Microsoft to release new Lumia phones

FMicrosoft will seek to draw more people to its Internet-based services with two new mid-range smartphones it unveiled Thursday, including one designed to help people take better selfies. *** Click here, for new insurance quotes *** The devices are...

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Bigger screen for smartphones

Within two weeks, the smartphone landscape will have changed drastically from where it stands today, with the likely introduction of at least one iPhone 6, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and perhaps a few new models from Motorola, including the rumored Moto...

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The Moto 360 Watch

[Moto 360] Moto 360 watch price, release date: Rumors suggest that Motorola's Android wear smartwatch is set for release soon. IT Portal noted from the recently concluded Google I/O conference that the Moto 360 would be out later in the summer. ***Get free insurance quotes click here *** The Moto 360 is so far the only android watch with a circular screen and high quality metal construction....

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World Cup Contracts Competition Commission Findings

South Africa's government is putting pressure on construction companies to make further payments as punishment for rigging contracts to build stadiums for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup and other projects.   Antitrust authorities fined 15 builders,...

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Whats App Reaches 500 million users

WhatsApp CEO vows to keep things simple after hitting 500 million users mark The app now sees more than 700 million photos and 100 million videos shared through it every day as it aims to reach one billion users. WHATSAPP IS WELL on its way to reaching...

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iPad Air Announced

Apple just announced iPad Air, the fifth in its line of (nearly) 10-inch tablets. Last year, Apple's big-boy got a perfunctory upgrade, but this year the iPad's getting a new super skinny design—and a new name—with batch of significant improvements that'll...

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Blackberry second quarter net loss

​​Blackberry second quarter net loss of $965m (£600m) following a slump in sales.The company warned investors last week that it would report a loss of up to a billion dollars, due to poor sales of its new smartphones. It also announced 4,500 job cuts...

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Android Kit Kat OS

We all know that Android version numbers are named in alphabetical order after desserts. We had Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jellybean… and now Android Kit Kat? In a Google+ post announcing Android's...

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Google Celebrates 15 years

Wish Google a Happy Birthday! Google on today marks its 15th birth anniversary with an animated and interactive doodle on its home page.  Google, the search engine giant, was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, students of Stanford...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Review

Samsung is  looking to continue in the same vein as the original Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note 2, offering you a phone which could almost be mistaken for a tablet and wants you to believe it's both. . Let's get one thing straight before we...

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Microsoft to Buy all Nokia mobile business

Microsoft Corp. MSFT -0.45% struck a $7 billion deal to acquire Nokia Corp.'s NOK1V.HE +41.36% struggling cellphone business, a bold move to try to catch up in a fast-growing mobile market that is now dominated by Samsung Electronics Co. 005930.SE -1.04%...

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SA Mobile Subscriber Latest Stats

By Quinton Bronkhorst Mobile subscribers in SA: who's eating whose lunch? Over the past two years, mobile operators MTN and Vodacom have dominated the mobile services market – but as Cell C and Telkom Mobile continue...

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Green Energy Funding For South Africa Increases

A vital issue in making the country’s energy supply more sustainable is funding. Financing gets new, potentially useful green technologies out of the development phase and into the market place. Further, they fund the improvement of technologies to make...

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French Orange Telecom to broaden wings in South Africa

Orange Sim Card - South Africa ITWebAfrica reports that French Telecom, Orange will now be able to set up a brand and sales presence in South Africa in stores of the independent cellular service provider Nashua Mobile - which also sells offerings...

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samsung s4 reviews

Tech experts have commenced their test drives on the Galaxy S4 and the general sentiment is - the Samsung flagship is fairly good but another Android handset, the HTC One, will surely give it some tough moments. Samsung S4 The HTC One was announced...

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cool things about solar energy

Most people are familiar with solar photovoltaic panels, but far fewer know about using solar as a source of heat in their homes. Active solar heating uses solar energy to heat fluid or air, which then transfers the solar heat directly to an interior...

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