With technology moving and changing at the rapid pace that it has been for the past couple years, many questions have arisen as to whether traditional print media is still necessary or not. One question that is up for debate is whether there is a market for new reference books to be printed, or if [...]

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Google has just launched a phone call application within Google Chat and Gmail, enabling Gmail users make free voice calls in the US and Canada. Calls to other countries start at $0.02 per minute.

This move puts Google in direct competition with Skype, another popular platform that allows free internet calls between users via the [...]

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The City of Johannesburg (COJ) is taking active steps to improve the lives of its citizens by introducing several initiatives including a unified call centre, which has been named “One City, One Number”. From October 2010 Joburg based consumers will  have one central point of contact for all their municipal queries and complaints.
According to executive [...]

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The Department of Home Affairs is currently working on an online ID verification system which is scheduled to be fully operational by the end of 2010. This will have a positive impact on both consumers and retailers and will be crucial in the fight against ID fraud in South Africa.
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What is HANIS?
The system [...]

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The Internet has become an incredibly useful research and communication tool; but it is also an extremely insecure channel for exchanging information.

The agency in charge of managing internet addresses has teamed up with online security services firm VeriSign and the US Department of Commerce to upgrade the internet’s software to give websites encrypted identification to [...]

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With the launch of Vodacom’s mobile television service, TV: On Demand, South Africans can watch some of their most loved movies and television shows straight from their mobile phones.
Vodacom has partnered with the UK based On Demand Group to offer this mobile video-on-demand service.  It is currently only available to Vodacom 3G subscribers; however the [...]

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At the opening of the 2010 tax season, on Thursday 1 July, SARS Commissioner Oupa Magashula promised this tax season to be simpler and more convenient for tax payers to complete their tax returns.
The Commissioner stated that several changes have been made to the current efiling system, including the following:
•    Electronic signatures – taxpayers who [...]

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Are you looking for an opportunity to work in a dynamic, innovative environment and expand your knowledge of the ever-changing online world? If so, then we may have just the job for you.
If you’re not familiar with getclosure, here is a brief overview: www.getclosure.co.za is an independent complaints management and consumer affairs portal.   Read [...]

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The Austrian library project has one of the five biggest collections of 16th to 19th century literature in the world and Google has managed to get a piece of the pie.
On 15 June 2010 Austria’s national library (ONB) announced that it has struck a €30 million (about R270 million) deal with US Internet giant Google [...]

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MTN has recently signed an agreement with Facebook, giving all MTN clients across several African countries, excluding South Africa, access to Facebook via 0.facebook.com. This new mobile site is designed to improve speed while accessing Facebook by excluding graphics and photos on the site’s pages. Mobile users no longer have to worry about paying for [...]

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