Mobile

Digicloud Africa partners with Google Cloud as its continental distributor

Google on Monday announced that Digicloud Africa has become its value-added distributor supporting G Suite and Google Cloud resellers across Africa. The idea behind…

South Africa’s RICA law has been ruled ‘unlawful and invalid’

On Monday, some elements of South Africa’s RICA act have been ruled unconstitutional, “unlawful and invalid” by the South Gauteng High Court. RICA, or…

You can now buy smartphones through Standard Bank Mobile

Standard Bank Mobile, the mobile network offered by the eponymous bank, is now offering consumers smartphones in addition to mobile packages. The latest offering…

VBScript will be killed on Internet Explorer 11 for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1

Microsoft will be disabling VBScript by default on Internet Explorer 11 with a number of updates for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, the company…

MTN is offering users 80GB of data for R299pm in new promo

If you really need 80GB of mobile data per month (and to be fair, who doesn’t?) it might just be worth considering this MTN…

You can now circumvent ‘soft’ paywalls with Google Chrome 76

As we wrote in an earlier report, Google’s Chrome 76 browser is now available to all online, and with it comes a good number…

MTN warns of multiple ‘fake MTN Facebook accounts’ scamming users

MTN is warning its users against a number of parody Facebook accounts parading as official channels for the telecoms company. It called into question…

Help is literally at hand for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in South Africa

In amongst all the frothing at the mouth about the latest Apple iPhone-this and Samsung Galaxy-that, I do love a good “feature phones change…

Your smartphone is about to get a whole lot smarter, thanks to its sensors

While you may think that your smartphone has peaked in terms of the amount of data that it can provide about your life, you…

Beauty and the brain: why it’s impossible to take your eyes off an iPhone

There is an inherent paradox in the title of this article: While beauty does not need “reason” to make an impact, there is still…

BlackBerry rolls out major BBM update, lets users ‘retract’ messages

BlackBerry has announced that its instant messaging service BBM now includes a host of new privacy features for users on Android and iOS, allowing…

Why prepaid SIM cards are critical for businesses

Data traffic is expected to see an almost ten-fold increase by 2019, due to the growing range of new services and applications. However, while…

Facebook to drop BlackBerry OS app support by end of 2016

If you’re using a BlackBerry that’s running any version of BlackBerry OS — this means all devices up to but not including the PRIV…

Why China is in the middle of a mobile payments boom

China’s mobile payment market is booming. Thanks to Alipay and Tencent, local consumers are very happy to make payments by phone – not just…

Bridging the African digital divide through mobility and partnership

The internet has undeniably become the lifeblood of our society, providing essential access to jobs, public services and resources to citizens. Digital services and…

WhatsApp rolls out document sharing on Android, iOS devices

Soon you’ll be able to send and receive more than just images, voicenotes and snarky remarks on WhatsApp. The Facebook-owned messaging service is rolling…

WordPress now supports Google’s AMP, enabling its sites to load faster on mobile

WordPress has announced that it now supports Accelerated Mobile Pages, Google’s ambitious project that wants to make the web load faster on mobile. Introduced…

Does SMS marketing have a big impact on reaching new customers?

How do you find new customers and persuade them to come on board? It’s something that all businesses have to wrestle with. No-one can…

Is mobile driving a South African ecommerce explosion?

South Africa’s ecommerce space is set to see a mobile explosion this year, with mobile being responsible for a massive part of that growth….

CallPay, PayU launch mPOS app in Turkey

Telephony card-based payments company CallPay on Tuesday announced a partnership with Naspers-owned PayU to launch a mobile payments app in Turkey. The deal, which…

Mobile first: getting the best out of loyalty programmes

The recent article by Memeburn staff writer Nur Bremmen ‘Should South African loyalty programmes reward social media engagement?’ shared excellent insights about loyalty programmes…

Tim Cook takes the worst photo with an iPhone, faces Twitter ridicule

Apple has long promoted the iPhone camera capabilities, in fact it is one of the selling features of the iPhone. The company has a…

5 steps to making your WordPress site mobile friendly

Mobilegeddon or Google’s 2015 mobile-friendly update cemented the fact that we live in a mobile-first world. The algorithm update by the search-engine giant favored…

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel