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Vodacom outsource call centre jobs to its outsourcing partner Merchants
Vodacom has decided to outsource a larger portion of its customer service to Merchants, a South African business process outsourcing (BPO) provider. By Staff Writer BPO is commonly known for call...
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Mobile Wallets – A Reciprocal Relationship
Mobile is fast-becoming the dominant marketing channel for companies across the vast majority of industries. By Gillian Hughes, VP Corporate Sales at Veoo. This is largely because mobile adoption can...
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People-powered science in Africa: a boost for democracy and knowledge
December 1900 marked the first ever “Christmas Bird Count”. Its aim was to get people counting bird species rather than killing them. It’s now an annual tradition. Every year on a specific day between...
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It’ll take more than tech for Elon Musk to pull off audacious new Tesla...
Elon Musk – CEO of Tesla Motors – has just revealed the second part of his master plan for the company. And it’s a doozy. Not content with producing sleek electric cars (which to be fair, was only ever...
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Outsourcing for service providers – cost efficient and expertise rich
The telecommunication landscape is constantly shifting and the line between Tier 1 and Tier 2 providers is getting more and more blurred. By Eckart Zollner, head of business development at New Telco...
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US-based AT&T clinches a Wi-Fi roaming agreement with SA’s VAST Networks
VAST Networks, South Africa’s first open-access Wi-Fi Network, announced on Monday that it was working with AT&T, the Dallas-based telecommunications giant, to offer AT&T users Wi-Fi in the...
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MTN has been quietly conquering Africa’s digital music. Does it want to be...
Is there anything that MTN doesn’t do? The mobile phone company is into mobile money, telematics, cloud computing, connected cars, telemedicine. As part of its hunt for new revenue streams, MTN has...
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South Africa’s first gay streaming TV channel is called PrideTV
South Africa’s first LGBT video-on-demand (VOD) channel has been launched to provide content that unashamedly tells the stories of Africa’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. By Staff...
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TElkom secures court order against “thuggish” CWU union members
South Africa’s Telkom said this afternoon that it secured an urgent interim court order interdicting and restraining CWU (Communications Workers Union) and its members from a number of illegal...
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BMW ConnectedDrive Store hits South Africa in September 2016
BMW will launch a newly revised BMW ConnectedDrive Store – which offers BMW customers access to the complete spectrum of services and vehicle app like real time traffic and BMW Internet Services – in...
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The BMW 7 Series with remote control parking now available in SA
BMW South Africa today revealed the BMW 7 Series with the Remote Control Parking system. By Staff Writer The BMW 7 Series is the world’s first series-produced car that enables owners to manoeuvre in or...
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What the nap apps can really tell you about your sleep
Did you sleep well last night? If your answer is “no”, there could be an app or a gadget that could help you with that. By Thuong Hoang and Bernd Ploderer But are they any good? Do they really monitor...
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Inaugural Women in ICT – Partnership for Change Awards announces finalists in...
MTN SA has announced the finalists who will be vying for the coveted winner’s prize in various categories in the Women in ICT – Partnership for Change Awards. The announcement of the finalists follows...
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Do women really go for ‘bad boys’? Here’s the science that settles the question
“Nice guys finish last” is one of the most widely believed maxims of dating. Fleshed out, the idea goes something like this: heterosexual women might say they want nice characteristics in a partner,...
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VW’s aggressive electric car plans
Volkswagen plans to bring five new electric cars to market, according to a Madison report. By Staff Writer The site said all Volkswagen’s electric cars will be based on its new modular electric-vehicle...
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R1.3 million in prizes up for grabs for fintech firms in Sub-Saharan Africa
Two lucky fintech entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa are about to get a big boost, as they are invited to join the Fintech Africa 2016 programme. By Staff writer Village Capital is recruiting...
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South Africa ranks 34th in terms of LTE coverage
South Africa is ranked 34th globally in a new report from OpenSignal app that take measurements from millions of smartphones users in 95 countries. By Gugu Lourie OpenSignal examines the overall mobile...
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Humans are wired for prejudice but that doesn’t have to be the end of the story
Humans are highly social creatures. Our brains have evolved to allow us to survive and thrive in complex social environments. Accordingly, the behaviors and emotions that help us navigate our social...
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Is it really OK to eat food that’s fallen on the floor?
When you drop a piece of food on the floor, is it really OK to eat if you pick up within five seconds? This urban food myth contends that if food spends just a few seconds on the floor, dirt and germs...
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Durban-based IT firm Adapt IT delivers another excellent sets of results
JSE-listed IT firm Adapt IT informed investors on Thursday that headline earnings per share – South Africa’s main profit gauge – rose 36% to 57.54 cents a share for the year to end-June 2016. By Staff...
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