Mobile

Tablet wars: Samsung and Lenovo keep growing as Apple stagnates

IDC’s latest Q4 2013 report of global tablet shipments showed only Lenovo and Samsung increased their market share among the top five brands. Apple…

Samsung owning numbers game as smartphone shipments go past 1bn

Turns out 2013 was a landmark year for smartphones. Not because any particularly amazing models were launched, things were actually pretty slow on that…

Indian giant Micromax just launched a phone that pays you to watch ads

In a trendsetting move, Indian mobile device maker Micromax has launched its new Canvas Mad A94 model, which comes equipped with what it calls…

No iPhone decline in sight, analysts say sales climbed 16% last quarter

As Apple gets ready to announce its financial results early next week, analysts are predicting another booming quarter for iPhone sales. A round-up of…

Love your banking app? It’s probably insecure and full of dodgy code

As with so many aspects of our lives, smartphones have helped us make some serious changes to the way we go about doing our…

Can BlackBerry really find stability, lock up enterprise? [CES2014]

On the fringes of the world’s largest technology showcase, CES in Las Vegas, BlackBerry’s new CEO laid out his plan for the ailing former…

Smartphones and emerging markets: where we’re headed in 2014

There are few emerging market countries that are particularly mature in terms of their cellphone and smartphone usage and buying patterns (China, in particular…

Notes from RIM’s press conference on its apocalyptic outage

It’s been a wild three days — and counting — for millions of BlackBerry users across several continents. Facing the BlackBerry Internet Service’s biggest…

BlackBerry and Nokia only have a few more rolls of the dice left

The train might’ve already left the station. With iOS and Android powering ahead, notching up record activations every day, analysts have all but written…

RIM’s CIO Robin Bienfait apologises to BlackBerry customers

Following an emergency press conference held on Wednesday, RIM’s CIO Robin Beinfait posted an apology and status update on RIM’s corporate site. During the…

BlackBerry woes worsen as outage hits US & RIM homeland Canada

While Research In Motion (RIM) continues to attempt to reconnect users cut from BlackBerry’s BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS), news is filtering in that users…

BlackBerry’s continuing ‘partial outages’ in Europe, Africa, & Middle East

BlackBerry users in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region have found themselves cut off from online-communications for three days running, following a…

Tablet computers set to become ‘the brains’ of all devices

Tablet computers are set to become the central brains of almost all electronic devices. For example, a tablet computer could be docked into a…

Those 8-million smartphones are just the beginning

The massive growth in smartphones in emerging markets — in South Africa the number has doubled in the past year — has led to…

We appear to be living in the golden age of apps

Are apps the only way to do mobile, and in fact, any computing? We appear to be living in the golden age of apps….

How mobile money is bridging the gap to online payments in Kenya

Mobile Money has come a long way in the last few years. Kenyan mobile network operator, Safaricom, introduced its MPesa service in 2007 and…

MTN SA to offer uncapped mobile broadband

African mobile giant MTN is stepping up to the broadband plate and releasing an uncapped, throttle-free product from October till January, as reported by…

One Wallet to rule them all, but will it be Google’s?

Google launched its smartphone Wallet service this week, adding long overdue impetus to the mobile payments movement. Teaser videos of George Costanza carrying an…

Four ways to become an SMS copywriting stud

SMS promotions work because they provide a one-on-one dialogue with customers. It is the most targeted and personalised means of communicating, yet also the…

Taking on a continent: Android’s African invasion

Mobile phone manufacturers, operators and of course Google started a big push on Android into Africa this year. Samsung, HTC and Huawei are moving…

iPhone 5 revealed on 4 October

Apple fans, mark down 4 October on your calendars as this is the day that Apple will most likely reveal the iPhone 5. Sources…

Opportunities in growing mobile entertainment market

Anyone who still believes that mobile gaming is the domain of the spotty teenage boy urgently needs to update their thinking. All age groups…

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