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  1. Jan

    Competition Commission recommending huge ecommerce changes in South Africa

    Competition Commission recommends massive changes for Takealot, Google, and Uber Eats in South Africa The Competition Commission's Online Platforms Market Inquiry has published a provisional report with recommendations that could have severe ramifications for various online platforms in South...
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  3. Jan

    Early Amazon Prime Day tech specials shipping to South Africa

    Best early Amazon Prime Day tech deals that ship to South Africa Amazon.com has launched many early deals in the run-up to its big Prime Day 2022 sale, including heavily-discounted tech. On 12 July and 13 July 2022, the US online shopping giant's annual promotion promises to offer significant...
  4. Jan

    Tech prices on Takealot vs Amazon

    Takealot versus Amazon — tech prices compared While ordering tech products through Amazon in the US can mean a long wait for your items to arrive, a MyBroadband analysis has revealed that it is often cheaper than ordering through South African ecommerce giant Takealot. Industry sources have...
  5. Jan

    AWS tested Snowcone edge computing device with solid-state drive on the ISS

    Amazon launched AWS Snowcone into space Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that it collaborated with Axiom Space on a more efficient way to analyse data using an AWS Snowcone solid-state drive device. Snowcone offers edge processing capabilities with multiple layers of encryption in a...
    • Jan
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  6. Jan

    DStv in danger of becoming the budget option

    DStv subscribers becoming less valuable South African TV expert Thinus Ferreira believes that MultiChoice's subscribers are becoming less valuable. This is what the data shows.
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  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Amazon and Disney lose bid for IPL streaming rights

    Amazon and Disney lose bid for IPL streaming rights Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s media venture won the digital streaming rights to the Indian Premier League, outbidding entertainment giants including Walt Disney Co. and Sony Group Corp., according to a person familiar with the matter. Online...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    First day of IPL streaming auction draws bids over R91.52 billion

    First day of IPL streaming auction draws bids over R91.52 billion The auction of broadcast rights for India’s coveted cricket league saw heated competition on the first day as bids went past 450 billion rupees (R91.52 billion), according to people familiar with the proceedings. The sum offered...
  9. Jan

    Spotify wants to challenge Audible's audiobook dominance

    Spotify taking on Amazon with audiobook push The world's biggest music streaming service — Spotify — has plans to take on Amazon's dominance in audiobooks. Spotify bought audiobook distribution company Findaway for an undisclosed amount in November 2021.
  10. Jan

    Disney+ data usage on different video quality settings tested

    Disney+ data usage tested — with surprising results MyBroadband has tested how much data Disney+ consumes in South Africa and found that the video streaming service's "Data Saver" mode does not work. We previously tested the data consumption of various streaming services in South Africa.
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  11. Jan

    Facebook, Goldman Sachs lose workers to fintechs Like Coinbase

    IT workers quitting Big Tech for fintech Staff at major banks and some of the world’s biggest technology giants are increasingly leaving for fintech startups, new analysis shows. Bankers, engineers, data scientists and sales staff from Wall Street, the City of London and Silicon Valley are...
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  12. Jan

    Amazon on South African hiring spree - including IT and Prime Video posts

    Amazon is hiring 300 South Africans — including new Prime Video jobs Amazon is on somewhat of a hiring spree in South Africa, with the international retail giant advertising over 300 available positions in the country. The positions include job functions relating to software development...
  13. Jan

    NAPAfrica Internet traffic up 4420-fold in 10 years

    South African Internet traffic surged 442000% in 10 years Internet traffic flowing through NAPAfrica peaked at around 2.35 Tbps on Friday, 20 May 2022, a surge of over 441,911% since South Africa's biggest Internet exchange launched. South African data centre company Teraco launched NAPAfrica...
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  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    SuperSport up against YouTube, Amazon, and Disney for IPL rights

    SuperSport up against YouTube, Amazon, and Disney for IPL rights Alphabet Inc., owner of the ubiquitous search engine Google, has flagged an interest in bidding for the broadcast rights of the Indian Premier League, or IPL, joining the ranks of half a dozen media giants vying for the coveted...
  15. Jan

    Judge strikes down leave to appeal interdict against Amazon Cape Town headquarters construction

    Setback for Amazon's South African headquarters The Western Cape High Court has dealt another major blow to the construction of Amazon's new African headquarters in Observatory in Cape Town. The developers behind the R4-billion River Club mixed-use complex with Amazon as anchor tenant have...
    • Jan
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  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Amazon's subscription cancellation process is too hard, new lawsuit claims

    Amazon's subscription cancellation process is too hard, new lawsuit claims Amazon Inc. makes it too hard and unnecessarily confusing to cancel subscriptions for services, some customers claimed in a lawsuit alleging the internet retailer is violating California’s rules on automatic renewal...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Jeff Bezos' fortune shrinks R323 billion in a day

    Jeff Bezos' fortune shrinks R323 billion in a day Jeff Bezos saw $20.5 billion (R323.1 billion) of his fortune melt away after Amazon.com Inc.’s results left investors disappointed, helping fuel the worst month for technology stocks in years. Shares of the e-commerce company were down 14% on...
  18. Jan

    Amazon Cape Town HQ developer in legal wrangling to restart construction - critic

    Amazon headquarters saga — how developers could restart construction Leisbeek Leisure Properties Trust (LLPT) has appealed the interdict ordering it to cease construction on the development that would house Amazon's South African headquarters. If successful, construction could resume. This was...
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  19. Jan

    Amazon Prime Video is hiring in South Africa to produce local content

    Amazon streaming video hiring spree in South Africa Amazon is advertising thirteen different positions, all based in South Africa, for its Amazon Studios and Prime Video Africa division. Before now, Amazon had not advertised such roles for the region.
    • Jan
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  20. Jan

    Ambani scraps $3.2-billion deal that set up clash with Bezos

    Big win for Amazon in battle with India's richest man Billionaire Mukesh Ambani abandoned a plan to buy a teetering Indian retailer amid protracted legal challenges from Amazon.com Inc., potentially ending one episode of the broader clash between the two titans to control the country’s...
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  21. Jan

    Western Cape launches legal challenge for construction of Amazon Cape Town headquarters to resume

    Amazon Cape Town headquarters — fight for construction to carry on Western Cape MEC for local government Anton Bredell is appealing to the High Court to restart a R4.5 billion development that would house Amazon's African headquarters in Cape Town. Bredell's office argued that there were...
    • Jan
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