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Thu, June 7th, 03:48 · Tefo Mohapi

South African Dragon, 1st ever commercial spacecraft to successfully attach to ISS

When Space Exploration Technologies’ (SpaceX) Dragon capsule landed in the Pacific Ocean on May 31, 2012, it marked a great feat for Elon Musk and his company the SpaceX. → Read more
Wed, June 6th, 12:24 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenyans to access credit rating on mobile phones

Mobile subscribers in Kenya can now access [their] credit ratings on mobile phones, thanks to a new SMS-based system dubbed Crystobol SMS system. → Read more
Wed, June 6th, 12:21 · Vincent Matinde

Africa to view Olympics through YouTube channel

Google has announced that during the upcoming London Olympics, residents of Sub Saharan Africa and their Asia counterparts will get to view quality Olympic videos through a YouTube channel. → Read more
Wed, June 6th, 11:21 · Vincent Matinde

Google and Unicef unveil online family safety center in SA

Google in partnership with Unicef have unveiled an online portal to help parents protect their children from inappropriate content. → Read more
Wed, June 6th, 08:54 · Robin Okuthe

Poll now shows Facebook is ‘boring,’ ‘not relevant’

Thirty-four percent of Facebook users now spend less time on the social networking site than they did half a year ago, reveals a poll by Reuters and market research firm Ipsos. → Read more
Wed, June 6th, 07:39 · HumanIPO

Farmers in Malawi to use own social networking site

Sahebo a new social networking site based in the local agricultural community of Malawi already has its eyes on the horizon although it is yet to be made fully public. → Read more
Wed, June 6th, 06:10 · Robin Okuthe

IBM revises its Rational tools for mobile, cloud

While focusing on mobile and cloud, IBM has now revised its Rational CLM (Collaborative Lifecycle Management) software to function in clusters. The multinational corporation has also introduced a number of cloud-based development management services. → Read more
Tue, June 5th, 17:25 · Vincent Matinde

The Nigerian ‘Amazon’ Kasuwa goes live

Nigeria’s Amazon clone has finally opened its online stores with an offer of 1,500 naira (US$9.20) gift for new subscribers. → Read more
Tue, June 5th, 17:14 · HumanIPO

SA’s Uusi to offer its over 100,000 registered job seekers new marketability tools

South Africa-based Uusi, a phone-based jobs social network, says it expects to launch Uusi Brand Pages and a Career College to provide its more than 100,000 registered users with tools and short courses to improve their marketability in the job market. → Read more
Tue, June 5th, 16:00 · Vincent Matinde

US-based PurpleTeal and Kenya’s yuMobile partner to bring health tips on phones

Subscribers of Kenya’s leading network operator YuMobile will now get health tips through their mobile phone following a partnership between the firm and healthy living website, PurpleTeal → Read more
Tue, June 5th, 12:47 · HumanIPO

SA’s online fashion superstore Zando woos regulars with complimentary delivery

South Africa's new online fashion website Zando launched in February is now giving fashion lovers in the south African state an entirely new shopping experience. → Read more
Tue, June 5th, 12:03 · Tefo Mohapi

Johannesburg Broadband Network to be completed in 2013

The City of Johannesburg, South Africa, last month launched the Johannesburg Broadband Network Project (JBNP), an initiative expected to reduce the Internet connectivity costs for the city-based individuals, startups as well as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). → Read more
Tue, June 5th, 10:01 · Vincent Matinde

Crowdpesa to unveil new m-commerce platform for brands

Crowdpesa.com is set to release a new version of its service for brands, today. This service will aid brands in promoting their offerings online. → Read more
Tue, June 5th, 09:12 · Tefo Mohapi

BlackBerry still a favorite with youth in South Africa

Canadian BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has been struggling financially with earlier reports revealing it is set to lay-off 2,000 employees globally. → Read more
Tue, June 5th, 07:09 · HumanIPO

Kenyan developers partner with Safaricom to test out Internet Protocol version 6

Kenyan developers at the iHub are set to enjoy IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), a version of the Internet Protocol (IP) intended to succeed IPv4. → Read more
Tue, June 5th, 04:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Mi-Pay launches Facebook top-up app

Mi-Pay, a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) certified leader in mobile payments solutions, has launched a Facebook app that will allow customers to top-up their mobile phone accounts directly from Facebook. → Read more
Mon, June 4th, 14:15 · Tefo Mohapi

Internet economy in South Africa estimated at R58.98 Billion, study shows

Google South Africa commissioned a study titled The Internet Economic Impact Study, aimed at surveying the contribution the Internet makes to the country’s economy. → Read more
Mon, June 4th, 13:13 · HumanIPO

SA defense force obtains a new tactical intelligence system

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has received a new integrated tactical intelligence system from Thales South Africa, as part of its Cytoon battlefield surveillance and mobile intelligence processing system programme, the Army Technology post reported. → Read more
Mon, June 4th, 12:25 · Elly Okutoyi

After Kenya, Uganda also lowers interconnection rates

Uganda’s communications regulator the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has followed its Kenyan counterparts and slashed the interconnection rates for telecommunications companies operating in the country. → Read more
Mon, June 4th, 10:15 · Elly Okutoyi

Mobile wallet service unveiled by Mobilis

Mobilis Networks, an international software applications company offering mobile wallet and billing solutions for mobile operators, recently announced its software services to enable a service it believes to be the first world firsts for mobile wallets. → Read more