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Dropped an iPhone 6 Plus recently? It’s easy to mend, proves iFixit

iFixit, the site that just wants to watch the world burn, and repair it again, has found its latest smartphone victim — the iPhone…

Bloodborne launches 6 February 2015 for PS4, teases with gripping new trailer

We’ve been raving a lot about Bloodborne — the PlayStation 4 exclusive gothic horror title that’s going to rock our worlds inside out come…

Amazon launches new tablet family: 7.8mm thin Kindle Voyage, low-cost 6″ Fire tablet

On Wednesday evening, Amazon, the online retail tech giant, in a bid to retain its current users and court new buyers, refreshed its Fire…

Want to record 4K video on iOS? That’ll be $1000 please

Are you sick of iPhone 6 stories yet? Good, because we aren’t, especially if they remain as insane and mind-splitting as this. Apple’s first…

Gaming news roundup: printer Doom, PS4 Nike’s and Master Chief in Destiny

PS4-styled Nike’s with an HDMI port, a printer that runs Doom and Halo star Master Chief found in Destiny, these are the three most…

Bidorbuy first SA retailer to sell iPhone 6 for R16 499

South Africans, you don’t have to wait for an official iPhone 6 launch, because online retailer bidorbuy now sells the 16GB iPhone 6 for…

Microsoft to hold ‘Windows 9’ event 30 September

We’ve seen the leaks, the shoddy screenshots and the German-techno desktop recordings, but now Microsoft has announced a “Windows event” that will likely see…

HTC Desire 500 lands in the UK, is quad-core and hopefully affordable

The HTC Desire 500 was announced in July for Taiwan at the fairly affordable price of US$399 (R3 999) but today HTC tells us…

Xbox One in-game recording to be 720p at 30 frames per second

One of the Xbox One’s many upcoming features is that you’ll be able to capture some in-game footage. In a recent Ask and Answer…

MSI GS70 is ‘world’s thinnest and lightest 17-inch gaming laptop’

The race for the best console might as well be a crawl in the eyes of MSI, which has now gone and introduced what…

SOL is a rugged, solar-powered, Ubuntu-running laptop

Gadget makers like to say that their toys offer technologies that are “world firsts”. In the case of SOL, this is undoubtedly the truth. SOL…

Battlefield 4 second screen gaming to be next-gen, PC only

If you’re too lazy to access your Battlefield 4 server or mini map via your console, you can choose to do so on your…

Surface Pro discounted following RT price reduction

Good news for Microsoft’s Surface Pro fans who can’t afford it. The software giant is discounting the device by US$100 (R1000) for the month…

LG Optimus L4II has three SIM slots, TV tuner

LG and Mediatek are keen to offer something above a dual-SIM phone, namely a triple-SIM smartphone, dubbed the LG Optimus L4II. According to PConline,…

Assassin’s Creed will have an end says Ubisoft

There are currently about six Assassin’s Creed titles out there. Poor Desmond’s having the ride of his life being chased over Italian Renaissance rooftops…

North Korean tablet ‘Samjiyon’ has Angry Birds, won’t play nice with Western internet

North Korea is a black hole of technology, where Android tablets and smartphones don’t exist and the internet is a rumour. Guess what, only…

Take note Samsung, HTC One Max joins phablet party with 5.9-inch screen

The HTC One Max phablet was but a rumour less than a month ago. But now, thanks to Taiwanese website ePrice, it’s a rumour…

Samsung set to unveil Note III at ‘Unpacked’ event on 4 September

Samsung preety much launched the phablet into the mainstream with the astonishingly good Galaxy Note. The Note II was even better. It should hardly…

Pebble ePaper smartwatch finally gets email notifications for iOS

Pebble, the Kickstarter funded ePaper smartwatch, today gets email alert notification support for iOS devices. 9to5mac reports that the email notification update was planned…

Moto X officially launched at $200 with 4.7″, 24-hour battery, custom designs

The Moto X has just been announced by Motorola and comes with a decent 720×1280 screen, 24-hour battery life, touchless control and a beautiful…

Xbox Live to shun trolls, haters and cheaters

Reputation is key. When you’re online, you’re vulnerable to the socially awkward, the psychos, the cheaters and jerks. Xbox Live wants to shun these…

iPad Mini ‘likely’ launch with Samsung-made retina display

The Wall Street Journal reports that there’s “likely” to be an iPad Mini Retina currently in the mix of things with the display possibly…

Terrafugia flies: transforms from car to plane and back again

Where the hell are the flying cars already? Right here actually and in the video below. This carplane, called Terrafugia finally takes flight. It’s a…

South Africa Could Leap Ahead By Simulating The Future With AI

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What South Africans Need To Know About The New Face Of Banking Fraud

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

OPPO Reno15 Series Lands In South Africa With Big Cameras And Bigger Battery Ambitions

OPPO Reno15 Series Brings Flagship-Level Hardware Logic to the Mid-Tier in South Africa

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

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