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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, 13:37 · Brandon Gregory

Sierra Leone now connected to the ACE cable

Sierra Leone is officially connected to the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable following the launch of the connection, described as the country’s first direct link to global fibre network. → Read more
Tue, February 26th, 10:06 · Babongile Matyila

Telkom reveals price plan for new 20Mbps and 40Mbps speed

Telkom has revealed the price structure for their new 20Mbps and 40Mbps Internet speed which will launch on Monday, March 4. → Read more
Tue, February 26th, 10:02 · Gabriella Mulligan

Diaspora voters biggest users of YouTube Kenyan election channel

The YouTube channel dedicated to the upcoming Kenyan presidential elections is most popular with diaspora viewers, the company has revealed. → Read more
Tue, February 26th, 08:27 · Paul Adepoju

Expensive technologies responsible for the informal sector categorisation of Nigeria’s SMEs – BCX Group

Africa's leading provider of data centre and cloud computing services, Business Connexion (BCX) Group, has declared expensive technology is the major reason why small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria are still categorised in the informal sector. → 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
Tue, February 26th, 07:13 · Nanine Steenkamp

CPS to drive fourth industrial revolution

The future of business applications as dependent on cyber-physical system collaboration was presented at the International Conference for Industrial Technology (ICIT) in Cape Town yesterday, signifying the rise of the “fourth industrial revolution”. → 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, 12:53 · Paul Adepoju

New Ghana job site seeks expansion across Africa

A new website aimed at helping Ghanaian job seekers in various sectors has been launched, with plans underway to extend across the continent. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 11:28 · Babongile Matyila

Telkom to launch SA 20Mbps and 40Mbps Internet speeds next week

Telkom will launch its 20Mbps and 40Mbps Internet speeds on Monday, March 4, after a successful trial period which stretched across South Africa. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 09:14 · Tefo Mohapi

Hacker explains “how I hacked Facebook”

A hacker named ‘Nir Goldshlager’ has published how he managed to hack Facebook OAuth and as a result “could steal unique access tokens that provides me full control over any Facebook account”. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 08:55 · Tefo Mohapi

Zendesk hacked, three of their clients including Twitter affected

Customer service software provider Zendesk announced last week it had been hacked, making it the latest online platform to fall victim to intrusion. → Read more
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
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
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, 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, 13:15 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s government websites to be standardised in March

Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s Minister for Communications Technology, has revealed the federal government of Nigeria will launch the first of its new websites in March. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 11:59 · Nanine Steenkamp

Python issue ‘overblown’, says SA expert

South African Python expert Simon Cross believes the UK software company application to claim ‘python’ as a trademark is not as major an issue as it is made been out to be. → 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, 10:05 · Kamau Mbote

Kaspersky hails Obama’s executive order on cybersecurity

Eugene Kaspersky, founder of Internet security company Kaspersky Lab, has used his blog praised an executive order on cybersecurity by President Obama intended to ensure better information sharing between government and the private sector. → Read more