Mobile

MTN switches on its eSIM technology support in South Africa

MTN on Tuesday announced that its eSIM technology support is now live for post-paid customers in South Africa. The technology, which uses an embedded…

Opera 64 blocks website trackers, brings enhanced web page saves

Opera 64 now blocks web trackers as you travel across the internet, and includes more useful ways to save web pages and websites. The…

Telkom debuts its Social Bundles for social media users on a budget

SMS bundles are slowly becoming less relevant, and thankfully networks are well aware of this. Speaking of which, Telkom on Tuesday announced it will…

Google’s Android 10 (Go Edition) will be 10% faster and more ‘memory efficient’

Google on Wednesday revealed new improvements coming to Android 10 (Go Edition), the company’s operating system for entry-level smartphones. According to the company, Android 10…

Opera Mini browser adds offline file sharing using WiFi Direct

If you happen to use Opera Mini as your main smartphone browser, you can now also use it as a file transfer service. The…

Rain launches its 5G network in Gauteng, deals priced at R1000 per month

After months of talk, data-only network Rain today delivered on its promises, unveiling its first consumer 5G network in South Africa. At present, the…

7 niche dating apps for Android & iOS that actually exist

Many people are familiar with the likes of Tinder and OkCupid, but what if your needs are more specific than a mere dating/hookup app? Fortunately,…

‘Vodacom, MTN did nothing to stop number being fraudulently ported’

A Centurion man says that Vodacom and MTN couldn’t stop his phone number from being fraudulently ported. Alasdair Cameron said that his ABSA credit…

Microsoft sells its feature phone unit for $350m, Nokia devices coming

Microsoft’s mobile divisions are no stranger to upheaval. After all, the US company added Nokia’s mobile unit to the stable several years ago and mobile saw plenty of layoffs…

5 interesting takeaways from Vodacom’s 2015/2016 annual earnings data

Vodacom has this week released (pdf) its financial numbers for 2015 (ending 31 March 2016), and based on the digits, it’s had a good…

You can now search for your next house within FNB’s mobile app

South African banking institution FNB today updated its app with the ability to search for property. That’s right, FNB is now expanding its reach…

Telegram now lets users edit messages after they’ve been sent

Messaging app Telegram might be upstaged by WhatsApp in South Africa, but worldwide, it has amassed over 100-million users in its relatively short existence….

Opera VPN app launches exclusively for iPhone and iPad

Opera, the Norwegian based technology company, has been churning out new product after product this year. After fitting its desktop browser with a new…

Mobile phones don’t cause brain cancer, massive 30-year Australian study finds

Good news, selfie addicts. A new study published in the medical journal Cancer Epidemiology suggests that mobile phones, or excessive use of the critters,…

Companies, ask these two questions when developing your app

“There is an app for that” is one of the most common phrases exchanged amongst smartphone owners. From hailing a taxi, to checking your…

Real-time horror movie ‘Sickhouse’ scares on mobile using Snapchat, Vimeo

Snapchat’s a platform hosting a swathe of diverse content on the daily, so it seems fitting that a movie is made using it, right?…

South Africa is set for a mobile data explosion

South Africa is set to experience an explosion in mobile data usage, with nine-fold growth predicted in the next four years. On the face…

BBM video calling comes to Android, iOS

Canadian company BlackBerry might not be cooking up loving dinners for its operating system anymore, but it’s not about to let its Messenger platform…

Banned WhatsApp unblocked early in Brazil, Zuckerberg is thrilled

For 24 hours, WhatsApp was banned in Brazil after Judge Marcel Maia Montalvão seeking user data from the service for a criminal investigation issued…

How mobile payments have revolutionised business

There are approximately 447.9 million mobile payment users worldwide, a remarkable evolution from coins being introduced in 700 BC, notes in the 10th century…

Opera Mini now features a built-in ad-blocker

Opera Mini, the mobile browser that many use on Android devices (and some other platforms), now boasts a built-in ad-blocker. This new move comes…

5 things I’ve learned from the South African mobile money space

The 2015 Ericsson Mobility Report tells us that by 2020, 70% of the world will be using a smartphone. It even says that mobile…

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

MTN MoMo’s R10-a-Day Smartphone Offer Aims to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Acer Rolls Out Student-Focused Tech in South Africa Ahead of New Term

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

Cape Town VC firm HAVAÍC secures $25m second close to power next wave of African tech startups

Binance Pay Unlocks Everyday Crypto Spending in South Africa

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

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

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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