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PlayStation 4 price drops to R5499 in South Africa

PlayStation South Africa has today announced a R500 price drop on the PlayStation 4. This comes after last week’s announcement that the PlayStation 4…

4 numbers that tell rAge 2015’s story

Is it safe to say that rAge 2015 was the biggest one yet? Well, statistically, yes. NAG, the organisation behind South Africa’s northerly gaming…

Japan Display’s 8K 17.3-inch screen features over 33-million pixels

Referring to resolutions in terms of K isn’t as rare as it used to be. 4K is practically the upper-echelon of gaming and content…

Biggest South African downloaders blowing over 8TB a month, according to new report

A new report published on MyBroadband suggests that us South Africans sure do love to use that bandwidth, with Afrihost Business users the most…

Humble Monthly Bundle offers a digital gaming package every month

Humble Bundle is known for its regular ‘pay-what-you-want’ video game and book packages, which also help different charities from proceeds. Announced on Thursday, the…

Telkom to double ADSL subscribers’ data, drop prices of select Home Internet products

Telkom, perhaps getting into the Christmas spirit earlier than usual this year, is giving away double ADSL data to its subscribers from 1 October…

Elon Musk’s Tesla Powerwall kit will cost R225k in South Africa

Earlier this year, South African-born Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced plans to create and distribute home power reservoirs that could keep the lights on…

Xbox Live features reportedly coming to iOS and Android games

In a post first spotted by The Verge, Microsoft is flirting with the idea of pushing Xbox Live functionality to iOS and Android games,…

New Samsung Chromebook gets faux cowhide facelift

Samsung’s design influences are now going to extend from the Galaxy Note III to the new Chromebook 2, as we’ve seen some sneaky shots…

Google Glass updates end as KitKat approaches

Bad and good news approaches Google Glass wearers. Glass owners who are seemingly puzzled about the lack of a February XE software update can…

Nintendo shuttering online services for Wii, DS from 20 May

Nintendo’s killing all online services for two of its most popular consoles: the DS, and its former best-selling console, the Wii as from 20…

Google Watch pictured, Motorola smartwatch confirmed

Motorola has confirmed recently that it’s developing a smartwatch. Whether this could be the rumoured Google Watch, we’re not sure. Although details about the…

Xbox One scores Twitch streaming service as ‘Titanfall’ launches 11 March

It’s been announced that the Xbox One will be getting the popular game broadcasting slash streaming service 11 March. Twitch is home to a…

LG unveils F70, a 4G, mid-range 4.5″ smartphone with KitKat

Look at the size of this thing. Imagine if it was this large and fearsome. While everyone’s been focusing on the Galaxy S5 at…

Blackphone launches, offers ‘unparalleled’ secure searching, messaging, browsing

Blackphone, the pitch-black gadget for the online paranoid is now available for pre-order. The smartphone uses a branched-off version of Android called PrivatOS which…

BlackBerry launches Q20 flagship with ‘classic’ keyboard

BlackBerry unveiled the Q20 at the Mobile World Congress in Spain this week, sticking to its guns of bringing us another “classic” QWERTY smartphone….

Samsung’s smartwatch strikes again with the Gear 2 and camera-free Gear Neo

With Mobile World Congress in full swing, Samsung’s decided to kick off the show with the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo, two slight…

Nokia launches trio of Android phones: ‘Nokia X’, ‘Nokia XL’, and 5-inch ‘Nokia X+’

Here we go: Nokia’s first Android phone, times three. The Nokia X, X+ and XL. Ranging from pocket-friendly to mini-phablet, the phones are all…

Lenovo flaunts S-series trio of budget Android phones

Lenovo has just unveiled three friendly, budget smartphones at MWC 2014 to further widen its S-series offering. The trio, namely the S860, S850 and…

Sony’s SmartBand life-logging wearable coming in March

Sony is yet again showing off its latest piece of wearable tech, the SmartBand, at the MWC 2014. After the company gave us a…

Samsung Galaxy S5 rumours: fingerprint scanner ‘confirmed’

The Galaxy S5 is an important phone. When it’s revealed on 24 February in Barcelona at the Samsung Unpacked event, eyes will melt and…

Twitch server buckles under pressure as 100k gamers play ‘Pokémon’ together

The popular game streaming channel, Twitch, has put the old-time classic Pokemon: Red and Blue into the hands of tens of thousands of participants…

LG unveils the ‘G2 mini’ in single and dual-sim flavours

LG’s unveiled its latest flagship, the LG G2 mini. The smartphone features a 4.7″ display, weighs a trim 121 grams and given its target…

Huawei’s All-Optical smart-home showcase unleashes a new era of home connectivity in Africa

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