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Mobile
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Introducing Microsoft’s New Ultra-Cheap R270 Phone
12 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Microsoft reveals the latest low-cost Nokia device which is aimed at emerging markets and first-time mobile buyers.
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Espionage / Marital Affairs, Anyone? Now You Can Make Calls Without The Networks Tracking The Numbers You Dialled
11 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Silent Circle’s new private calling plan for the surveillance age hides your number and traceable details during calls or message sessions.
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Local Neighbourhood App Wins Evernote Silicon Valley Competition
10 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The South African app market is seeing some great innovation and local online social network, OurHood, is no exception, having just been picked by Evernote and the African Technology Foundation (ATF) as South Africa’s winning entrant in a competition.
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This Is Why You Shouldn’t Text And Drive [Video]
12 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Driving 101 – Do not let anything distract you from, well, driving. Some fella’s still sit and text endlessly while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle, maybe this will change their ways…
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Two Month’s Petrol Could Get You An iPhone 4s
04 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Decisions , decisions. We all know how increasingly difficult it has become to choose a new phone, come upgrade time. The possibilities are endless: iPhone, Samsung, Sony, Nokia – how can one name them all. And what makes it even harder is that they all have some feature that the other is lacking. The general […]
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Behold: The World’s First Elephant Selfie [Image]
04 Jun 2014 by chelsea / No Comments
Oh, the selfie generation. What happened to posing while some odd stranger awkwardly takes a photo of you pulling a peace sign? Are animals also in on this now?
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Peppr Is An App That Let’s You Pick Up Prostitutes
23 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Germany. The land of Eisbeins, beer festivals and legal prostitution. In fact, the lucrative sex industry in Germany is calculated to be worth over $1 Billion per year. And now, a new app created in Germany and for the German market, Peppr, is being marketed as being very much akin to how your average ‘dating’ […]
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Desmond Tutu’s Reaction To His Ringtone Is The Best Thing You’ll See Today [VIDEO]
13 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is the very best of us. Standing with ex UN Secretary General, Kofi Anan as he delivered a tribute to Nelson Mandela, Desmond reacts first with utter shock, and then casual dancing to the tune of his ringtone. Post by 94.7 Highveld Stereo. Slam that badboy on silent, Dezza. [Source : Facebook]
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Report Reveals Surprising Truth About SA Mobile Prices
28 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
While popular rhetoric insists that low-end mobile subscribers in SA are getting a raw deal, that belief has been debunked by a “secret” report.
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Hallelujah – Voice Calls Are Dying In South Africa
27 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Don’t you just hate it when people use their cellphones to make calls? You’re not alone. A new study by Mobility 24 shows that voice calls are in decline, especially amongst the youngsters.
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Beyonce Grabs Fan’s Phone To Join Facetime Conversation [VIDEO]
11 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Perhaps its because she’s gotten a little older, or a little more comforatble with her celebrity status – but for some reason Beyonce has been pretty playful on her tour stop in Australia.
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Google Wants To Track You In The Real World – This Is How
11 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The whole point of online tech companies monitoring us is to try and get an idea of what we’re doing in real life. Thankfully, up until now they could only use our online footprints to try figure out what we were doing in reality. Now, though, Google is telling advertisers that they have a way of tracking us in real life, all the time.
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ATTENTION SA NETWORKS: US Phone Network Announces Unlimited Global Data Roaming At No Extra Charge
11 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Yoh yoh yoh! Look what they have in ‘Merica! US mobile network, T-mobile has announced that their customers will enjoy unlimited global data roaming at no extra charge as part of their Uncarrier initiative, starting October 31.
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Here Is John McCain’s Response After Being Bust Playing iPhone Poker During Syria Hearings
04 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Senator John McCain was caught playing iPhone poker during the Senate Foreign Relations hearing on military action in Syria. McCain supports the US using force against Syria, but didn’t seem too interested in what other people had to say on the matter.
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This Short Film Will Change Your Mind About Smartphones [VIDEO]
27 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Charlene deGuzman, who is variously a actress/comedian/musician/tap dancer/awesome person, stars in this smart and eye-opening short film entitled, ‘I Forgot My Phone’. The film documents the modern world we live in, which is saturated with smartphones.
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Shuttleworth Not Deterred As Crowdfunding Money Is Returned
23 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Ubuntu Edge is a concept for a smart-phone that will be more powerful than a desktop computer – hence, SUPER-smart phone. The project was to be funded through IndieGoGo, and while the project smashed the record for the largest crowdfunding project (ever) and raked in over R129 million, they fell R205 million short of their goal
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Cell C Has The Worst Rate Of Dropped Calls And Is “Breaking Promises”
20 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Cell C for yourself, the power is in your hands! Or not. Cell C’s promises don’t seem to be worth the paper they’re written on. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s most recent assessment of service quality has found that Cell C has the worst rate of dropped calls of all cellphone operators in Johannesburg.
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Mark Shuttleworth May Have Set The World’s Biggest Crowdfunding Record
20 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Remember when we told you about the Ubuntu Edge, the super-smart phone Mark Shuttleworth plans to release that will be more powerful than a desktop computer? No? Well here it is. Anyway, Mark may have set the record for the largest crowdfunding project ever!
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This App Will Measure Your Bra Size
16 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Apparently, most of you girls out there are wearing the wrong bra-size. Whether its the wrong cup-size, or lack of material around the back, its happening. The okes at ThirdLove aren’t standing for this, so, with a R56 million budget, they have developed an app that can measure your exact bra size from a couple of photos taken of you in a tank top.
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Feature Breakdown: This Is What You Can Expect From The New iPhone 5S
15 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Everyone is on the edge of their seats waiting for the new iPhone 5S to be released. But what will be new? What will be changed? Will it be better than what you have now? These are all good and fair questions. Here’s a list of features rumoured to be included in the latest edition […]
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A Step-By-Step Guide To Uploading Pre-Shot Videos To Vine
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Is Vine restricting your creative expression? Do you often find yourself thinking, if I could only use my own editing suite, and recording device, and create to the ability that only I know I’m capable of, my Vine video could blow the minds of many? If you want to move beyond shooting and editing your 6 second masterpieces within the app, maybe you should try hacking your Vine app.
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When “Activations” Go Wrong: 20 People Injured IN LG Promotional Stunt
14 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
LG decided to release 100 helium balloons in an outdoor park in Seoul, each containing a voucher for a free LG G2 smartphone, which sells at full retail for about R8,500. What they didn’t plan for though, was a surge of people (think World War Z) with BB guns and knives on sticks trying to pop the balloons to get their hands on a voucher.
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Kim Jung-Un Tours North Korea’s “Smartphone Factory”
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
North Korean leader Kim Jung-un reportedly toured the factory of the countries ‘homemade’ smartphone, the Arirang. According to the state run news agency KCNA Kim is very impressed with the factory employees. While others think this may be a farce.
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Cellphone Etiquette Across The Globe [INFOGRAPHIC]
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The world is made up of many diverse cultures, all of whom have their own way of communicating. It is no wonder then that different parts of the world have different ideas when it comes to cellphone etiquette. RepairLabs obtained all the information and consolidated it to show cell phone etiquette around the world.
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Revealed: Samsung’s Answer To Apple’s iWatch [PICS]
07 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Soon to be top of Christmas lists everywhere is the “smartwatch”. A month ago the rumour was confirmed that Apple plan to release their first smartwatch, the iWatch. Now, plans for Samsung’s watch, dubbed “Samsung Gear” or “Samsung Galaxy Gear”, have been revealed through a series of patent and trademark filings, and it looks pretty damn […]
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No Phubbing: Australian Group Campaigns To Stop People Checking Phones During Conversation
06 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There is nothing worse than feeling like the third wheel, especially when your friend’s mobile gets more attention than you. A new term has been coined for the antisocial behaviour, “phubbing” . Phubbing is the act of “subbing others in a social setting by checking your phone”.
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Got An Android Phone? The FBI Is Capable Of Tapping Your Handset
06 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
This might change your mind on whether you want to buy the Samsung or the iPhone. According to the Wall Street Journal, the FBI can now “remotely activate the microphones in phones running Google’s Android software to record conversations”. The FBI have been investing heavily in hackers over the past couple of years to increase their […]
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Check Out The Ubuntu Edge: Shuttleworth’s New Super-Smartphone
05 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mark Shuttleworth is at it again, changing the future into how we always envisioned it to be… like the Jetsons. But with better hair. Using crowdfunding website, Indiegogo, Shuttleworth is asking donors to contribute towards creating a smartphone that is more powerful than a desktop computer. The phone, which will run on Shuttleworth’s Ubuntu, can […]
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The Future Lies With These 10 Technologies
02 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Investment bank, Citi has released a report detailing the 10 technologies that will mould and shape the future. According to their analysts, these are the 10 technologies, some new and some old, that are going to make a significant impact on the development of our society.
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Deciding Between Whatsapp And Viber? Viber Let’s Hackers Access Your Phone
29 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Android phone users who have the Viber app have been issued warnings by security firms that there may be a bug in the popular chat application that allows hackers to bypass screen locks and take control of the phone. So how many people are at risk? 50 million, give or take.
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