Interviews

Interview: Mediatek’s Finbarr Moynihan on 2018 trends, more

Taiwan’s Mediatek remains a strong player in the budget smartphone space, with its processors powering scores of models around the world. But what’s next…

Volantia Q&A: we delve into this local Humble Bundle title

You don’t see a game debuting on the Humble Bundle very often, but Volantia: Kingdom in the Sky is one such title. Aside from being…

Huawei working with third party apps for AI chip in Mate 10

Huawei made quite a big splash at IFA 2017, after announcing its Kirin 970 processor. In a somewhat unexpected move, the company integrated a…

Q&A: the devs behind intriguing SA indie game Jetstream

Last week I had the pleasure of attending Cape Town’s Electronic and Gaming Expo (EGE) 2017, the third running of the local gaming event….

Q&A: Jump CEO on their Netflix-style service for indie games

Earlier this week, we reported on Jump, being a subscription service to play indie games. The ad-free, all-you-can-eat service makes use of “HyperJump” downloading…

Interview: HMD Global CEO Arto Nummela

“It was overwhelming. We went to the meetings and people are coming and hugging, (saying) ‘thank god you are bringing Nokia back’.” This was…

Q&A: VS Gaming’s Cambridge Mokanyane on FIFA tournament, more

Telkom announced on Friday that it has officially spun its Digital Gaming League (DGL) operations into a separate company, called VS Gaming. Spearheaded by…

Anthony Goodman: AG Mobile’s ‘born to look after the customer’

The smartphone business is a cut-throat world, where the small fry are usually chewed up and spat out by the baleen whales of the…

Grafting your own ‘Call of Duty’ tournament: an interview with Jozi Underground

It’s no real surprise that gaming is growing both internationally and locally. All over the world, gamers are turning their hobbies into fierce competitive…

Kalvin Subbadu: Watch out, there’s more to come from WD South Africa

WD (the hard drive division of Western Digital Corporation) has been a big player in the storage industry since the early 1970s. The Irvine,…

Rest.less Games: tales from the indie game industry and ‘Wait: Extended’

A little while ago my editor presented me with a Steam bundle of games. “I thought you might want to check them out,” he…

Meet Alice’s Dystopia: South Africa’s first all-female ‘League of Legends’ team

In a world dominated by males between the age of 15 and 25, League of Legends suffers from an identity crisis. Although it’s one…

Beyond periphery: Logitech promises a ‘big year’ for South Africa in 2015

Logitech‘s a rarity at the moment — it’s a technology company on the rise. Revenue has increased year on year (pdf), and that trend…

Tom Happ, creator of indie game Axiom Verge, on his ‘vessel of consciousness and reality’

Axiom Verge is the sort of retro, independently created game anyone with a heart and an itching for exploration should take note of. Its…

Exclusive: we interview ‘Snailboy’ creators Thoopid

Cape Town-based mobile gaming developers Thoopid are onto something special with Snailboy. Clearly there’s heart and passion behind the project and in this exclusive…

Interview with the Dev: Franco.Kernel paves the way

Now, I have interviewed a couple of folks for the ‘Burn already and I have to be honest, I was a lot more familiar…

Interview with the dev: Crossbones’ custom Nexus OS

I’ve used Crossbones ROMs on both my Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus and I have to admit, they’re as stable as you’re likely to…

Interview with the dev: The need for custom kernels

This week I am really excited about my interviewee, not only because I really love his work, but I do appreciate his frank approach…

Trinity, lord of the Nexus Kernel, speaks out

In the Android world there are a number of developers who help make the user experience even better. They’re the magicians that sit in…

How an HTML 5 mobile game reached millions on Mxit

It’s a hit on Mxit, millions have played it and HTML 5 powers it. This is Moonbase from Maxxor. Gearburn spoke to one of…

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