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Samsung’s slim Galaxy Tab S pair announced with AMOLED screens

Samsung has officially unveiled its flagship Galaxy Tab S tablet in both 8.4″ and 10.5″ guises, with base prices starting at US$399 and US$499,…

Mozilla to offer $25 Firefox OS-powered smartphones by year-end

While Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS compete at the higher spectrum of the smartphone market, Mozilla is aiming a little lower. So low, in…

Alienware’s Windows-based Alpha to join Xbox One, PS4 in console war

Alienware, Dell’s enthusiast division, has announced that its Alpha gaming machine will not launch with SteamOS as initially planned, but instead with Windows 8.1…

Forget Xbox, Microsoft wants Kinect in our phones

Touch, voice, type, and gestures. Those are some of the ways we can interact with our phones these days. According to several sources, Microsoft…

Microsoft’s Xbox One E3 2014 conference: the liveblog

“By gamers, for gamers,” says Microsoft of the Xbox One. E3 2014 is a big year for the second-best (in terms of sales) current…

Google reveals new powerful 3D-mapping tablet with Kinect-like features

Google just released a prototype tablet that carries NVIDIA’s quad-core Tegra K1 and can smoothly map out physical spaces in real-time. Developed by Google’s…

Stir’s Kinetic Desk with Fitbit integration creates health-tracking ecosystem

The Stir Kinetic Desk, the “world’s first” actively learning work surface can now exchange wellness information with the Fitbit range of health bands, Stir…

Is HAPIFork a dumb fad or smart new eating tool?

A new generation of weight and meal control has arrived. Enter the Kickstater funded HAPIfork, a fork that vibrates if you eat too fast,…

‘Broken Age’ from ‘Monkey Island’ co-creator Tim Schafer lands dreamy trailer

Here we are, finally. It’s a trailer for Broken Age, the game that until yesterday was known as “Double Fine Adventure”. It practically began…

Parallella: a Linux-based parallel-processing supercomputer for $99

Parallella, the US$99 Linux supercomputer “for everyone” is coming in a few months for the select users who ordered one-off Kickstarter. Adapteva announced at the Linux…

iPad 5 to be slimmer than ever as LED backlight shrinks down

The crazy stuff Apple does to prove that it’s number one. It’s been reported that the iPad 5 will be thinner than ever before,…

Lightening fast 802.11ac 5G wi-fi landing on ‘new Macs’

Heads up wi-fi fans. Apple’s getting ready to release new Macs with ultra-fast 802.11ac Gigabit wireless support. Which news is more exciting though, the…

If you’re kidnapped this wristband will send messages to FB, Twitter

If you’ve watched enough news bulletins in your life time, you’ll know that being a human rights or aid worker comes with the risk…

Seagate rolls out ‘first’ quad-platter 4TB hard drive

By “first”, we mean that it’s the first hard drive to ship with a 1TB-per-platter design, as nicely pointed out by CNET. It’s a…

HTC First image leaked, is latest ‘Facebook Phone’

Here it is, the smartphone vessel for Facebook Home (Android with deep Facebook integration). Ugly, isn’t it?The leak, care of the usually spot-on Evleaks was…

Pre-order the $760 Sony Xperia ZL now, if you live in the US that is

Sony’s ultra-expensive, exceptionally pretty and US exclusive (for now) Xperia ZL launches today for pre-order at the princely sum of US$760. It’s a very…

Lenovo rethinks the ThinkPad with the surprisingly sleek T431s

Lenovo is overhauling its latest ThinkPad, the T431s and, according to an official blog post, it “combed the world for user input during its…

Dream zombie crossover project reanimates with ‘RE6 x L4D2’

Resident Evil creator Capcom and Left 4 Dead developer Valve are teaming up for Resident Evil 6 (RE6) x Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2), a…

SimCity servers ‘not doing anything’ says Maxis insider

Has EA lied to us? The SimCity DRM debacle is another fresh wound for the average gamer. Millions purchased SimCity, only to discover that…

Yearly releases of GTA ‘doesn’t make sense’ says Take-Two

Ever wondered why we don’t see an annual release of Grand Theft Auto in the vein of, say, Call of Duty? Take-Two’s “chief operating…

Makerbot unveils 3D Scanner [SxSW]

3D printing specialist MakerBot today announced the development of a new Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner prototype at South by Southwest Interactive. The MakerBot Digitizer…

‘World’s smallest phone’ has a 2.5cm display and won’t be sold outside Japan

The Phone Strap 2 by Japanese firm Willcom is a 3.175 x 6.985cm feature phone and has the title of “world’s smallest mobile phone”….

iPhone 5S to have fingerprint reader, ‘smart flash’ and A7 CPU [rumour]

Rumours around the new iPhone a ten-a-penny, but the latest reports ring particularly true. KGI Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo is predicting the iPhone 5S and…

GPT 5.2 lands in the API and could reshape how SA builds with AI

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

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

GTA 6 Is Officially Coming in 2026: The New Date, the Delays and the South African Reality Check

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