Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and other institutional investors have invested U.S. $1 billion into BlackBerry in a revised investment proposal than Fairfax's  earlier plan of buying and taking it private. The firm has also fired Thorsten Heins as CEO and has...

­Android OS hit a record 81 percent of the 251 million smartphones shipped in Q3 of 2013 beating  Apple,  BlackBerry and Windows. However, Microsoft's Windows Phone is growing steadily with 10 million smartphones shipped during the period doubling its marketshare...

iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will now be available in South Africa as from the 15th of November,  said MTN South Africa. The mobile network company considered the iPhone 5s as the most forward-thinking smartphones in the world and the...

  In the drive to gain traction in the premium smartphone device category to catch up with Sony, HTC, Samsung, Apple and BlackBerry gadgets, LG Electronics is set to boost its South African staff complement by a third to service growth ambitions...

DEMO is here in just a few hours, and we are happy, but thousands will leave this conference disappointed and ready to close shop. The conference now in its second year running brings together best startup entrepreneurs from across the...

Xiangye Xiao, Product Manager at Google  says we shall all be able to use our own handwriting when composing emails or documents. Users will be able to use their own handwriting to input words directly into Gmail and Google...

Àsà, meaning culture in Yoruba, is Genii Games’ answer to the cultural decline in Nigeria according to its founders. With a collection of mobile apps, available for iOS, Android and Blackberry devices, Àsà provides culturally relevant content on language, folktales and...

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Taxi aggregating app, SnappCab has launched in Johannesburg, in a move the founders say will revolutionize South Africa's cab industry forever. The free app, available for Apple and Android enabled smart phones, with Blackberry and Windows launching shortly after offers commuters...

Panasonic, Japanese electronics manufacturer announced that the research into new smartphones for retail consumers at home is set to be abandoned. This comes two months after competitor NEC said it was pulling out of the smartphone market saying that the...

Samsung Galaxy S4 has two new colours added to the range which will be made available in the Middle East. The new Galaxy S4 Smartphones will now be available in gold with a brown trim, or in pink with...

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A new report released by Juniper research has shown that app-enabled smart watches will experience an explosive growth by 2018, something that will see the global shipments rise to over 36 million units from the current 1 million units. In...

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Microsoft's Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is set to retire as CEO within the next 12 months citing there has never been a perfect time to do so than now as the firm tries to focus on mobile devices. “There...

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  It would definitely be convenient to get your traffic updates from Google. Citizens of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Switzerland, UK and the USA are set to enjoy this service fro Google. Google has already...

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The Smartphone Operating Systems market is bracing itself to welcome new players, with Android and iOS expected to lose at least 13% of their dominance by 2018 to these new players. This is according to a new report dubbed “Smartphone...

Throngs of people with knives on sticks and BB guns at marketing promo would easily pass for a scene in “You’re Next” one of the top 10 horror movies of 2013. But the scene which was played out a...

Phone dealers and manufactures in Ghana have indefinitely closed down their shops protesting the 20 per cent import tax imposed on mobile handsets and accessories. United under the Concerned Phone and Accessories Dealers of Ghana (CPADG) the dealers and manufacturers...

Launched mid last month by Startappz’ Hawaa World is an interactive magazine which has been said it has recorded amazing milestones. The iPad app has been downloaded 50,000+ times in less than a month since the release of its...

  Google has made it official that it is working on a new website that will allow users to locate their lost Android Smartphone. They intend to make the Android Device Manager (ADM) accessible late this month. The ADM will either...

Founded in 1997, InfoTelesys is set to bring Advanced next-generation education utilizing technology to deliver what teachers at most schools can not.  Get iT Ed provides advanced InfoTelesys computer technology to schools and educators at cost. The firm's advanced iT...

Founded this year by Constant Asabia and Deji Adejuyigbe, Eco-Innovation Hub is the first Innovation Hub in Ondo State, Nigeria. The hub is an open space for the technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in the area and focuses on...

Seems guys at Gidilounge are committed to giving music lovers the easiest way to listen to their favorite tracks and help them find new music that they’ll love. The crew just announced their music app is now available for...

Android, a Linux-based operating system designed by Google primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers  has secured a strong 67 percent global share of the global tablet shipment which has reached 51.7 million units between...

Latest stats from mobile analysts firm Juniper Research say the number of smartphones shipped in Q2 in 2013 hit 230 million,  almost 50% from Q2 2012 and q-o-q growth of nearly 13%. According to the firm Samsung shipped some 72...

Google has introduced a social-gaming app for Android which connects Google Play with Google+. The site lets users shop for games and play games all while socializing this behavior with Google+ friends. The users of Google+ can look through the...