F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
‘Fifth screen’ emerges for cars, but not yet ready for prime time
By now, the illustrious “fourth screen” is a common term–that of the mobile device, still the holy grail for media companies and advertisers. At…
Trillion-dollar forecast for gadget sales
Global gadget sales may top one trillion dollars this year for the first time ever. Organisers at the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) in Las…
‘LePad’: The combined laptop and tablet
Chinese computer colossus Lenovo has unveiled an IdeaPad computer that serves as a laptop for work tasks then converts to a touch-screen tablet for…
Microsoft sold 8m Kinects in first two months
Microsoft sold more than eight million gesture-sensing Kinect controllers for Xbox 360 game consoles in just two months, says the company’s chief executive Steve…
