Mobile

Smartphone shipments grow in Middle East, Africa as affordable devices become popular

Smartphone shipments to the Middle East and Africa, according to a Q4 2014 Handsets tracker released by analyst International Data Corporation (IDC), experienced an…

Facebook’s Hello app is caller ID on steroids

Facebook has released a new app that shows users more information about the person calling them. The Hello app — built by the same…

BlackBerry acquires WatchDox to bolster enterprise security operations

BlackBerry has always excelled in providing its users with security and encryption capabilities and with this latest acquisition in its bag, the Canadian communications…

Google’s mobile-friendly update: is your website UX ready?

If you’re in any way involved in the online space, this is pretty intense. On 21 April, Google will launch a new mobile-friendly algorithm…

Global smartphone shipments reach 291.2m units in Q1 2015

The global smartphone shipments for the first quarter of 2015 reached 291.2-million units, a drop of 9.2% compared with the prior quarter, according to…

Instagram gets strict on spam, nude photos, posting other users’ content

Instagram has released new community guidelines. The platform wants its users to follow the law, post only their own photos, videos, respect everyone on…

EU officially charges Google with antitrust violations, opens formal investigation on Android (update)

The European Union has formally charged Google with cheating competitors by distorting internet search results to advantage its Google Shopping service. The EU has…

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…

Facebook is not the internet: why Home isn’t the new face of Android

Clever move by Facebook. Launching an app on Android that takes over the device and makes it a comfy home for Facebook. And to…

Microsoft, Nokia file complaint over Android’s ‘predatory’ app dominance

It seems Google just can’t get away from the antitrust claims. With such a monopoly on search, the company has repeatedly faced questions about…

Bad news for Windows as PC market set to decline 7.6% this year

Look, we all know that the PC market isn’t in the healthiest place at the moment. And while tablets and smartphones may never completely…

7 reasons Facebook Home makes complete sense

Facebook today lifted the hood on its long-awaited mobile project. It’s not a phone, instead it’s a way of integrating Facebook into the heart…

China needs to stop worrying about Apple, Google’s the real threat

When Google left China’s search market back in 2010, it seemed like an end to the company’s attempts to seriously engage with the China…

Pay TV and tablet ownership: how many people really want TV anywhere?

The question here is not whether owners of tablets are more likely to have a paid for television subscription, but rather how many of…

Priests on Evernote and dinner party productivity: we chat with CEO Phil Libin

Evernote is cool — ask any one of its 15-million monthly active users. True to the company’s slogan, “Remember Everything”, the suite of applications…

BlackBerry posts profit in Q4, but loses 3 million subscribers

BlackBerry ended the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 — the first to include sales of the Z10 — in, well … the black. The…

Windows phone is outselling iPhone, but only in a few countries

On Wednesday, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of corporate communications Frank Shaw wrote a blog post detailing some of the Microsoft’s progress across a number…

Android has more than twice as many Chinese users as Apple [Infographic]

We’ve heard a lot about sales and projections for smartphones in China – such as 199% smartphone growth in the past year – but…

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