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Digital Cinema Experience
Ster Kinekor Theatres, the country’s biggest cinema company, is in the process of overhauling all of its cinemas. Why? Because digital theatre is both the next big thing and an essential upgrade. We visited a digital theatre and got the low-down of what punters can expect next time they go to the movies.
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Android phone for R799
Everybody’s going gaga for Samsung’s Galaxy phones, but the people who will really make the smartphone market grow are those who can get Android on a budget. And with that, Vodacom plans to set the Android market ablaze with its R799 Android phone: the Vodafone Smart Mini.
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The IT industry needs more women
Uchenna Moka thinks South Africa’s IT industry needs more women. With 50% of the country’s population being female, she has a point. And she has a plan, too: it’s called the Black Girls Code initiative, and she penned a lovely column about it for Women’s Day on the 9th of August.
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Uber comes to Jo’burg; Zapacab says bring it
What if you could use a smartphone application to summon to exactly where you’re standing? Uber, the American high-class taxi service, allows for that. This week it launched its Uber taxis in Johannesburg, and local competitor Zapacab says that it welcomes competition from the American startup.
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Let’s bring the father of open source to South Africa
Software Freedom Day, taking place in September, will hopefully see the founder of the open source movement – Richard Stallman – come to South Africa. We care, and you should care, too. To explain why, guest author Mark Clarke lays out the reasons.
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SANRAL has been spying on us
Not content with facing lots of criticism from the public for its electronic tolls, information surfaced this week that SANRAL’s toll gantries have been gathering information about traffic and cars, for the last 18 months. Just what it needs to endear itself to the taxpayers.
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