Mobile

Jury orders Apple to pay $532.9m in patent trial

A federal jury in Tyler, Texas has ordered Apple to pay US$532.9-million to Smartflash LLC, a company that licences patents and does not sell…

Gartner: expect mobile disruption, strong wearable growth through 2015

Right now, the global smartphone market seems pretty set: Samsung and Apple are top of the pile and a bunch of Chinese players, including…

BBC World Service announce selected teams from its hackathon in Kenya

Two teams have been selected to help the BBC expand its reach through Africa following its hackathon held earlier in Kenya. The BBC World…

Your old phone could be refurbished, end up as part of 120-million strong market by 2019

If you’ve ever wondered why so many retail outlets are willing to do trade-ins on your old smartphone for the newest, latest model then…

Product Ads by Facebook will automatically show business products that you want to see

Facebook has your data and it is going to use it. With its new service, Product Ads, the company is trying to simplify how…

Bill Gates is 100% right about mobile banking in Africa: here’s why

In the latest “Gates Notes” annual letter, Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates wrote about the impact smart phones and mobile banking will have…

African mobile money could produce $1.5-billion in fees alone by 2019

According to a report released by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the use of mobile financial services in sub-Saharan Africa to perform tasks like…

We’re learning to trust mcommerce as security fears fall

People have been hyping mobile as the next big thing in payments for years now (forgetting of course that it has been the norm…

RIM’s BlackBerry World storefront now live in 18 countries

Research In Motion’s much talked about BlackBerry World storefront is finally live. The company has been working on revamping its entertainment offering over the…

BlackBerry 10 will give RIM a little boost, but it won’t save it

RIM’s history may be divided into two periods: the time from its entry into the smartphone market until the end of 2010, when virtually…

RIM reveals more about its BlackBerry 10 music and video offering

For Research in Motion (RIM), BlackBerry 10 is make or break. The company is putting a lot of effort into its new OS and…

Lenovo’s RIM acquisition not on the cards

Last week, a Bloomberg report suggested that Chinese electronics giant Lenovo was interested in acquiring struggling BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM). Apparently that…

Samsung shipped a record 63.7m smartphones in Q4

Samsung is in record-breaking form. According to tech research company IDC, the South Korean electronics giant consolidated its place at the top of the…

Nokia Q4: a glimmer of hope emerges

Look, things are still bad at Nokia — a company flush with cash doesn’t keep cutting jobs — but it does look like there’s…

How the Asha series is saving Nokia’s bacon

Nokia is in a pretty bad state, probably the worst since the company was founded in 1871. Once the undisputed leader of the mobile…

RIM launches new enterprise software for BlackBerrys and rival devices

Research in Motion (RIM) has made yet another announcement in the run up to the launch of the eagerly anticipated BlackBerry 10. The company…

BlackBerry 10 could be RIM’s saving grace with 19k app submissions

It looks like things are going pretty well for Research in Motion (RIM) as it heads towards the final leg before the launch of…

BlackBerry’s App World gets a rebrand — music and video are on the way

With just more than a week to go before the official launch of BlackBerry 10, RIM has officially flicked the switch and implemented the…

Heins: BlackBerry could license BB10, has to be ‘successful’ first

It is no secret that RIM has been struggling lately. Apple and Samsung rule the roost, with various other smartphone manufacturers taking large cuts…

LG sells 1m flagship Optimus G smartphones, is miles behind big rivals

LG’s flagship Optimus G, the smartphone that runs on Qualcomm Inc.’s Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, has sold more than one-million units since its release…

Mobile ad revenue to grow 400% by 2016, will be worth $24.5bn

Well now, it looks like mobile advertising is no longer the young upstart desperately trying to convince people of its merits. This year, it’s…

Mobilising the masses: getting responsive web design for mobile right

The term “responsive design” is being bantered all around the online community at the moment as the ultimate technology solution to dealing with multiple…

‘App store’ still under fire as Apple, Amazon trade punches over the name

Apple and Amazon have a trial date set for later this year as the dispute over the term “app store” continues. Amazon has the…

SA’s Smallest Businesses Are Job Engines – So Why Can’t They Get Funding

Starlink in South Africa – Regulatory turbulence grounds Elon Musk’s satellite internet plans—for now

ASUS and AMD Launch AI-Driven Expert P Series PCs for South African SMBs

South Africa’s MSMEs Still Locked Out of Funding – New Report Calls for Radical Reform

Africa Bridge Fund seeks to build a thriving Africa tech ecosystem

MortgageMarket and EasyEquities partner to launch EasyMortgages, unlocking a new era in home loan access for South Africans

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

Gemini AI to enhance Volvo infotainment

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