All the stories tagged with South Africa
South Africa Confident on Super-Telescope Bid Ahead of Talks
03/30/2012, Scientists all over hope that the Square Kilometre Array or SKA will bring new horizons to man’s fundamental questions about the universe some of which are like why is the universe expanding or is there life beyond our planet and [...]
Samsung launches solar powered internet schools in South Africa
10/27/2011, In a charitable move to help the future generations of South Africa, the folks over at Samsung have launched its first Solar Powered Internet School at the Samsung Engineering Academy in Boksburg, South Africa today. It is also the first [...]
ASIMO visits Johannesburg, South Africa
10/11/2011, If you haven’t seen ASIMO in action before and you happen to be in Johannesburg, South Africa this week – here’s your chance to catch Honda’s amazing robot. The humanoid robot will be at the Johannesburg International Motor Show until [...]
South Africa wants to access BBM too
09/07/2011, RIM can’t seem to catch a break whenever it comes to issues of its customers’ privacy. The company has gotten into trouble with multiple governments before over its unwillingness to give up the privacy of BlackBerry users that make use [...]
Kinect Used to Teach Kids in South Africa
03/25/2011, Microsoft’s Kinect is taking the world by storm. Not only have 10 million Kinect’s been sold, but its also gained a slew of unofficial hacks that move it beyond a gaming peripheral. Take for example, Microsoft’s new trial at the [...]
Magazine photoshoot done with Nokia N8 phone
12/27/2010, Photography is always a cool way to show off strange uses of gadgets. We’ve previously seen a photographer do a photoshoot using an iPhone, and another use iPads as lighting for a photoshoot. Next up we’ve got a little bit of [...]
Solafrica Brings Solar Soccer To Africa
06/16/2010, Despite the fact that the current World Cup is being held in South Africa, there are a great many folks over there who won’t be able to catch the matches, due to the inability to purchase a ticket or maybe [...]
Picture Of Samsung’s Upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab Tablet Surfaces
06/03/2010, Looks like the folks over at Samsung have also caught the tablet fever as the company’s official South African Twitter account has revealed a picture of a Samsung tablet, dubbed the Samsung Galaxy Tab, sitting comfortably next to the Samsung [...]
ATM Dispenses Pepper Spray
07/27/2009, It is time to hit back – at least that’s what banks in South Africa are doing, having recorded over 500 instances of bombing at ATMs last year, prompting them to come up with ATMs that are able to dispense [...]
South Africa: Greener World Cup
02/11/2009, Back in December, I attended a FIFA briefing in Johannesburg with other fellow bloggers from the US and we were given a detailed presentation about the event and its organization by Dr. Danny Jordaan, the CEO of the 2010 FIFA [...]
Diamond Mining Ship aka Peace in Africa
12/07/2008, Elizly Steyn on the deck photo by Simon Barber, Brand South Africa Blog [South Africa Blogging Tour 2008] On Wednesday, we flew to this amazing diamond mining ship 10 miles off the Northern Cape coast of South Africa. Elizly Steyn, [...]
Zoopy: YouTube meets Flickr meets Blogging, South African Style
12/03/2008, [South Africa Blogging Tour 08] Nic Haralambous is part of the Blogging Tour and the General Manager of Zoopy. Founded in 2006 by Pat Elk, Jason Elk and Gerry da Silva, Zoopy is the South African Youtube and a new [...]
South Africa: Darling Windfarm.
12/03/2008, [South Africa Blogging Tour 08] This is not a new technology but alternative energy sources are becoming more popular these days, so it is worth a little post. We went to visit the Darling Windfarm, the first large wind turbine [...]
