Blackberry is to stop designing smartphones in-house after 14 years, the company has announced.
Once a market leader, the company has struggled to keep pace with modern handsets produced by rivals such as Apple and Samsung.
In May, t…
Social media networks are taking steps to address false information about the coronavirus on their sites.
Facebook, Twitter and TikTok are among the firms working to provide links to accurate information.
The number of posts containi…
Africa has one of the world’s fastest growing tech markets and Nigeria is becoming its unofficial capital.
The West African nation is commonly associated with negative cliches around corruption and terrorism (which persist as serious pr…
This follows the announcement of a partnership between Facebook and The South African Police Service (SAPS) to use the Facebook platform and community to help find missing children
South Africa has become the first country in Africa to …
The AirPods Pro noise-canceling is very good but has some limitations
I've been getting a lot of questions from readers about just how good the AirPods Pro noise-canceling is and whether it's better than what you get from full-size head…
Tesla said Wednesday that production of the Model Y started this month with the first deliveries of the all-electric compact crossover to begin by the end of the first quarter as the company pushes to extend its profitability streak.
Pr…
Your phone is studded with cameras. You're probably only using one at a time, though. That could change in the near future: imagine shooting video with two, or even someday three or four simultaneously. I've gotten a brief taste of what th…
Android owners, don't be jealous. With a little effort, you can use Apple's AirPods without switching to iPhone. For many, AirPods and AirPods Pro are the holy grail of headphones. These small, wireless earbuds sound good, have stellar bat…
The UN was targeted in an apparent spy operation last year, but top officials kept quiet, according to the AP.
United Nations networks in Geneva and Vienna suffered a hack last year as part of an apparent spy operation, which was kept u…
After opening an office in the city last year, Indian ride-hailing firm Ola said it would officially begin operations in London on February 10. London is one of the world’s biggest markets for ride-hailing services, and the expansion is a …
Samsung’s Galaxy Book S laptop that runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx processor is now available for preorder at Samsung.com starting at $999.99, and it will start shipping on February 13th. Samsung is giving out $100 gift cards toward Sam…
Samsung has opened up reservations for its next flagship phones, expected to be the Samsung Galaxy S20, S20 Plus, and S20 Ultra, that the company will unveil at an upcoming event on February 11th.
But this isn’t a pre-order. It’s more l…
Kenya's High Court has halted a controversial biometric ID scheme until new data protection laws are enacted.
Sensitive information, such as contact details, fingerprints and a person's profession, was collected last year.
The idea w…
Tesla boss Elon Musk has released an electronic dance music (EDM) track titled "Don't Doubt Ur Vibe".
Mr Musk posted a teaser picture of himself in a studio shortly before sharing the track, which he wrote.
To mark the release of the…
IDC Forecasts IT Spending in South Africa to Top $26 Billion in 2020 as Country's ICT Industry Gathers in Johannesburg
Overall IT spending in South Africa is set to reach $26.4 billion this year, up 2.5% on 2019. That's according to the…
If you were the star of every show, would you watch more mobile television? Snapchat is betting that narcissism drives resonance for its new weekly videos that put you and your friends’ customizable Bitmoji avatars into a flurry of silly a…
Huawei overtook Apple to become the world’s second best selling smartphone manufacturer in 2019, according to reports from Strategy Analytics, Counterpoint Research, and Canalys. Over the course of the year, the Chinese manufacturer repo…
It’s not every day we get to talk about a good old-fashioned utility app update. I wouldn’t go so far as to say they’re a dying breed, but the Apple App Store platform dynamics of recent years have made their row much harder to hoe.
Whi…
The first photographs of Motorala’s stylus-equipped Moto have appeared online, just days after the first image of the device was leaked by Evan Blass. The photograph, which comes to us from 91Mobiles, shows the rear of the phone for the fi…
A new batch of emojis to be released in 2020 includes men in wedding dresses, and a gender-neutral Santa.
The list, released by Unicode Consortium, contains 117 new symbols, expanding what can be said through pictures and symbols.
In…
Facebook has recorded its first annual fall in profits in at least five years, as its efforts to respond to privacy and content concerns took a toll on the firm's bottom line.
The tech giant, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, said prof…
Google has launched its first Google Developers Space for African developers, entrepreneurs and startups in Lagos, Nigeria.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai made a commitment to African entrepreneurs, in July 2017, to start the Launchpad Accel…
Kaspersky found 30,982 malicious files that used the names of artists or their tracks in order to spread malware
Cybercriminals are actively abusing the names of artists and songs nominated for a Grammy 2020 award, in order to spread ma…
Tesla Inc’s has steadily increased the sale of its electric vehicles, boosted by demand for its mass-produced Model 3 sedans as overseas sales pick up, and delivering more than 360,000 vehicles last year.
But analysts say demand for ele…
Apple has credited a surge in demand for its iPhone 11 for record sales and profits over the Christmas period.
Apple boss Tim Cook also said it was "closely monitoring" the coronavirus outbreak, which has made forecasting for the next q…
Microsoft has issued a fresh update for Windows 7, just days after it said it would provide no more patches for the ageing operating system.
It made the U-turn after it emerged there was a bug in its "final" patch.
It caused "wallpap…
Apple reported a record-setting quarter late last night.
It said sales in the last three months of 2019 rose 8% to $91.8bn (£70.5bn) while net profits increased 11% to reach $22.2bn.
The increase was driven by demand for iPhones and …
Following the government's decision on Huawei, should mobile phone users be concerned the Chinese government is eavesdropping on their conversations?
"There is no smoking gun, there is no evidence that has happened before in countries w…
More than half of children say they sleep with their mobile phone beside their bed, according to an annual survey of young people's use of media.
The Childwise report found children getting mobiles at an earlier age, with most now havin…
Apple’s much-awaited online store in India will be operational starting Q3 this year, a little longer than previously expected, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.
The iPhone-maker said in August last year that it was “ea…
The world is rapidly moving toward a realization that an unlimited number of devices will generate massive amounts of data that needs to be processed at near realtime. Edge computing allows applications to be hosted closer to devices or co…
Over the past year, we’ve been experimenting with field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and graphics processing units (GPUs) to improve edge compute performance and reduce the overall cost of edge deployments.
Unless you’ve been under …
Tecnotree, the global provider of IT solutions for the telecom industry, today announced that Bmobile, a leading telecom provider in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in the Asia Pacific, has selected Tecnotree for their Business su…
American automotive and energy company Tesla increased car delivery productivity by 40% in 2019 in comparison to 2018. Data gathered by LearnBonds.com shows that in 2019, Tesla delivered a total of 367,200 vehicles worldwide. This was an i…
Europe’s luxury brands want EU regulators to take a tougher line against online retailing giants like Amazon and Alibaba on issues like data protection and counterfeiting, the head of a leading industry group said.
The call by Andreas K…
There’s been a lot of excitement around Motorola’s revived Razr and its folding screen. But a new image from Evan Blass (as reported by Engadget) suggests that a nostalgia play isn’t the only surprise that Motorola has in store for 2020. I…
Steve Jobs stepped onstage 10 years ago today to introduce the world to the iPad. It was, by his own admission, a third category of device that sits somewhere between a smartphone and a laptop. Jobs unveiled the iPad just days after the an…
Samsung is expected to announce the Galaxy S20 — the successor to last year’s Galaxy S10, and the company’s next flagship — at its upcoming Galaxy Unpacked event on February 11th.
Per the rumors, Samsung will have three new flagship pho…
A new Pinterest feature will allow users to virtually try on products, starting with lipstick, before they shop from retailers like Estée Lauder, Sephora, bareMinerals, Neutrogena, NYX Professional Makeup, YSL Beauté, Lancôme, and Urban De…
After years of deliberation, the UK has finally confirmed Huawei will be allowed to be part of its 5G networks - but with restrictions.
One of those is that the Chinese firm's equipment must be limited to "non-core" parts of the system.…
Content moderators are being asked to sign forms stating they understand the job could cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to reports.
The Financial Times and The Verge reported moderators for Facebook and YouTube, hi…
Huawei may have just found itself an ally in the most unexpected of places. According to a new report out of The Wall Street Journal, both the Defense and Treasury Departments are pushing back on a Commerce Department-led ban on sales from…
The UK government is expected to decide on Tuesday whether to ban equipment made by Chinese technology giant Huawei from its 5G networks.
The US is lobbying the UK to exclude it on the grounds of national security.
Huawei insists it …
The Los Angeles startup community is joining the rest of the world in mourning the death of NBA superstar, entrepreneur and investor Kobe Bryant who was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday.
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Two years after Vine’s co-founder Dom Hofmann announced he was building a successor to the short-form video app, today Byte makes its debut on iOS and Android. Byte lets you shoot or upload and then share six-second videos. The tiny time …
Samsung, which once led the smartphone market in India, slid to the third position in the quarter that ended in December, even as the South Korean giant continues to make major bets on the rare handset market that is still growing. 158 mil…
US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson
If the UK does decide to give Huawei a role in building the country's 5G network, will it irreparably damage Britain's "special relationship" with the US?
Professor Malcol…
If you use a PC, Xbox, or other Microsoft device, chatting with Cortana can be an easy way to get things done while your hands are occupied.
But as with all voice assistants, beware of corporate snooping. In August, Motherboard discover…
Samsung is developing its own alternative to Apple’s AirDrop file sharing service that will launch with the upcoming Galaxy S20, XDA Developers reports. Screenshots of the feature show that it will work similarly to AirDrop, allowing you t…
Facebook’s WhatsApp messaging service is incredibly easy to set up, but this easy setup process means that your account is open to abuse if you’re not careful. Thankfully, it’s fairly simple to enable an extra layer of security on your acc…