent performance in climbing third most popular tablet brand to success in emerging markets such as Kenya. → Read more
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Fri, November 29th, 17:00 · Richard Cutcher
SA iPad Air and MacBook Pro prices revealed
South African resellers of Apple products have published the prices for the new MacBook Pro and iPad Air. → Read more
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Fri, November 29th, 13:00 · Richard Cutcher
JPSA attacks confusion over e-toll payments
The Justice Project SA (JPSA) has slammed the confusion surrounding how e-toll payment defaulters will be dealt with and the “deafening silence” silence coming from the National Prosecuting Authority. → Read more
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Fri, November 29th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Nigerian state saves $164k through pension e-payments
The pensions board for Nigeria’s Cross River state has saved over NGN26 million (US$164,000) in the past 18 months by implementing an e-payment system for the release of pensions. → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 14:00 · Winfred Kuria
Dar es Salaam port to roll out Electronic Single Window System
The Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) has begun the first phase of the Electronic Single Window System to enhance efficiency at the Dar es Salaam port through online customs clearance. → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 08:30 · Nick Sato
KRA directs transporters to install electronic cargo tracking
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has directed all cargo transporters to fit their vehicles with the Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS) by February 2014 to facilitate the monitoring of movement of all cargo into and within the East Africa region. → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 06:00 · Richard Cutcher
University of Johannesburg to enforce tablet use for first years
First year students at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) will be required to buy a discounted tablet, if they do not already have one, or a laptop before beginning their studies in 2014. → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 05:00 · Selipha Kihagi
LG Electronics names new executives
LG Electronics has announced new executive appointments, including three new company presidents, and promotions. → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 18:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Ghana to introduce biometric voter registration
Ghana’s political parties alongside the country’s Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) have agreed to enforce biometric voter registration ahead of the 2016 general elections, as the entities propose reforms to the electoral system in line with a Supreme Court decree. → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 17:30 · HumanIPO
Review: Apple iPhone 5S – should you upgrade?
Apple’s iPhone formula has been going for quite some time now – the first one arrived in 2007, and the 3G model landed in South Africa in 2008. Apple has clearly had an evolutionary design theme with the iPhone, and the latest 5S model continues the tick/tock update methodology. It might look almost identical to the iPhone 5, but on the inside it is a major step forward. → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher
Windows RT days are numbered
Microsoft could be about to kill off its Windows RT operating system (OS) after Julia Larson-Green, the company’s executive vice-president for devices and studios, said having three OSs was too many. → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 10:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
BlackBerry overtakes Samsung in SA mobile market – report
BlackBerry has overtaken Samsung in the South African phone market, a new survey has revealed, though Nokia remains the most popular mobile phone brand in the country. → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 07:00 · Nick Sato
LG launches curved OLED TV in Kenya, priced at $14k
LG East Africa has launched its curved OLED television in the Kenyan market, in a move to grow its premium market share. → Read more
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Tue, November 26th, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Panasonic, iROKOtv launch Nollywood Smart TV App
Panasonic and iROKOtv today launched the world’s first Nollywood Smart TV App for use on Panasonic’s VIERA smart TV, making over 5,000 Nollywood films available on demand. → Read more
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Tue, November 26th, 16:30 · Tom Jackson
Free e-tolling defence offer borders incitement – report
The offer by South African legal firm Findlay & Niemeyer Inc to offer a free defence to the first e-tolling non-payer borders on incitement, according to a report by Sake24. → Read more
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Tue, November 26th, 14:30 · Selipha Kihagi
Kenya told to use GPS to tackle cattle rustling
Joseph Kaguthi, chairman of the national task force on community policing in Kenya, has called for the introduction of a GPS tracking system in northern Kenya to reduce cases of cattle theft. → Read more
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Tue, November 26th, 14:00 · Tom Jackson
Free legal defence offered to first e-toll non-payer
South African legal firm Findlay & Niemeyer Inc has offered a free defence to the first non-compliant e-toll road user, after the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) warned motorists non-payers would be handed over to debt collectors. → Read more
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Tue, November 26th, 12:30 · Nick Sato
MultiChoice launches Explora Decoder in Kenya
MultiChoice Kenya has launched its next-generation PVR decoder, the DStv Explora, aiming to give viewers more control and personalise their digital television viewing experience. → Read more
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Tue, November 26th, 09:00 · Richard Cutcher
Apple buys motion sensor company
Apple has completed the deal to buy PrimeSense, the Israeli company behind the motion sensor technology used in Microsoft’s Kinect games console. → Read more
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Mon, November 25th, 20:00 · Nick Sato
CCTV firm compensated $230k in damages for JKIA fire
Insurance company APA Insurance has settled a claim by CCTV company Micro-City Computers for KSh19.9 million (US$230,000) damages it suffered from Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) fire that destroyed the international arrival terminal section. → Read more
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