The official date for the first phase of South Africa’s digital television switch has been set for 26 – 27 September 2012, and will roll out in the Northern Cape near the area of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), and some 20 set top boxes (STBs) will be activated in a symbolic, ceremonial “switch-on” ceremony. ...

The South African Olympic athletes are currently settling in to the Olympic Village in London and thanks to Acer Africa will be able to keep in touch not only with their loved one’s but with all the local happenings. South Africa’s top athletes each received a brand new Acer Iconia A501 tablet. The mobility of ...

SteelSeries has announced their new partnership with local mporter and distributor of interactive video – Megarom Interactive, Megarom will carry SteelSeries’ full product line including – award-winning headsets, mice, keyboards and surfaces as well as exclusive, co-branded publisher products for titles like World of Warcraft, Diablo III, Guild Wars II and more. “We chose to ...

The 2012 Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, to be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from August 28-30, will once again bring together top IT leaders to deepen their understanding and sharpen their skills. Tina Nunno, Gartner Vice President and Research Director in the US-based CIO Research Group, will give a series of presentations on how ...

First National Bank have confirmed that some of their banking systems are currently offline, the local SA bank has been experiencing “technical difficulties” with their online banking, card and mobile systems after a power failure in Randburg disrupted the bank’s services. FNB’s social media front has been taking a beating since the downtime with disgruntled ...

Most of us were not able to attend this years Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas, CES 2012 electronics showcase is one of the world largest conventions for consumers to view the latest new technology and innovations from leading worldwide manufactures. Well South African traders and consumers will be happy to note that Samsung ...

There has been a debate going on in South Africa between local banks, internet security experts and third party data aggregator 22seven, following a controversial decision by Absa to block US technology company, Yodlee, from accessing its client’s Internet banking accounts on behalf of new financial management enterprise, 22seven. In this article we will look ...

The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) announced on Friday (13 January 2012) that the controversial e-tolling system would not be launching in February 2012. The agency released a statement on 10 January 2012 claming that three months after the start of e-toll registration, 212 906 Gauteng e-toll account units had been registered for phase ...

After a year and half of FNB PayPal exclusivity, the online payments giant and FNB have announced that PayPal will be opening up to all South African banks, which means you can now withdraw from your PayPal account at any South African bank (i.e Standard Bank, ABSA, Nedbank, Capitec etc.) So what now? Well for ...

Top South African banks ABSA and FNB have both launched the new Department of Home Affairs fingerprint verification interface aka HANIS. Last week the banks both claimed that they were the first to test and implement the ID verification system, ABSA claimed that they had started their pilot trial beginning last year and say that ...

First National Bank (FNB) one of South Africa’s most innovative banks, has announced their latest mobile payment service called Pay2Cell, which allows FNB clients to make payments to other FNB account holders using only the recipient’s cellphone number. The new service will allow recipients to keep their banking details private as only a mobile number ...

Oppikoppi mania is about to hit South Africa again, with this year’s video streaming of the music festival being broadcast both locally and abroad by Antfarm, one of the country’s leading video streaming service providers. Oppikoppi is an annual music festival held in the Limpopo Province near the mining town of Northam and features a ...