Author: Gugu Lourie
By Iain Todd A company in the Netherlands is building a bridge across a canal in Amsterdam using 3D-printing robots. It seems that such attention-grabbing headlines appear regularly to declare how 3D-printing is destined to revolutionise manufacturing of all kinds. If the idea that key manufacturing products such as cars, aircraft – or indeed bridges – built by 3D printing sounds like hype, you’re mistaken. It’s human nature to be suspicious of new things: we find them both attractive and worrying. The manufactured world around us has been made by cutting and casting and forging for many centuries. We are…
By Staff Writer Telkom today announced enhancements to its free WiFi offering that will make access to Internet and the management of time online, for non-Telkom customers, much easier across more than 6000 WiFi hotspots nationally. Manelisa Mavuso, Telkom’s Managing Director: Content and Value Added Services, says, “Free WiFi, for business professionals, entrepreneurs, students or just for social media users, is always an attractive and welcome proposition. The changes we’ve made to our WiFi platform will greatly enhance the experience of users that are not on our network as it now allows them to connect securely and seamlessly to the…
Providing internships to previous Girls/Boys Town residents as part of the 702 Sun International CEO SleepOut sponsorship By Staff Writer MiX Telematics announced on Friday an extension of their 702 Sun International CEO SleepOut participation – that they will provide five, 90 day internships to previous Girls/Boys Town residents. “Unemployment in South Africa reached a 12 year high in the first quarter of 2015, at 26.4%, with the combined youth and young adult unemployment rate at 39.9%2. This is a scary reality and I believe that the lack of skills locally plays a significant role in driving up these stats,”…
Wi-Fi calling service are picking up steam in South Africa and is likely to be the new battleground among mobile phone firms and hotspot network operators, such as AlwaysOn and Orange. The offshoot of the telecoms industry Wi-Fi – a short-range wireless networks – is increasingly becoming a lifestyle requirement as more South Africans access the internet via hotpots in bars, restaurants, coffee shops, conference venues, airports and other public areas even bus services in the City of Tshwane. In search of new revenues streams, operators such as AlwaysOn have launched Wi-Fi calling services. Cell C, South Africa’s third largest…
By Staff Writer Cell C is concerned that four days since the apparent approval of the Vodacom-Neotel transaction, ICASA has not published its decision nor explained the reasons for this decision. With the exception of comments attributed to the outgoing chairman, Dr. Stephen Mncube in a news report, ICASA has remained mum on the approval of this transaction. “Considering the magnitude of such a decision and potential negative impact on the industry, market structure and economy, Cell C is concerned by ICASA’s silence on the matter,” Cell C said in a statement. “Furthermore, there has been no mention of the most…
By Staff Writer Tuluntulu – a mobile streaming platform app that enables its users to watch TV anywhere and anytime – today announced the company has been selected by the Unilever Foundry 50 as one of the top 50 start-ups in the world. The first, and only one from Africa. The “official” event takes place at the Cannes Lions in France next week The inaugural Unilever Foundry 50 is an initiative to find the world’s top 50 marketing technology startups that are innovating to help brands better connect, engage and relate with people. Uniliver has vetted 3,000 start-ups in marketing, research…
By Thas Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas The race is on to get billions of people connected to the internet via a global network of satellites. Europe’s Airbus announced this week that it is to design and build up to 900 satellites for the privately owned OneWeb Ltd, which includes Richard Branson as a board member. A statement from OneWeb said the plan was to begin launches in 2018 to bring “affordable internet access for everyone” by providing approximately 10 terabits per second of low-latency, high-speed broadband. That estimate of 10 terabits per second may be misleading, though. The broadband access rates experienced by…
By Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO at ESET Perhaps the most important single thing that small businesses need to know about cyber threats right now is that cyber criminals are actively targeting smaller firms. This can be hard to imagine or accept. After all, the security breaches we hear about on the news involve big brand names, like Target, Home Depot, Sony Pictures, and Anthem. The fact is, many breaches of smaller firms simply go unreported. There are many business owners who are still wondering what on earth cyber criminals could want with their company’s computer systems and the data they handle. There…
By Ujuh The employee chapter in Vodacom’s R7.5bn black economic empowerment (BEE) scheme will be converted into tradable YeboYethu shares in 2019 following a delayed pay day. The conversion news is carried in the 2014/15 annual report. The annual report says Vodacom employee empowerment trust’s initial seven-year maturity period ends in August 2015. “The units will be converted into YeboYethu shares in March 2019.” The scheme’s pay day had to be postponed due stubbornly high debt. There was some commotion from the Vodacom ranks when the news of the postponement of the initial maturity date was made last year. Vodacom said…
“Great equipment to keep you connected in the digital world” I’ve been using the new Samsung Galaxy S6 for about two weeks and I am convinced that it is a great piece of equipment to keep one connected in the digital space. In short, Samsung finally has a premium smartphone to take its main rivals head-on. However, I feel that the South Korean manufacturer has been influenced by iPhone when it comes to the design of the Samsung Galaxy S6. That said, the Samsung Galaxy S6 has a dazzling design. I love it. I also fell in love with the…