Mobile

Thumbtom is an app that pays you to look at advertisements

Currently trending on South Africa’s Google Play store is Thumbtom — an app that pushes ads to your smartphone’s lockscreen in return for vouchers…

MHealth has plenty of work to do when it comes to security

According to the World Health Organisation, Sub Saharan Africa is home to 12% of the world’s population yet shoulders the burden of 26% of…

Mobile search could overtake desktop as soon as next year…in ad dollars that is

Stop for a moment and think about how many searches you do on a mobile device, as opposed to a desktop. Now think about…

Mozilla Firefox might be coming to an iPhone near you

It looks like Mozilla is planning on bringing its Firefox web browser to iOS. If current mobile and browser stats are anything to go…

Apple patents an iPhone drop mechanism that alters device angle in freefall

We’ve all experience it: that horrifying moment when you drop your smartphone, wondering whether your screen is about to be smashed to pieces. That…

MTN now lets people send money between Ivory Coast and Benin

The MTN Group has revealed the launch of a mobile money cross-border payment service between Ivory Coast and Benin, positioning itself in the middle…

Africa to have 1bn mobile subscribers by 2015

We all know that mobile in Africa is a big deal. It allowed countries to leapfrog some Western technologies and has fostered innovative products…

Samsung screws Apple, bumps up the price of processors

In every iPhone, iPod and iPad you will find a Samsung processor. Yes even though the two tech giant are battling it out in…

Vodacom: SMS on the decline, 35% increase in smartphone uptake

For the first time in Vodacom’s history SMS revenue is on the decline driven, it seems, by increased use of data. The African mobile…

Microsoft Office for iOS and Android is a reality, comes early 2013

After many rumours over the last year, it seems that Microsoft Office for Android and iOS will be a reality. According to reports the…

The PC is dead, long live the PC: 1.2bn smart devices to sell by 2013

We seriously love our smartphones and tablets. So much so that we’ll see a larger install base of smartphones and tablets than PCs by…

Samsung breaks another record, has now sold 30m Galaxy S IIIs in 157 days

Well, things seem to be going well at Samsung. The South Korean giant is the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world, it announced last…

Tablet wars: Apple still dominant but its lead is shrinking

When it comes to tablets, the iPad has ruled the roost pretty much from the moment Steve Jobs first unveiled it back in 2010….

Samsung has sold 3-million Galaxy Note II devices in 37 days. Seriously

So, all those critics who said that a phablet would never work must be shaking their heads in disbelief. Samsung’s original massive Galaxy Note…

17 year old designs news ‘summerising’ app: gets millions in investments

Nick D’Aloisio has designed an app, Summly, that will summarise the news you want to hear in about three to four paragraphs, receiving millions…

Muted opening day for iPad mini sales in Asia: small device, smaller queues

While Apple fans lined up in Asia to get their hands on the iPad mini that went on sale today, the crowds queuing were…

Can Mozilla really disrupt mobile like it did the web? [Tech4Africa]

Look at the figures. Android and Apple are completely dominating the smartphone space. Despite the best efforts of its competitors, no seems able to…

Ralph Simon: mobile success lies in being ‘Glocally’ relevant [Tech4Africa]

Success in the mobile space is all about “glocalisation”, says Ralph Simon from mobile strategy company Mobilium. Speaking via Skype from Russia at the…

Are smartphones turning people into workaholics?

Research in Britain has found that our all-encompassing magical devices are “doing us in” by adding an average of two hours work per day….

Apple reclaims the term ‘app store’, this time from Amazon

Apple seems to think that it can claim a chunk of the English language as its own: specifically, the name for its “pioneering” App…

Android or iOS? Facebook ads can now target specific mobile devices

Developers and advertisers that use power edition and the Facebook Ads API now have the ability to choose which mobile platform their ads appear…

MTN Clinches SA’s Best Network Title Again – Backed by Data and R14bn Infrastructure Push

Xiaomi’s “Screens for Change” Powers Township Esports With Purpose and Mandela’s Legacy

SAVCA 2025 Industry Awards Spotlight Africa’s Most Ambitious Private Capital-Backed Innovators

Ecentric and MoneyBadger Partner to Bring Bitcoin Payments to South African Retailers

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

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves