Mobile

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…

The sharing economy is doing amazing things for mobile payments

Over the past few years, the sharing economy has gone from something that a few tech-savvy idealists were excited about to a fundamental part…

Tigo Tanzania is giving its cutomers free access to WhatsApp

While MTN and Vodacom are waging war on OTTs like WhatsApp, Viber, Skype, Hangouts and so on in South Africa, in other markets telecommunications…

IDC: people are still buying smartphones in their billions

The rate at which smartphones ship is incredible. And with more and more people joining the list of smartphone owners, the shipment of phones…

WorldRemit users can now send money to MTN mobile money wallets in Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia

International remittance service WorldRemit on Thursday announced that it had inked a deal with the MTN Group, allowing its customers to send money to…

ISPA weighs in on OTT regulation, tells networks to innovate

It’s been a long time since South Africa’s seen a tech issue as contentious as the bid by the country’s mobile network operators to…

Suck on that: new version of Android to be called Lollipop

Right that’s that mystery solved. The next version of Android will be called “Lollipop”. Sorry Lemon Meringue Pie, Lava Cake and Lemon Drop. First…

Three years on, FNB’s banking app hits the million device mark

There’s been plenty written about South African banking giant First National Bank (FNB)’s banking app. Rightly so too. When it launched in 2011, it…

Watch these desserts try out to be the inspiration for Android L

In the next couple of days, Google will officially release Android L into the wild. It’ll bring plenty of new features and promises to…

Vodacom, Deezer tie the music-streaming knot for South Africans

In March this year we reported that South African telecom giant Vodacom is looking to introduce a new music streaming service, Spotify. Earlier this…

How is the internet improving people’s lives in Africa? [T4A]

There are five key characteristics reflecting how the internet has “greatly improved” people’s lives in Africa, so says research conducted by On Device Research….

How are South African publishers, agencies using tablets?

Depending on who you ask, tablets have either become incredibly expensive coasters or are a technology that hasn’t even come close to reaching its…

10 factors that will drive mobile payment adoption into the mainstream

South African consumers have been caught up in a whirl of excitement around mobile payment solutions with the launch of no fewer than three…

In China, they now have designated sidewalks for people on their phones

China has over half a billion smartphone users. It’s then almost no surprise then that in the City of Chongqing, a new sidewalk has…

From rice to burgers: MMA Smarties Awards revealed in SA

In an attempt to highlight some of the country’s top mobile marketing campaigns, South Africa’s MMA Smarties Awards recently took place, with the final…

See how Nigerians use their mobile phones [Infographic]

The guys at Co-Creation Hub Nigeria have released a second infographic on its “How I use my phone” series. The series of infographics is…

Be like Batman: why a super-mobile workforce is imperative

The reality of time pressures today, is that we all feel like we spend our days chasing something, whether its sales or deadlines, but…

Who’s most keen for the iPhone 6? In the US, the answer’s pretty much what you’d expect

If the massive lines of people you see queuing outside the company’s flagship stores every time a new iPhone goes on sale were anything…

Flipagram, the photo story app, is now available on Microsoft’s Lumia devices

Flipagram, the photo-cum-video story app, has today been launched for Lumia devices. The app, previously available on iOS and Android only, allows users to…

Windows Phone up against the ropes as global market share slips

There was a moment, albeit a very brief one, where things were looking good for Windows Phone. Coupled with some great devices by Nokia,…

It’s possible to achieve BYOD success, you just need the right blueprint

Just like mobile analytics, big data, the internet, and social networks changed the way companies do business, so the adoption of mobile devices has…

Maziv’s Fibre Push Brings Rural South Africa Closer to True High-Speed Internet

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

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel