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Category archives: Tech
Media Future: The best non-smart phones you never noticed
by Arthur Goldstuck. While cutting edge 5” devices drain wallets and batteries, a range of great non-smartphone handsets can be had for less than a tenth of the cost of the flagships.
Uber — not a taxi as you know it
by Herman Manson (@marklives) [SPECIAL OFFER FOR MARKLIVES READERS!] Uber, a mobile app that connects passengers with private drivers licensed to carry passengers, has recently set up in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban in its first foray into African markets.
Media Future: Wi-Fi rides in to save mobile
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) The next big thing in mobile data growth is good old Wi-Fi, but in a new guise called “Wi-Fi offload.”
Tech Law: Free is the death of the open web
by Paul Jacobson (@pauljacobson) Our insistence on having access to free services such as Facebook or Twitter both heralds the death of the open web and, at the same time, has given rise to most of the online privacy-related controversies in recent years.
Smart Africa TV: Afrinolly’s big MTN deal
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) Chike Maduegbuna of Afrinolly talks to us about his latest deal with MTN to put the Afrinolly platform out in all its territories; its strategy to widen its distribution; and the short film competition it is running.
NSA spying could see tech companies could go ‘dark’ to regain trust
by David Glance. There is definitely a motivation for major technology companies to provide a verifiably secure means of allowing users to communicate securely without an ability for them to provide access to security agencies, even if requested to. Two companies, Silent Circle and Lavabit, have come together to form the Dark Mail alliance in an attempt to do exactly this.
Media Future: HTC comes back to the party
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) It makes some of the best phones in the world. Yet HTC imploded as a brand this year. Now it’s back in South Africa.
Media Future: BlackBerry’s corporate battery dies
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) If you like rollercoaster rides, you should ask BlackBerry for a job. Not that it’s hiring off the streets right now, but the CEO job is available, for one.
Thorsten Heins was fired on Monday after presiding over the collapse of BlackBerry’s customer base during the past two years. His interim replacement, John Chen, is best known for turning Sybase from a failing business into a leading enterprise systems company by taking a massive bet on mobile at a time when it was dismissed by most.
Tech Law: How you sell for Facebook and Google
by Paul Jacobson (@pauljacobson) Let’s look at how consumers are acting as sales agents for Facebook and Google through expanded use of our personal information.