The travel, tourism and hospitality industries are poised to gain competitive advantage using mobile messaging.
In this World Wide Wrap: Contactless cards pose privacy risk, RFID on wheels, and Nokia invests in smart barcodes.
Government's online strategy passes the grade but could use some extra lessons, say online experts.
Companies should develop high-level policies for the use of social networks, says Simon Campell-Young, CEO of Phoenix Software.
Non-compliance to payment service standards will result in SA's online retailers missing the market boom and facing heavy fines.
In this World Wide Wrap: Online billing goes mainstream, Coinstar sells e-billing business, and Twitter drives electronic payment.
In this World Wide Wrap: Plimus intros business support services, LinkDotNet highlights online media potential, and Yellow Pages company sees future online.
The southafrica.net site is upgraded at the cost of R2.5 million, to better deliver information to consumers and travellers in SA.
In this World Wide Wrap: Mobile banking boost for Kenya, Visa picks India mobile partner, and Syria and Iran ink bank tech deal
In this World Wide Wrap: KBE selects UltiPro, payroll problems worry nurses, and employee tracking system debuts.
The organisation blames ticketing service provider Match, as the ticketing system falls over, leaving thousand of fans frustrated.
In this World Wide Wrap: Airline boosts self-serve tech, ITIF envisions self-service future, and KioskCom honours US Airways.
The world has moved from 0.4 SMS messages sent monthly in 1995, to 1.5 trillion sent in 2009.