Mobile

Google Now lets you dictate WhatsApp, WeChat messages on the go

Google has introduced an new feature to Google Now that makes it easier to send an instant message without actually having to type them…

Do smart screens impact childhood development?

Parenting comes with a never-ending stream of worries over diet, socialization, fitness, mental health and countless other problems. As if that weren’t stressful enough,…

How technology has changed the way we watch sport on the go

In 1936 in Berlin, Germany you could go to a television viewing station and watch the Summer Olympics which were happening at the same…

Mobile data to hit 52m terrabytes this year, will triple by 2018

We are in the midst of a mobile data explosion. According to technology research house Gartner, global mobile data traffic is set to reach…

Xiaomi partners with Uber, allowing consumers to purchase Mi Note on Uber

Two of the biggest disruptors in the world are coming together to deliver phones in Singapore and Malaysia to buyers within minutes. Uber and…

Mobile fraud on the rise: how to fight back

Think that you are safe? Believe that your mobile device is secure and your transactions completely protected? You’d be wrong… In February 2014, RiskIQ…

Always go full mobile: 5 reasons to operate your business from your smartphone

What started out as a subconscious experiment has resulted in emancipation from the laptop shackles and provided me with some new-found clarity. We’ve been…

The state of mobile: data subscriptions, smartphone ownership exploding

Most of us take our mobile phones for granted. They’re so much a part of our daily lives that we can’t imagine what the…

4 major components to finding success in a digital world: mobile [part one]

It’s a fair statement to make that we are not living in the digital revolution. We are living and breathing the history that many…

Know me, be me: why your smartphone will soon be smarter than you

You’ve probably already noticed the change. Perhaps your favourite travel app scans your emails for your flight details and monitors if there’s a delay…

With Android KitKat, Google knows everything you do… and that’s scary

Android KitKat (4.4) is all about “connecting the next billion users”. That’s a lofty ideal from Google, and the fact that the new version…

Vodacom results show big data growth, 6.6m smartphones in SA

The mobile networks don’t have things as easy as they once did, particularly in emerging market countries like South Africa. As fixed line internet…

Looks like Lenovo really did want to buy BlackBerry

Looking back at BlackBerry’s rapid descent into ignominy, there are plenty of could have beens. The biggest of all them all — interest in…

Samsung grabs top spot in Chinese mobile race, beating out local players

Those tireless number crunchers at Canalys have come out with a new report on the global smartphone market in August to September (Q3) this…

Yup, it’s true: young people don’t like talking on the phone [report]

Young people prefer communicating via electronic messaging and smartphone apps. You, along with most people on the planet, have probably suspected this for a…

Feed the CEO to the wolves! Raise $1bn! That solves everything for BlackBerry! (except it doesn’t)

Let’s be honest. Fairfax was never going to be able to raise the US$4.7-billion it needed to take BlackBerry private. And let’s remember: the…

BlackBerry’s $4.7 billion buyout bid fails, CEO Thorsten Heins steps down

Well, there goes that potential acquisition… and the CEO. Embattled smartphone giant BlackBerry announced today that its buyout plans with shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings…

The complexity of identity: you’re not your iPhone… or are you? [RSA conf]

Is the ‘i’ in your iPhone a mark of your identity? That is the debate, and they way in which we use our mobile…

Here’s the problem with BBM for Android and iPhone

BlackBerry is understandably making a big deal about the 10-million downloads of BBM for iPhone and Android it saw in the first 24 hours….

BlackBerry says it didn’t post all those positive BBM reviews, promise

Thought all those reviews thanking the BlackBerry team for the “user friendly and smooth” BBM app for Android were a bit suspicious? You’re not…

4 reasons why BlackBerry will die in Indonesia, but BBM will survive

While the rollout of BBM for iOS and Android is great news for a lot of Indonesians who can now communicate with their BBM-using…

Mobile ad network BuzzCity moves into the online space

BuzzCity, the global mobile advertising network, is set to move into the online advertising space. The move, the company says in a press release,…

In one day, BBM for Android and iPhone was downloaded 10 million times

Yes, we knew the launch of BlackBerry’s popular chat app on Android and iPhone was going to be big — c’mon, the unreleased version…

China’s Smartphone Market Slips 3% as vivo Reclaims the Top Spot

Xiaomi 15T Series – Leica in Your Pocket

When AI Sees What We See – Why Its “Vision” Feels Weird (and Slightly Creepy)

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