Mobile

Facebook introduces free payments on Messenger

Facebook has revealed that users can send money to other users using the Messenger app at no charge. Facebook Messenger payments will roll out…

In the near future mobile-only/mobile-first will be the rule, not the exception

In 2015 every website must be mobile ready because everything’s shifting mobile. What’s more, according to Ovum, one billion people will use mobile as…

M-Pesa users can now send money between Kenya and Tanzania

Mobile money service M-Pesa is usually one of the first names mentioned when it comes to revolutionary African mobile products. It has however been…

Huge number of women still don’t have access to mobile devices

A new report titled ‘Bridging the gender gap: mobile access and usage in low and middle-income countries’ by GSMA reveals that there’s still massive…

You can now be a grownup and invest actual money through an app

I honestly thought it couldn’t be done. I thought it was too risky and that my money would disappear in a day. But it…

Nigeria’s mobile lifestyle should absolutely matter to your brand: here’s why

Nigeria, with 125 million mobile subscribers, is not just Africa’s largest mobile market. It is also home to one of the most connected and…

Apple sold more smartphones than anyone else in Q4 2014

Things are looking better than ever for Apple. Already the world’s first US$700-billion company, it now looks like it sold more smartphones in the…

Visa partners with Samsung to push NFC mobile payments globally

Some say NFC is just a gimmick — that swishing your phone around to pay for even something as simple as a cup of…

2013: the year of mobile… again

We’ve all heard it time and again, the strident claim: “This is the year of mobile.” An overused statement? Possibly. One that rings true…

BlackBerry to reassess rejected ‘Built for BlackBerry’ apps

After several complaints, BlackBerry has decided to introduce a review process to re-assess some apps that were mistakenly rejected from its US$10k Developer Commitment…

Kenyan telecom giant Safaricom opts to stop selling feature phones

One of Kenya’s biggest mobile network operators has announced that it will soon start pushing smartphone adoption in a big way: by phasing out…

Who is playing (and paying for) mobile games?

Picture the average gamer. If you think in stereotypes, the image that just popped into your head probably involved a sunshine-deprived nerd clutching an…

China set to overtake the US as the world’s top iOS and Android market

Woah, China. Not only is the world’s most populous nation home to over a billion mobile phone users, it’s also surpassed the US to…

What if the emperor had no spectrum?

I’ve been more than a bit annoyed at how African mobile giant Vodacom’s network quality has degraded in South Africa in the last few…

Ex-BlackBerry boss dumps his entire stake in the company

Somehow things keep spelling misfortune for BlackBerry. According to regulatory filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, former co-CEO of Blackberry Jim Balsillie…

One for the books: Chinese copycat clones another Chinese app

Usually we hear about stories of Chinese copycats aping foreign tech products, and examples of that aren’t hard to find. But thanks to Twitter…

Nokia slides as Samsung and Apple take more than half the mobile market

1.75-billion. That’s how many new mobile phones landed up in the hands of people worldwide last year. But if you aren’t Samsung or Apple,…

Russia emerges as mobile ad powerhouse as Android keeps growing

The latest State of Mobile Advertising report from Norwegian web browser maker Opera shows a couple of interesting trends, including the emergence of Russia…

Gartner: expect the $50 smartphone to hit emerging markets this year

A few years ago, there was a lot of hype in emerging markets technology was around the US$100 laptop. Getting laptops down to that…

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un (supposedly) owns a HTC smartphone

It may just look like a black curved blob to the eyes of the average viewer, but apparently the South Korean Ministry of Unification…

Did BlackBerry miss a trick with the launch of BB10?

BlackBerry might just have missed a trick with the recent launch of BlackBerry 10. No not with the devices — those were largely well-received…

Enough is enough: it’s time to bring back the small smartphone

There is a clear trend with mobile phones that they just get bigger and bigger. Here’s my thing: I want a small smartphone. I…

Trouble brewing: China’s Qihoo faces special investigation by Apple

At the start of last week, all the 20+ iOS apps made by Chinese software company and search engine Qihoo vanished from Apple’s App…

OpenAI Quietly Launches ChatGPT-5 — And It’s a Game Changer

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Aura Edition Review: A Sleek, AI-Powered Ultrabook for the Work-Anywhere Era

WeThinkCode_ and South Cape TVET College Bring Software Engineering Training to Rural SA Youth

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

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

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