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Bank Zero has revealed the public launch dates
South Africa’s newest bank, Bank Zero has revealed plans for a steady move from its current beta testing to a public launch with people who supplied their details on the Bank Zero website next year. Speaking to MyBroadband, the Bank Zero founder, Michael Jordaan revealed the details of the bank’s plans. In May he said
MTN introduces cross-border airtime purchases
Introducing MoMo International Airtime, MTN South Africa has officially launched cross-border airtime which allows users to purchase airtime for recipients in other countries, and this applies to foreign nationals living in South Africa and South Africans with friends and family living overseas. MoMo (MTN Mobile Money) users that are registered, will be able to access
Zoom increases call time for the holidays
Now that the lockdown restrictions have increased again, the video conferencing platform, Zoom, has increased the amount of call time for the holidays. Since South Africans can’t really go to beaches or exceed 100 people in a restaurant, it might be a good idea to explore a digital holiday. Internationally dispersed families have been doing
ADvTECH introduces a new premium digital upskilling platform
Africa’s leading private education provider, ADvTECH, has announced the launch of a premium dynamic digital learning platform aimed at upskilling individuals and corporate teams, MindSharp. A couple of the MindSharp courses are authorised by The Independent Institute of Education (IIE), SA’s largest and most accredited private higher education provider, whose well-respected brands include Vega, Varsity
Uber sells its flying taxi division
The American company, Uber has sold its flying taxi enterprise Elevate in order to focus on its core business and reach profitability. It was the last of several of its outlandish research and development projects it hoped would pay off significantly in the future. The move will allow Joby to use Uber’s app to offer
Workforce buys OpenSource Intelligent Solutions
The recruitment company, Workforce Holdings has bought software, OpenSource Intelligent Solutions and OpenSource International, with effect from 1 January 2021. The maximum purchase consideration is R24 208 875, subject to OpenSource achieving certain performance targets over three years. OpenSource is a South African and Mauritius-based business established in 1993. The company places skilled SAP resources
Lenovo introduces world’s first foldable laptop in South Africa
Lenovo launched the world’s first foldable laptop a couple of months ago, and now the company has introduced the laptop to South Africa. The foldable computer is now available for pre-order from Lenovo’s South African website for the retail launch early in the new year. The ThinkPad X1 Fold converts from a big, powerful tablet
Chip sales might just improve in 2021
Computer electronics companies are currently looking at a possibility of sales being improved going into year 2021, although according to analysts, these tailwinds could be tempered by stock prices that are near all-time highs. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index rose 1.2% on Monday, bringing its year-to-date advance to nearly 50%. The industry benchmark has easily outperformed
You can now pay for your Gautrain trips using Samsung Pay
Samsung Group has revealed that you can now use its contactless payment solution, Samsung Pay, at any Gautrain station. Samsung Pay allows you use the NFC chip of your Galaxy smartphone or smartwatch to complete contactless payments on card machines, and this new update means that users can also use the payment solution at Gautrain
Amazon set to generate its own electricity in South Africa
The American multinational technology company, Amazon is set to generate its own electricity to run through the grid of South Africa’s struggling state-owned power utility Eskom, and it has emerged that it will source the power from a giant solar farm to be built in the Northern Cape. The project has already been approved by
Vodacom 5G network comes to KwaZulu-Natal
Telecoms company, Vodacom has introduced its 5G network around several locations in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday. Coverage is currently available on 156 live 5G sites across the KwaZulu-Natal province and supports both mobile and fixed wireless access services. For the first phase of the rollout, 5G has been deployed in the following areas: eThekwini Pietermaritzburg Richards
SpaceX Starship SN8 explodes upon landing after test flight
The American aerospace manufacturer, SpaceX is breaking boundaries and it has set itself is to get Starship off the ground in record time. It moved swiftly from static fire tests, to low altitude tests and now to high altitude flight tests. This week’s high-altitude test of the Starship SN8 prototype started very well and ended
Hyundai purchases Boston dynamics for $1.1 Billion (R16.68 Billion)
Hyundai Motor Group has purchased a controlling interest in Boston Dynamics, valued at $1.1 billion (R16.68 Billion) from SoftBank Group Corp, but Softbank will still retain a 20 percent stake in the business through one of its affiliates. The American engineering and robotics design company is the established leader in developing agile, mobile robots that
DStv has free Premium content to offer for all packages this festive season
DStv has revealed that it has Christmas gifts for its customers this December as it will be allowing customers to access its Premium bouquet content over a limited period this holiday season. This “Open Window” will run from 16 – 20 December 2020. Customers who are on any of the packages (apart from EasyView), who
Apple set to ban apps that do not comply with new privacy feature
The multinational technology company, Apple has revealed that it will be removing apps from its widely used App Store if they don’t comply with an upcoming private feature allowing users to block advertisers from tracking them across different applications. The new feature named App Tracking Transparency, was initially planned to debut this year, but was
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network wins a big contract to serve rural broadband
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network has just won a big contract, worth $885.5 million in federal subsidies to boost high-speed internet service to rural Americans. Bringing internet to the unserved around the world has always been the main goal for the company and recently it has started testing internet service from its many small satellites and
Shopping made easy as WhatsApp adds shopping cart
WhatsApp is making online shopping easy and it is introducing a new shopping carts feature that lets you order multiple items with a single message from businesses on the service. Facebook released a blog post and said: “With carts, people can browse a catalogue, select multiple products, and send the order as one message to
Telkom officially launches Telkom Pay Digital wallet
Telecoms company, Telkom has officially launched the Telkom Pay Digital Wallet, also known as Telkom Pay. The digital payment platform works via WhatsApp lets users send and receive payments using the messaging app. The Managing Executive at Telkom Financial Services, Sibusiso Ngwenya said they have launched financial services solutions that cater to everyone and that
A new Africa Managing Director has been appointed by HP
The printing and PC devices company spun out of Hewlett-Packard, HP has appointed Bradley Pulford as its new vice president and Managing Director for the Africa region with immediate effect. Pulford is coming from Dell Technologies, where he worked as a leader in several leadership, including most recently as executive senior director for channel and
Frankfort town left with no Vodacom coverage due to unpaid electricity bills
Frankfort town in the Free State had no Vodacom cellular connectivity for a couple of days after the operator’s tower in the area was turned off. Someone who is a resident in the nearest town called Reitz told MyBroadband that agriculture company VKB (Vrystaatse Koöperasie Beperk) switched the tower off on Monday 30 November because