Mobile

Apple’s reuse and recycling programme now accepts Android trade-ins

Apple has announced that its iPhone trade-in programme will now include select Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone smartphones. The trade-in programme, available both on…

SA retailers need to get to grips with location-based messaging

The retail industry is faced with the challenges of maintaining market share and profits and while international companies are fast to adopt and exploit…

Facebook introduces Analytics For Apps for cross device mobile analytics

With 1. 39 billion users per month, Facebook is officially the most populous nation on earth. In the spirit of a country, as we…

Enterprise mobile apps should be as simple and functional as their consumer equivalents

Companies that want to drive the best results from mobilising their business processes need to give their employees access to apps that are as…

Facebook introduces free payments on Messenger

Facebook has revealed that users can send money to other users using the Messenger app at no charge. Facebook Messenger payments will roll out…

In the near future mobile-only/mobile-first will be the rule, not the exception

In 2015 every website must be mobile ready because everything’s shifting mobile. What’s more, according to Ovum, one billion people will use mobile as…

M-Pesa users can now send money between Kenya and Tanzania

Mobile money service M-Pesa is usually one of the first names mentioned when it comes to revolutionary African mobile products. It has however been…

Mobility is changing the way we live: here’s how

We live in a mobile world. That much is obvious. The momentum has shifted steadily in favour of gadgets and services that are portable…

No, BlackBerry hasn’t been bought by Lenovo, but its stock price is up anyway

If you were casually hanging out on Google Finance late yesterday investigating how BlackBerry’s stock is doing, you may have spotted something strange —…

Yes Africa’s got the potential for an app boom, but it needs to get it right

The mobile application space is set to boom across Africa, as enterprises and developers lead the world in bringing to market unique mobile applications…

Beige boxes: cheap, cheerful and changing the face of smartphones

Beggars can’t be choosers. Sometimes, you have to make do with what you can afford. And if what you can afford is not an…

Big Data, cloud and mobile must leverage augmented reality

Data is a big deal. We digitise more data in a day than we have ever done before, as social media and quick tech…

Check out how Google makes money from mobile [Infographic]

We know Google’s big in mobile. If it wasn’t Android probably wouldn’t be the most widely distributed smartphone OS on the planet and the…

Need to reward the right behaviour in a mobile world? Here’s how to do it

In a previous article on rewarding the right behaviour in a mobile world, I raised a couple of general ideas that needed to be…

China is not impressed with Android’s smartphone domination

It’s no secret that Android is winning the smartphone wars by a landslide — and the home of the world’s biggest smartphone market is…

From Ushahidi to Al Jazeera: the role of mobile in Kenya’s elections

The people of Kenya will today start voting in a presidential election. Things have been tense in the lead up to polling day and…

The truth about BlackBerry 10 and the BlackBerry Internet Service

BlackBerry re-emerged this year after a tumultuous time of soul-searching with a new name, and a new platform, BlackBerry 10. The launch was watched…

Visa partners with Samsung to push NFC mobile payments globally

Some say NFC is just a gimmick — that swishing your phone around to pay for even something as simple as a cup of…

2013: the year of mobile… again

We’ve all heard it time and again, the strident claim: “This is the year of mobile.” An overused statement? Possibly. One that rings true…

BlackBerry to reassess rejected ‘Built for BlackBerry’ apps

After several complaints, BlackBerry has decided to introduce a review process to re-assess some apps that were mistakenly rejected from its US$10k Developer Commitment…

Kenyan telecom giant Safaricom opts to stop selling feature phones

One of Kenya’s biggest mobile network operators has announced that it will soon start pushing smartphone adoption in a big way: by phasing out…

Who is playing (and paying for) mobile games?

Picture the average gamer. If you think in stereotypes, the image that just popped into your head probably involved a sunshine-deprived nerd clutching an…

China set to overtake the US as the world’s top iOS and Android market

Woah, China. Not only is the world’s most populous nation home to over a billion mobile phone users, it’s also surpassed the US to…

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