LG optimus black

Are you in the market for an Android smartphone? Good luck. There has never been a time that we can remember where there has been so much competition, with a multitude of new handsets all jumping up and down for your attention. The Optimus Black joins...

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SA inflation figures rise in June 2011

The poor in South Africa are having to tighten their belts faster than the wealthy, according to economist Tendani Mantshimuli from Liberty Group, because they spend a higher proportion of their incomes in the most affected food and transport categories. That’s...

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Dry petrol pumps in SA affecting economy

As petrol stations begin to run dry and hospitals gear up for a possible medicines shortage, now hospital, refuse collection and transport services may be crippled as municipal workers decide whether to join the strike. The petrol shortages are now...

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NFC is the new mobile payment solution

Mobile payments to hit $670bnJuniper Research this week released a new study saying the transaction value of mobile payments for digital and physical goods, money transfers and near field communications (NFC) transactions will reach $670 billion by 2015,...

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Rica compromised by fruad

The Regulation of Interception of Communication and Provision of Communication Related Information (Rica), the deadline of which was last Thursday, has been compromised by unscrupulous traders who are selling pre-registered SIM cards to cellphone users. Labelled...

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Rica Coming into effect in SA

South Africans who do not have their SIM cards registered by the end of the day on Thursday will have their cellphone numbers deactivated. Rica is the Regulation of Interception of Communications Act, which came into effect on July 1 2009 and requires...

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