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In Africa, an emerging information technology industry is betting its future on serving customers and businesses through cloud based applications. At the same time, governments and non-governmental organisations are betting that cloud-based technology can help transform their economies and societies, spurring improvements in education, public health, and the environment. The mobile-centric nature of Africa's future, [...]
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LG Electronics (LG) has announced that it will begin accepting pre-orders for its 55-inch (54.6-inch diagonal) Curved OLED TV in South Korea, with deliveries to begin next month. More than 1,400 LG retail stores in South Korea will begin taking orders today from customers for the premium TV, priced at KRW 15 million (approximately USD [...]
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Africa is filled with innovative solutions, from making life just a little bit easier in rural areas, to actually saving lives in the most dire of situations through science. While Africa is slowly catching up to the technological marvels of Westerns nations, there is definitely no shortage of creative and aspiring minds on the continent. [...]
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Horror fans will soon be able to get a taste of Resident Evil Revelations with the upcoming release of a downloadable demo for Xbox LIVE, PSN, Nintendo eShop and Steam. Exact release dates to be confirmed shortly. Acting on orders from the BSAA director, the demo will see players infiltrating the cruise ship 'Queen Zenobia' [...]
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Alcatel-Lucent and the West Africa Cable System (WACS) consortium have signed a contract for the maintenance of more than 9,000km of the WACS system linking Africa to Portugal. In commercial service since May 2012, WACS interconnects 13 African countries, unleashing a new wave of broadband capacity on the continent and enhancing international connectivity. Under the [...]
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South Africa's Minister of Science and Technology Derek Hanekom congratulated three South African scientists upon receiving their National Orders from President Jacob Zuma on Freedom Day, 27 April 2013. Prof Glenda Grey, Prof Quaraisha Abdool Karim and Dr Bernie Fanaroff received National Orders for their outstanding contributions to the country, and also for their revolutionary [...]
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Nigerian-based mobile operator Globacom has started an upgrading drive of its current network, and announced that they have signed a $750m contract with Chinese ICT solutions provider Huawei Technologies. "It is our 10th anniversary and we have been the network of choice for Nigerians because of the unprecedented manner with which we pioneered various technologies and [...]
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As Samsung's Galaxy S4 is about to hit the African market, a number of mobile operator have announced their pricing structures ahead of the release to consumers. The Galaxy S4 runs the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS and has a 5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED screen, 13MP Auto Focus camera with Flash, 3G (HSPA+ 42Mbps), [...]
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The worldwide mobile phone market grew 4% year-over-year in the seasonally slow first quarter of 2013 (1Q13) as smartphones outshipped feature phones for the first time. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 418.6 million mobile phones in 1Q13 compared to 402.4 million units in [...]
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Samsung launched their Galaxy S4 across the world, including South Africa, on 25 April 2013, but while the device will only be available to consumers tomorrow, select media have received review units to test out for two weeks. Box The device comes in a brown biodegradable and recyclable cardboard-ish box, which is a stark departure from the packaging for the [...]
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