Mobile

We might be buying less stuff but mobile commerce is still booming

Mobile commerce is booming. Currently worth around US$1.5-trillion, the global mcommerce market is expected to be valued at around US$3.2-trillion by 2017. While that…

How long before tablet saturation? IDC predicts single digit growth by 2017

If you were one of those people who thought that the iPad was a giant, pointless version of the iPhone, chances are you’ve changed…

Here’s the problem with research that shows BlackBerry is still growing

The Mobility 2014 survey, released at the end of November, showed that BlackBerry had overtaken Samsung in South Africa. BlackBerry users had increased from…

Baidu reports 270m active Android users in China

If anyone is in the position to know what Chinese netizens get up to online, it’s Baidu, the nation’s top search engine. Baidu’s newest…

Mobile usage and apps in South Africa: the numbers you need to know

Sitting in your iOS 7 cocoon and assume everyone has an iPad? Or that SMS died out with the arrival of BBM? Perhaps you’re…

How does Facebook remain relevant in a mobile world?

I noticed something over the weekend. I can’t recall the last time I visited Facebook.com on my laptop. Even though I sit at a…

Huh? Why is BlackBerry being blamed for the London riots?

In recent days, the streets of London have descended into bedlam as riots and looting spread, sparked by a protest organised around the shooting…

Tech leaders look to Steven Spielberg for future of mobile

The pace of innovation and change in mobile devices is dizzying. At times it can be difficult to predict the winning platforms and products…

RIM shareholder: Android and Apple are kids’ games

The press was expecting an angry, mutinous mob at RIM’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders 2011 held at the company’s headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario last…

Google+ iPhone app launched and immediately faces litany of complaints

A major aspect of a social network’s success, it can be argued, depends on the ability of users to access it on the go….

Opera Mini taking advantage of shifts in global mobile-data business

Opera Mini web-browsing software for smartphones has become an antidote for congested telecom networks and carrier bills that rise along with the amount of…

8 mobile social media networks for emerging markets

The development of MXit, South Africa’s incredibly successful answer to Facebook as been well covered in the past. MXit’s success has largely been down…

Video Review: Blackberry Playbook

The Playbook is many things to many people: an iPad competitor; a desperate attempt at relevancy; a RIM fanboy’s wet dream; just another tablet….

Broadband for the people — The next generation of mobile data access

Qualcomm is one of those companies that you’ve heard of, but that few people outside of the telecommunications industry know a huge amount about….

The incredible rise of Android apps

Probably the most significant development in smartphone technology, apart from the technology itself, is the rise of mobile applications. In fact, the International Data…

RIM’s week from hell — A sign of things to come?

The first quarter of Research in Motion (RIM)’s fiscal 2012 year results released last Friday, made it plain to see that the company is…

BlackBerry delivers touch screen phone (just add phone)

BlackBerry users are a special lot. They even have their own religious rite. The BlackBerry Prayer Pose: standing in solemn and lonesome splendour, head…

Mobile may help heal Africa

With the world’s highest rates of HIV and TB, health care provision has to be at the top of most African countries’ agendas —…

The small screen that killed the traditional advertising model

Vodacom mobile media executive, Jason Probert, believes that traditional advertising is in “steep decline”. He cites a key event in 2009 where internet advertising…

The power of mobile

If anyone needed to be reminded about the power of mobile as a medium, we were given a wake-up call by US-based digital marketing…

Q&A with Joseph Jaffe: ‘Mobile is the one device to rule them all’

In the world of marketing Joseph Jaffe is a well-known name. Jaffe is the founder of Crayon, a strategic consultancy firm that was acquired…

SA mobile ad revenue to reach a billion rands by 2012

Predictions from upcoming Mobile Mindblast conference suggest that mobile ad revenues in South Africa totalled approximately R500-million in the last year. Year-on-year growth trends…

Motorola and Swarovski Bring Foldable Luxury to South Africa with the Brilliant Collection

Sanlam Fintech Expands Its AI Coach to Tackle South Africa’s Medical Access Gap

OPPO A6 Pro 5G launches in South Africa with bigger battery and tougher build

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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