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With its ultra-dynamic proportions, elegantly sporty lines, low-slung silhouette and innovative design features, the new BMW i8 represents a new generation of sports car. Bringing together hallmark features of the BMW brand with the design language developed specially for BMW i cars creates a progressive aesthetic which faithfully communicates the performance attributes, efficiency and innovative premium character of the plug-in hybrid sports car. The launch of the new BMW i8 sees the world’s first sports car to be purpose-built with sustainability in mind complete its journey from vision to reality. Its unmistakable, emotion-stirring looks can be put down to a prototype design that was first…
To help capture and share more of life’s moments on-the-go, Lenovo today introduced three new exciting devices to the smartphone portfolio: the new VIBE Shot and A7000 smartphones and the Lenovo Pocket Projector. The company said with connectivity and mobility driving consumers to record and share more of life’s moments, it designed the VIBE Shot to help them capture every moment. “Our first 2-in-1 camera smartphone, we developed the Lenovo VIBE Shot to be a true crossover device. It’s first a fabulous camera that shutterbugs will love, and secondly, a performance-laden, standalone smartphone,” the company said. “Our latest Lenovo smartphones…
This summer Samsung will launch a secure and easy-to-use mobile payment service at more merchant locations than competing offerings Today Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced the latest in mobile payment services, Samsung Pay, which allows consumers to transition to secure mobile payments at nearly all merchant locations. To date, mobile wallets have had extremely low acceptance with merchants utilizing conventional magstripe terminals. With Samsung Pay, consumers can now utilize their mobile devices to pay at existing point-of-sale terminals. To achieve this, Samsung leverages both Near Field Communication (NFC) and a new proprietary technology called Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) to make…
17 February 2015 MTN launches unlimited cloud service MTN has launched a cloud service that provides customers with unlimited storage capacity across a range of devices for a monthly fee of R99. This service which is available to both prepaid and post-paid customers, is payable with airtime, a first in the industry. Currently, end user customers who subscribe to a cloud service have a limited storage capacity and any storage beyond the prescribed threshold is payable, often run by an international OTT usually paid using a credit card. Larry Annetts, Chief Marketing Officer: MTN South Africa, says information stored on…
21 January 2015 MTN transforms enterprise business unit in South Africa to enhance overall client experience MTN South Africa today announced the start of a process to reorganise its MTN Business unit, to strengthen its competitive advantage in the enterprise business solutions market. MTN is reorganising the unit to implement a new go-to-market structure that will enable MTN Business to optimally serve its customers and partners. This is in line with a revised group-wide business model that seeks to reposition MTN’s enterprise business unit for future growth and service excellence. “We are reorganising to enhance our customer service and market…