F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Huawei’s sub-$70 smartphone shows MTN’s $50 Steppa gamble’s already paying off
If MTN needed any vindication that its gamble to launch a sub US$50 MTN-branded smartphone will pay off, here it is: Chinese manufacturer Huawei…
At what point does HTC stop making phones, shut down and return money to shareholders?
Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC believes the middle-market will help it return to profitability this year. But the signs aren’t pretty. Sales have fallen year-on-year…
MTN’s $50 Steppa smartphone changes (almost) everything
It’s been astonishing to see how quickly mobile operator MTN’s Steppa smartphone has been written off, when the devices have hardly made it to…
We’re all using Google less for search… and it’s petrified of that
Billionaire Mark Cuban — who famously sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo at the very peak of the original dotcom bubble — asks in a blog…
Facebook is the new Yahoo, and that’s why it simply has to unbundle its products and apps…
It’s not surprising that Facebook is planning a series of standalone apps to be released this year. In fact, it’s already unbundled some services…
Computer makers (and Microsoft) are in much bigger trouble than they (and we) realise
Having had the (mis)fortune of helping someone shop for a new laptop this holiday, I’m not surprised that worldwide sales have cratered. Laptops (and…
Twitter wants to be a messaging app, Instagram wants to be Snapchat. And that’s missing the point…
Of course Snapchat turning down a US$3-billion offer from Facebook has made everyone sit up and take notice. That’s real money, even for the…
Forget NFC payments, iBeacon could change everything
I’ve lost count how many (hardly-working, rickety) demos I’ve seen on how NFC is going to change commerce and payments as we know it….
Here’s the problem with research that shows BlackBerry is still growing
The Mobility 2014 survey, released at the end of November, showed that BlackBerry had overtaken Samsung in South Africa. BlackBerry users had increased from…
How does Facebook remain relevant in a mobile world?
I noticed something over the weekend. I can’t recall the last time I visited Facebook.com on my laptop. Even though I sit at a…
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