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Samsung intros Galaxy Ace Style, a mid-range 4″ KitKat cutie

Samsung is the busiest gadget bee on earth, popping out phone after phone at a production-line rate. In this vein, let us introduce the…

DirectX 12: unlocking the full potential of Xbox One gaming

Will the Xbox One become the most powerful console? DirectX 12 is coming, and it promises to change the Xbox One from top to…

MetaWear will bring wearable tech to the masses

MetaWear is a tiny development board meant for people who want to create or hack their own wearable tech. The Kickstarter project raised its funding goal…

PS4 more powerful than Xbox One, but does it matter?

The console war, a mythical battle between the top tier current-gen machines, namely the Xbox One and PS4, is a one-sided skirmish Sony’s already…

Amazon Fire TV is a Roku, Chromecast, Apple TV killer

Chromecast kicked off the inexpensive TV streaming revolution, but it wasn’t the definitive device. Sneaking in under the radar and packed with every feature…

EA apologises for childish Wii U April Fools’ joke

Did EA take it a step too far with its Wii U April Fools’ twitter prank? Thirteen1 reports that earlier this week on April…

Samsung intros new 7, 8 and 10.1″ Tab4 tablets

With every new Samsung Galaxy comes a refresh of its “Tab” tablet line and today, the company announces three new tablets ranging from 7″,…

Sony extends its E-mount lens collection with new high-end optics

Over the last few years, Sony has made solid insteps into the photographic area, especially with the NEX line-up taking the lead. But the…

Microsoft Surface Pro ready to roll out 9 February

Software giant Microsoft has announced the release of the Intel-powered Surface Windows 8 Pro for 9 February, starting at US$899 for the 64-bit version….

Mozilla Firefox OS demoed on mystery dev phone

After making a surprise appearance at CES 2013 on an unknown smartphone and just in preview form (see video at the end), Mozilla has…

Leaked specs for next Xbox reveals blu-ray drive, 8GB ram and 8-core CPU

This site reports that it is has supposedly received the leaked system specs for the next-gen Xbox. The site also reports that in the coming…

LG’s Optimus G Pro is a 1080p 5-inch Phablet with style

Mobile World Congress 2013 is teasing us a range of ultra-desirable 1080p phones such as LG’s Optimus Pro G. LG previously released the well-received…

‘Landscape House’ to be worlds first 3D printed home

3D printing has evolved quite exponentially from its initial coinage in 1995 by graduate students Jim Bredt and Jim Anderson when they altered and…

Samsung outs 8-inch Galaxy Note, just in time for MWC

Mobile World Congress is fast approaching and with it, a slew of phones you never heard of, or needed. Take the recently-announced 8-inch Galaxy…

The Medias W N-05E proves that two screens are better than one

We’ve said before. If any nation deserves the acronym “crazy”, it’s the Japanese. “Hey, let’s make a smartphone with two screens that fold together”…

iOS 6.0 Jailbreak in progress, but far from ready

It’s been quiet on the jailbreak front. Apple’s latest, iOS 6 is a tough nut to crack but famed hacker Planetbeing, in conjunction with…

The new Sony Xperia Tablet Z: lo and behold it’s thinner than the iPad

Steve Jobs may have coined the “thinner and lighter” idea and pushed extensively for it in the quest for perfection, but Sony it seems…

This could be the HTC M7

Rumours abound of HTC’s latest flagship smartphone, the M7. This site (and this one) were some of the first to publish pictures of the…

Sony’s DualShock controller set to change after 16 years

The old faithful Sony PlayStation DualShock controller, synonymous with PS consoles, could be at the end of its day. What has over the last…

Almost affordable: Apple sells $1 439 refurbished Retina Display MacPros

Yessir, Apple’s refurbished computer section at the Apple store now sells refurbished 13.3 inch Retina Display MacPro’s for US$1 439. Not only that, but…

Asus WL-330NUL is ‘world’s smallest USB wireless router’

It was mentioned (albeit very briefly) in the official Asus press release (translated) for CES 2013, and during the show it went almost unnoticed….

CST-01: a watch so thin you won’t even feel it on your arm

Started as a Kickstarter concept, the CST-01 has amassed more than US$500 000 in funding since 8 January. At just 0.8mm thick and weighing…

Next-gen console madness from Sony and Microsoft

How many years have we been speculating about the release of Sony and Microsoft’s next-gen consoles? Five years? Ten? How long have the rumours…

MTN Clinches SA’s Best Network Title Again – Backed by Data and R14bn Infrastructure Push

Xiaomi’s “Screens for Change” Powers Township Esports With Purpose and Mandela’s Legacy

SAVCA 2025 Industry Awards Spotlight Africa’s Most Ambitious Private Capital-Backed Innovators

Ecentric and MoneyBadger Partner to Bring Bitcoin Payments to South African Retailers

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

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves