Android

Baidu reports 270m active Android users in China

If anyone is in the position to know what Chinese netizens get up to online, it’s Baidu, the nation’s top search engine. Baidu’s newest…

With Android KitKat, Google knows everything you do… and that’s scary

Android KitKat (4.4) is all about “connecting the next billion users”. That’s a lofty ideal from Google, and the fact that the new version…

How Google clamps down on Android’s open-source: the key is Google apps

Google is often seen as the good guy of the big corporations operating in the world today. Its informal motto is “Don’t be evil”…

iMessage app for Android removed after security concerns

An app that lets users send and receive messages using Apple’s iMessage service on Android devices sounds cool right? But it’s also very fishy….

BBM for iPhone, Android to save us from iMessage, WhatsApp on 21 September

While BlackBerry is rumoured to be pursuing a sale — to be wrapped up as quickly as November — and preparing another round of…

JellyBean continues its rise, now running on 45% of Android devices

Google may have just announced the name for the latest version of Android, but the as-yet-unreleased KitKat isn’t making a mark on the millions…

Meet Kit Kat, the latest flavour of Android

Google has announced that the next flavour of Android won’t be called Key Lime Pie, as we’ve been led to believe until now, but…

Android now second biggest smartphone platform after Nokia, says Gartner

Google’s Android mobile operating system surged past Apple’s iPhone and RIM’s Blackberry in the third quarter to become the second biggest smartphone platform after…

Kenya’s Maasai vets and the Android connection

There is much excitement in the developed world over the strides that have been made in the mobile market during the last couple of…

Going Android? Start with these eight apps

Everyone at my office got iPhones last year, but I didn’t really think the screen would last in my pocket next to my keys…

Android expected to dominate mobile app market by 2013

According to a recent survey by mobile research firm, research2guidance, the smartphone app market is enjoying explosive growth and is currently worth $2.2-billion dollars,…

How I divorced my iPhone and ran off with a cellphone named Desire

My iPhone and I had been together for close on two years, when an SMS from a total stranger made me think the time…

HTC reveals new range of Android phones

Global smartphones manufacturer HTC on Friday introduced an enhanced experience of Sense, the company’s mobile user interface, that it says will be available on…

Partnerships in the Spotlight as Everlytic Celebrates 15 Years

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High End Devices Unlock Superior Mobile Experiences in South Africa

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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