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Nokia Lumia 1520 Review: big, bold and beautiful shooter

The Nokia Lumia 1520 signifies the increasing importance of large screen phablets in the market. Although Windows Phone is comparatively hardware efficient, a lot…

Unleash your kid’s inner geek with these 7 awesome gadgets

We all hear the naysayers tell modern parents that kids should spend less time indoors and more time outside playing with traditional toys such…

Samsung Galaxy S5 launches: 16MP camera, 5.1″ full HD display, heart rate monitor

Meet the Galaxy S5, a mild upgrade destined for a million and one pockets and handbags. It’s the “new” new life companion, and it’s…

Sony SmartWatch 2 review: it’s not bad

The best compliment I can give Sony’s SmartWatch 2 is that it works. I still believe that wearable devices are in their infancy, and…

8 phones with astonishingly good battery life

Size matters. Or at least that is how it seems with the excess of massive mobile phones hitting the market in recent times. These…

11 affordable ‘WhatsApp phones’

Facebook did it. It brought messaging app WhatsApp for US$19-billion. Doesn’t it know that it costs US$1 on iTunes? But I digress. For those…

11 gadget lifehacks you can’t do without

Love gadgets, but hate it when complications arise? So do I, so does everyone. But that’s what this article is for, to help you…

Interview with the dev: The need for custom kernels

This week I am really excited about my interviewee, not only because I really love his work, but I do appreciate his frank approach…

Dropping the ball: It’s a fight for your post iPhone heart

So it was that time of year again where your favorite tech blog goes into overdrive. But I’m not here to try to spin…

Acer Aspire V3: a desktop doozy

cer’s V3 is a well-priced, decent-performing desktop replacement goes against the current trend towards smaller, thinner more mobile laptops. What it sacrifices in portability…

MacBook Pro with Retina Display — there is no equal

Humankind is governed by fear. The fear of the unknown being the most prevalent. It’s this sticky enigma of hope and desire that separates…

Leap — more than a gimmick

We all use a mouse and keyboard in our daily (computing) lives. No matter what kind of application we are accessing the mouse and…

How a hacker used Kinect to help his disabled mom send emails

If we had a series called “Awesome stuff people can do with a Xbox Kinect”, this would be the latest instalment. Also, this guy…

CdTDroid, father of AndroidME, talks custom builds

So in the second of my ‘Interview with the Developer’ series I ask ROM developer CdTDroid, Chris Turner, a couple of questions. A little…

Logitech Tablet Speaker for iPad: not the sound you want

Ugly, aesthetically unsound and turd-shaped, it’s the Logitech Tablet Speaker for iPad or anything really with a headphone jack. Here’s why you shouldn’t spent…

5 of the latest, hottest iPad games

Presenting five of the best, and most recent, games for iPad. All titles are valid for a purchase on the US App store. Bastion…

Windows 8 RTM — love at first sight

Like it or not, Windows 8 is about to take the world by storm. I had the chance to play around with the latest…

Trinity, lord of the Nexus Kernel, speaks out

In the Android world there are a number of developers who help make the user experience even better. They’re the magicians that sit in…

Nexus 7 — the realisation of Google’s dreams

Each fingerprint is a mark of love Google’s Nexus 7 worries me. As an iPad and BlackBerry PlayBook owner, I’ve been snobbish towards genuine…

On the move with Samsung’s WB150F Smart Camera

With technology changing at an amazing rate, I often stand astonished at the offerings that become available, sometimes in a much understated way, and…

Super speed Nexus 7 pumps out 2GHz

It’s already one of the top contenders in the tablet market, but now XDA-Developer Clemsyn has made it even more sought after by squeezing…

Samsung Q20: like the spray, only better

Is this just another camcorder to film our daily lives of significant others, milestone events or silly pranks, or can this be the one…

Custom ROMs for Jelly Bean, are they really necessary?

So I’ve always loved flashing custom ROMs on all of my Android devices, but during the past two weeks I’ve come to a bit…

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

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

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

The Gaming Gear South Africans Are Actually Buying This December

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel