Mobile

The state of Android in India according to Opera [Infographic]

With India as Opera Mini’s largest user base in the world, Opera Software has some very interesting things to share about the state of…

Smartphones outsell feature phones for the first time

The inevitable has happened. For the first time in history, smartphones have outsold feature phones. The main force driving the smartphone surge is the…

NASA launches 3 Android phones into orbit: awesomeness ensues

NASA recently rocketed three HTC Nexus One smartphones into orbit and the stuff they’re sending back is pretty damn cool. The phones were launched…

FNB’s new tablet app: another link in the lifestyle banking chain

Last week, FNB launched its new banking app for Android, iOS, Windows 8 and BlackBerry tablets. With its tablet and smartphone app, as well…

Lumia sales solid but Nokia still misses with Q1 results

Nokia today reported its Q1 results for 2013 and while things look good for its Lumia range of smartphones, the company still has some…

PC market in dire shape, Windows takes the blame

The PC market is in dire shape. It’s been falling for some time now, we all know that. But the first quarter of 2013…

EU competition commissioner to test antitrust complaint against Google

The European Union’s Competition Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, has received another complaint about Google — this time with regards to how it runs its mobile…

The future of mobile computing

I love these images.* It’s a tale of what our future may look like. In many respects it’s happening now, albeit in a crude…

The mobile trap

Much has been written on how big the mobile audience is, and how it offers an opportunity to appeal to a mass audience. Even…

YFM create iPhone app

Just got a release from YFM, a Joburg radio station, that says its “the first radio station in Africa and among the first in…

Mobile surpasses traditional web in South Africa

It’s what we predicted would happen. In fact it’s what we thought had happened sometime ago, but here are some authoritative figures that confirm…

Rumour: 'SA #3 in line for 3G iPhone'

Ok, one thing we should expect for a while are plenty rumours over local release dates for the iPhone. I don’t think Vodacom actually…

The lowdown on the new iPhone 2.0

I was listening to the Apple WWDC event’s iPhone announcements live on ustream, following the excellent live blogging on Engadget, and also keeping up…

New iPhone available in South Africa July 20

According to tech journalist and Stuff Magazine editor Toby Shapshak, Vodacom will be launching the new 3G iphone, also popularly know as the “iPhone…

The mobile web: Why the future really is on the small screen

According to a report on Reuters last year, world wide mobile phone subscriptions reached 3.3-billion users or half the world’s population. Compare this to…

Online media strategies & the future of print: Interview with Mags magazine

Did this interview Gareth Richards from Mags Magazine on online media… 1 Can you give me your views on how important your online presence…

The future of the mobile internet: An interview with Arthur Goldstuck

I had breakfast with internet guru Arthur Goldstuck this morning and, together with Avusa’s Colin Daniels, we got into a fascinating debate about the…

12 predictions for the web

IBM Chairman Thomas Watson famously predicted in 1943: “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” In the same decade the…

Vodacom set to shake up media scene

Vodacom, best known as a cellphone service provider, is set to become one of the country’s most influential media players, trumping many big, traditional…

Rise and rise of mobile media

Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun provides a glimpse of mobile media in the future…. Japanese media are the undisputed world leaders in mobile media. When…

Future web trends

Here’s the presentation I did at a recent iCommons Innovations Series talk with Mr Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, a while back. Honoured to be in…

Vodacom’s foray into mobile advertising

Blogging from PublishOnline in Cape Town… Graunt Kruger who works for Vodacom’s mobile advertising department had the audience at the conference gasping at the…

Mobile publishing: A glimpse of the future with Asahi Shimbun

I always look forward to the presentations by our Japanese media colleagues about their mobile phone strategies. They are the undisputed world leaders in…

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