The Data Challenge South Africans continue to face high mobile data costs relative to income. For millions, this makes full internet participation a luxury…
Chinese researchers, Microsoft partner to teach Kinect sign language
The folks at Microsoft Research Asia have collaborated with researchers from the Institute of Computing Technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to…
Shuttleworth loses exchange control case, gains a few points along the way
Mark Shuttleworth has lost his bid to have the South African Reserve Bank pay back some R250-million (US$24.5-million) that he says he had to…
Yahoo! buys Chinese social data startup Ztelic for R&D boost
Yahoo! has announced the latest buy in its frantic acquisition spree: Chinese social analytics startup Ztelic. The buyout is apparently a part of Yahoo!’s…
Weak Surface sales hit Microsoft hard in Q4 2013 earnings
Microsoft has just reported its Q4 2103 results and it looks like weak sales of its Surface tablet hit it seriously hard. The Redmond-based…
