Mobile

Meet Dau-Pesa, Tanzania’s new mobile money service

A new mobile transfer platform has been unveiled in Tanzania. Called Dau-Pesa, it is yet another affirmation that Mobile Money transfers still have a…

Mozilla: Firefox OS coming to Africa soon

Firefox OS is coming to Africa. Mozilla, the organisation behind the eponymous mobile OS, as well as the browser that shares its name, hasn’t…

Mobile subscriptions and SMS messaging on the rise in Kenya

Kenya’s mobile phone subscriptions grew by 5.6% to 32.2-million at the end of the fourth quarter ending June 2014. This translates into a mobile…

Android founder will exit Google to incubate hardware startups

Without Android Google would still be a pretty powerful company, but nowhere near as influential as it is today. In that regard, it owes…

4 things I learned building my first indie Android game

Everyone seems to be talking about how easy it is to make money making a smash hit indie game for realise on Android or…

7 reasons why online shopping is only going to get more mobile

In recent years, people have more or less gotten adjusted to the idea of technology and all the changes that come along with it….

The new Aakash: Can India’s student tablet really make an impact again?

News recently dropped that the new version of the Aakash, India’s “student” version of a tablet computer, will launch on 11 November this year….

Apple and Samsung at it again… ding dong let’s get it on.

The Apple vs Samsung patent war is heating up again with the two tech giants once more trading punches. The US injunction that the…

India mobile sales to hit 250m in 2013, will be 326m by 2016

India is a mobile country. Earleir this year, it became the first country on the planet to have more people access the web via…

Ralph Simon: Memeburn talks mobile’s future with the ‘Father of the Ringtone’

Mobile is pretty big right now: it’s where people are innovating and it’s the common denominator device. Gartner predicts that by 2015 there will…

70+ absolutely brilliant mobile campaigns you need to know about

Mobile isn’t the future. It’s a fundamental part of our lives and will only get more so. Our mobile devices connect us to our…

8 African mobile money services that aren’t MPesa

No, I’m not going to talk about MPesa, you can read all about the Kenyan grandfather of mobile money here, here and here. Rather,…

Baidu’s new tool makes designing a Chinese mobile website easy… and free

With so many websites neglecting to make a mobile website — despite China now having more mobile web users than there are on PCs…

RIM’s biggest challenge: mindshare

San Jose, California. Colloquially referred to as the Capital of Silicon Valley and also the venue for this year’s BlackBerry Jam Americas 2012 (formerly…

Is RIM finding its rhythm again with BlackBerry 10?

Martin is reporting from the Blackberry Jam Americas event at San Jose, California. Contact him. RIM’s stock was up 4.68% after yesterday’s General Session…

10 reasons why your next campaign absolutely has to include mobile video

Like it or not, mobile is fast becoming the predominant way many consumers access the internet. It also goes without saying that visual content…

BlackBerry confirms EMEA outages, restores services

Jeez, RIM can’t catch a break. The beleaguered Canadian manufacturer earlier today confirmed that the servers running its BBM messaging service and BES enterprise…

Let the hunt for Africa’s next big tourism app begin

Whether you’re getting set for a long-haul flight or navigating around some fantastic destination, chances are that your mobile phone or tablet will come…

Smartphones up 78% in SE Asia, but feature phones still rule

The global mobile market might be slowing down, but business is booming in South East Asia. Smartphone sales grew by 78% across the region,…

Does Google’s smackdown on Aliyun mean it’s becoming like the mafia?

So, you’ve heard about the Google smackdown on Acer’s planned partnership with China’s Alibaba to make its latest flagship Aliyun OS phone. Where does…

13 of the best mobile innovations on the planet

The world is mobile. Our lives are on our smartphones and tablets and will only get more so in the future. Mobile already accounts…

Google: there are half a billion Android devices worldwide

Just hours before the new iPhone launch today, Android’s director of product management Hugo Barra took to his Google+ page to announce that there…

You Mailed It! Celebrating South Africa’s Slickest Email Campaigns of 2025

Gen Z and Millennials Quietly Disrupt South Africa’s Insurance Industry

Stranger Things Season 5 Teaser Drops

MTN Group Fintech’s Mandela Day campaign is about much more than hygiene kits

Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa Joins AWIEF 2025

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

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves