Mobile

Tigo Music launches its music streaming service in Tanzania this weekend

Tigo Music is launching in Tanzania this coming weekend on the 24 January 2014, expanding its reach in Africa. The market in Tanzania is…

MTN partners with WorldRemit for mobile money payments for Africans

WorldRemit, an online money transfer service, and MTN, the giant telecoms operator, have entered into a global partnership that will enable WorldRemit customers to…

Vodacom to deploy M-Pesa linked prepaid EMV cards

Digital security company Gelmato has announced that it is going to deploy prepaid EMV banking cards to complement Vodacom’s m-pesa mobile wallet service in…

Smartphones now make up 75% of mobiles sold in Gulf States

International Data Corporation (IDC), the premier global provider of market intelligence, has released new research that reveals that shipments of 4G LTE handsets to…

App Annie Raises $55 million, launches new product for tracking app usage

App Annie has announced a new $55 million round of Series D funding. App Annie is a resource that has become a go to…

WhatsApp, Snapchat could be banned in the UK

Snapchat and WhatsApp might be banned in Great Britain if Prime Minister David Cameron has anything to do with it. Cameron said that he…

Spotify user base migrates to mobile, grows to 52%

More than half of Spotify’s users are now listening to music on-the-go, with mobile overtaking desktop for the first time in the streaming service’s…

BBM 7 exits Beta, now comes with voice calls

BlackBerry has just taken version seven of its wildly popular instant messaging service BBM out of Beta, with the ability to make free voice…

iPhone 5 launches across Asia today, including Samsung base South Korea

Apple has dived into the Christmas holiday with aplomb as the iPhone 5 goes on sale today in Asia, three months after its first…

BlackBerry set to launch BBM Money app in Indonesia

Indonesia is a seriously important market for BlackBerry. Although it no longer holds the top OS spot the Canadian manufacturer still owns the handset…

Does the size of your tablet influence what you do with it?

What you use your tablet may well depend on its size. People are much more likely to share via email on a 10 inch…

Voice assistants: who actually wants to talk to their phone?

In a world of communicating with our devices, voice control seem to have gotten a lot of attention. But is that really what we…

RIM losing ground to competitors in big business

It appears Research In Motion is fighting the market share war on multiple fronts, having already lost substantial ground among the general public, the…

Using mobile, SA masses hit the internet — typical of emerging markets

If you a new internet user, you are likely to be young, black, and earn under R1 500 (US$170) a month. Overall 66% of…

RIM renames BlackBerry App World, launches $10k developer programme

BlackBerry today announced a series of updates in the run up to the launch of BlackBerry 10 on 30 January. Speaking at a BlackBerry…

New Mxit app brings Google Maps to feature phones

Well… here’s one way to get Google Maps on your iPhone. The innovation arm of digital agency Native has released a navigation app built…

The power of the Apple brand: iPad still top tablet in Asia

Take a little test by yourself: say the word “tablet”, and what is the first thing that pops into your mind? The iPad. While…

Shoprite Checkers claims world first with mobile coupons app

Popular South African retail outlet Shoprite Checkers has announced the launch of its mobile coupon app Eezi Coupons, which enables consumers to get shopping…

Safaricom takes MPesa into microloans space

Kenyan mobile carrier Safaricom is set to launch a new service that will let people on its MPesa platform save and borrow money from…

RIM: 50+ carriers now have integrated billing for BlackBerry App World

Canadian smartphone manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) says people on more than 50 mobile carriers can now buy apps from the BlackBerry App World…

Droidfooding: Facebook encourages its staff to switch to Android

Well well. It seems that Facebook has decided to take some proactive steps towards encouraging its employees to think more about Android. Recently companies…

Android cements Chinese dominance: has 140m users

China has, at present, 390-million mobile internet users among its billion-strong phone subscribers. And now new data for 2012 Q3 from Beijing-based mobile analytics…

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