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Wed, August 21st, 14:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Twitter denies hack success
Twitter has defeated Africa-based hacker claims of obtaining account passwords, confirming no damage has been done. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 08:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
DMMA announces new board
South Africa’s Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA) has announced its new board members following the acceptance of a new constitution. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Google suffers service outage
Google has suffered a significant outage across its services, resulting in up to 70 per cent of requests returning error messages to users. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Jumia Nigeria promotes child education with 1 Child, 1 Book initiative
Jumia Nigeria has partnered with the Tosin Jegede Foundation for the 1 Book, 1 Child initiative, aiming to encourage children’s education. → Read more
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Sat, August 17th, 08:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
MEC motivates aspiring tech students
A Gauteng education member of executive council (MEC) has promoted the choice of technology careers for female students, pointing to its economic significance. → Read more
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Fri, August 16th, 17:00 · Nick Sato
Kenya ICT Board picks partners for BPO/ITES training
The Kenya ICT Board has partnered with RIPA International and Kenya Methodist University (KeMU) to boost training in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and IT Enabled Services (ITES). → Read more
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Fri, August 16th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Oracle admits late entry into Nigeria, begins aggressive African expansion
Oracle has admitted it is entering the Nigerian IT market late, several years after some of its competitors commenced operations in the West African country. → Read more
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Fri, August 16th, 13:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
MeerKAT expands with Karoo constructions
The building of Karoo-based telescopes as part of the South African-based Karoo Array Telescope (MeerKAT) started this week, making progress towards the foundation construction of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope. → Read more
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Thu, August 15th, 15:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Subscribers react to Cell C’s BIS changes
Subscribers to South African operator Cell C have responded with mixed reactions following changes to the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS). → Read more
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Wed, August 14th, 16:30 · Richard Cutcher
Oracle chief labels Google “evil”
Larry Ellison, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Oracle, has labelled his opposite number at Google, Larry Page, “absolutely evil”. → Read more
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Wed, August 14th, 11:00 · Nick Sato
Kenyan Chelsea fans to get club-branded afb credit card
Consumer finance business afb have announced a new five year partnership with Chelsea Football Club that will allow its Kenyan fans to get club-branded credit cards. → Read more
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Tue, August 13th, 08:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Bookmark Awards search to begin
South African digital publication recognition event The Bookmarks Awards is soon to start its search for awarding outstanding digital publications. → Read more
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Mon, August 12th, 16:00 · Brandon Gregory
Financial backing for Please Call Me case against Vodacom emerges
Various businessmen have emerged as financial supporters of Nkosana Makate’s civil case regarding Vodacom’s Please Call Me Service. → Read more
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Mon, August 12th, 10:00 · Kamau Mbote
Xbox to charge for features
Microsoft’s Xbox One console, to be released in the next three months, will attract an annual subscription for its key features. → Read more
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Mon, August 12th, 06:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
IBM reveals human brain programme
Computer firm IBM has completed a programming architecture for cognitive computer chips, enabling a structure for the design of applications. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 12:30 · Paul Adepoju
Ghanaian phone dealers close shops in protest against new tax
The Concerned Mobile Phone and Accessories Dealers group have closed their shops and urged the government to rescind its decision to impose a 20 per cent tax on imported mobile phones and accessories. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 07:00 · Nick Sato
Digital traffic lights installed in Nairobi, awaits CCTV cameras
The Kenyan government has moved to realise a digital system to control Nairobi traffic by installing new lights with countdown timers to free up the number of police officers who control roundabouts and junctions across the city. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 05:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Yahoo! to unveil new logo
Yahoo! will be revealing a new logo, marking its 30 days of change, and continuing its aggressive re-positioning. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 20:00 · Brandon Gregory
IntelliTools, a “jack of all tools” application
IntelliTools is an all-in-one measurement tool application, which was developed by Avelgood Apps in Zimbabwe for the Nokia Asha smartphone platform. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 15:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Rape Crisis to launch on Mxit
South African anti-rape trust Rape Crisis will be releasing its information portal on local chat app Mxit, adding to the existing MySafety app. → Read more
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