Stories By Arthur Goldstuck
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Web World
Social media gets context
11 October 2013A new social media monitoring tool, Echo-Social, has launched in South Africa, bringing contextual, linguistic and...
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Mobile
Mxit maintains social loyalty
10 October 2013South Africa’s home-grown instant messaging service, Mxit, may have been supplanted by Facebook as the country’s...
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People 'n' Issues
African entries win in ITU contest
10 October 2013Four African entries were among the winners of ITU Telecom’s third annual Young Innovators’ Competition. However,...
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Web World
JUMIA wins global award
10 October 2013JUMIA, Nigeria’s leading online shopping destination, has won ‚”The Best Retail Launch of the Year‚” at...
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Africa News
New alliance pushes for affordable Internet in Africa
10 October 2013The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4A1) coalition has been formed in an attempt to spur action...
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People 'n' Issues
Why SA needs IT skills
10 October 2013Locally, there are around 40,000 and 70,000 open job positions for candidates with networking skills. Every...
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Goldstuck on Gadgets
Mobile money transforming Africa
9 October 2013A new study reveals just how different e-commerce is in Africa compared to global trends, writes...
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Web World
41% of cyber fraud victims never get money back
9 October 2013A recent Kaspersky Consumer Security Risks Survey has revealed that about 41% of users who lost...
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People 'n' Issues
School chess gets big backing
9 October 2013Tsogo Sun newest SunCares corporate social investment initiative will see the company investing more than R10...
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Serious Software
Pick ‘n Pay smart gets Smart
9 October 2013With more than 14 million smart phones in circulation in the country, they’re the one thing...
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Serious Hardware
World’s fastest USB drive
9 October 2013Mushkin has announced the Ventura Ultra USB flash drive. With transfer speeds of up to 380MB/s,...
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Web World
ChatON hits 100m mark
8 October 2013Samsung’s ChatON messaging services has reached a global subscriber base of over 100 million users. The...
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People 'n' Issues
SAP Africa and World Bank push for skills
8 October 2013SAP Africa and the World Bank will develop a framework for collaboration on skills development. The...
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Web World
10 security rules for SMEs
8 October 2013Cybercrime in South Africa is increasing at epidemic proportions and small to medium businesses have turned...
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People 'n' Issues
Cisco waves Wi-FI wand to deliver Facebook in stores
8 October 2013Cisco has announced a collaboration with Facebook that helps businesses increase brand recognition and proactively target...
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Web World
Cellfind takes LBS to Africa
8 October 2013Cellfind, a subsidiary of Blue Label Telecoms, plans to establish itself as the continent’s location-based services...
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Web World
Hotspots for the enterprise
7 October 2013Dimension Data and Internet Solutions have launched Enterprise Wi-Fi, a fully managed solution that integrates a...
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Product Reviews
Nokia Lumia 925: Puts in 9-to-5 with ease
7 October 2013The Lumia 920 put Nokia back in the high-end playing field. But the phone was too...
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Mobile
Made-in-SA tablets and smartphones on the way?
7 October 2013Seemahale Telecoms, a telecoms and broadcasting infrastructure and services company, has teamed up with Boksburg-based CZ...
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People 'n' Issues
Icasa slashes interconnect fee
7 October 2013In a move that will see phone call costs plummet in the next three years, Icasa...