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7 really cheap smartphones for WhatsApp [Tech Savvy SA]

Our initial list of cheap smartphones for WhatsApp back in 2014 was quite a hit, still attracting views today. But the smartphone world moves at…

Xbox Game Pass: South Africa not part of initial rollout

Microsoft announced the Xbox Game Pass subscription service earlier this week, being an all-you-can-eat service for over 100 Xbox 360 and Xbox One games. Available…

Evolve, Borderlands 2 among March Xbox Games With Gold titles

Microsoft has announced its latest batch of Games With Gold titles for Xbox One, which are set to rollout from 1 March. Fans of the console…

Microsoft’s Xbox E3 conference will be earlier this year

Microsoft has announced that its E3 conference will be on a Sunday this year, a change from the usual Monday shows. It will be held…

We talk South Africa’s indie gaming scene with Microsoft’s Clifford de Wit

Whether it be puzzlers or role-playing titles, there is no shortage of indie video games. As shown by our Digital All Stars pieces on…

Watch: Halo Wars 2 launch trailer hits the web

Microsoft’s Halo Wars made for quite an impression upon launch in 2009, offering a refreshing strategy take on the Halo formula. Of course, Halo…

Xbox One Creators Update starts rollout: what to expect?

Microsoft has announced that the Creators Update for Xbox One is slowly making its way to gamers enrolled in the Insider Programme. Now, we’ve…

Windows 10’s new Blue Screen of Death features handy QR code

Microsoft’s updating its most infamous Windows feature; no, not the Start button, but the Blue Screen of Death. The harbinger of hardware failure, the…

Gears of War 4 hits Xbox One 11 October, beta begins 18 April

Gears of War 4 finally has an official release date, after The Coalition’s Adam Fletcher today announced new details on the Xbox Wire. That…

Watch Microsoft’s cancelled take on 3D Touch in ‘leaked’ video

A new video has emerged, purportedly showing some fancy “3D Hover Touch” functionality on Microsoft’s cancelled McLaren smartphone. The handset, which was supposed to…

Quantum Break review: a fractured experiment in storytelling

Billed as the next blockbuster title on Xbox One, Quantum Break comes from the developers of Alan Wake and Max Payne. It certainly has…

Windows 10 Anniversary Update arriving mid-2016

Keep locked on to our #Build2016 portal for detailed coverage of Microsoft’s flagship developer event. Its that time of year when Microsoft shows off…

All Xbox One consoles are now development kits lying in wait

Keep locked on to our #Build2016 portal for detailed coverage of Microsoft’s flagship developer event. If you have an Xbox One and have a…

Alan Wake, Castlevania, Pac-Man now available for Xbox One

In the latest round of backwards compatibility games for the Xbox One, Microsoft has released three new titles for the system. This wave consists…

Microsoft kills Fable Legends, mulls Lionhead Studios closure

In a blog post today, Microsoft has announced the cancellation of Fable Legends and are in talks with employees over the closure of Lionhead…

Will Microsoft release Office on the Xbox One?

This generation of video game consoles hasn’t been an easy one to afford or justify. With high development costs, weak economies, and faltering currencies,…

March Xbox Games with Gold games include Supreme Commander 2, Borderlands

It’s that time of the month when Microsoft announces their next batch of Games with Gold titles for its Xbox consoles. Following last month’s…

MWC 2016 preview: here’s what you can expect

Update: We can expect the likes of Alcatel to unveil it’s new OneTouch Idol 4, and other devices at the conference too. Read the…

Microsoft Lumia 650 is now official, gunning for budget enterprise market

If you were hoping for a more feature rich smartphone from Microsoft this year, you might have to wait a little longer. The company…

Quantum Break receiving PC release, Xbox One bundles, free Alan Wake games

Microsoft and Remedy Entertainment today unveiled a slew of information from the upcoming video game Quantum Break. The game will receive a simultaneous PC and Xbox One…

Rocket League is heading to Xbox One on 17 February

Poor Xbox One gamers. You’ve been sitting on the bench for the past six months now just hoping to get some game time. But…

You could’ve played Red Dead Redemption on Xbox One this weekend

If you’re a canny NeoGAF trawler and Xbox One owner, you probably would’ve stumbled across a post this weekend, suggesting that Rockstar‘s Red Dead…

You can still run Windows 95 with this nifty browser trick

We get nostalgic now and again at Gearburn, whether it’s chatting about great BlackBerry smartphones of years gone by, or wondering how some savvy…

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