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smartphones
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Can You Guess What The World’s Best-Selling Phone Is?
08 Nov 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
New data has just dropped, revealing the world’s latest top-selling smartphone — and, unsurprisingly, it’s exactly what you expected.
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American Schools Enlist Genius Way To Keep Students Off Their Phones During Lessons
06 Sep 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Anything that limits access to phones is a positive.
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New 6G Wireless Tech Is Set To Be 500 Times Faster Than Average 5G
02 May 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
We’re looking at being able to stream eight or nine Netflix films every single second. That’s moer fast.
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Chinese Tech Startup Developed A Tiny Nuclear Battery That Can Power Your Phone For 50 Years [Video]
16 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
This technology has the potential to transform electronic gadgets by eliminating the need for charges and portable power banks.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
13 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Eskom is out of control, French village bans scrolling on your phone in public, SANRAL increases toll fees, Tom Cruise makes things official with Russian socialite, The space race for the moon’s water, and DA pursues graft charges against Deputy President
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This Startup Hopes To Replace Smartphones With New Wearable Tech, The ‘Ai Pin’ [Video]
14 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Humane AI was founded by two former Apple employees.
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Tech Alert: The New iPhone Will Be Unveiled At ‘Wonderlust’ This September [Video]
06 Sep 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Apple will be unwrapping a host of new toys for their loyal customers at this year’s unveiling event dubbed ‘Wonderlust’.
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Movie About BlackBerry Tracks How The Device Was All Over And Then Suddenly Nowhere [Trailer]
11 May 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Most of us will fondly recall the satisfying thumb-click of our first BlackBerry. Now it is just thought of as that thing you owned before you got an iPhone.
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Can We Chat About The Virtually Indestructible, Foldable, Pablo Escobar Smartphone? [Video]
05 Dec 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Pablo Escobar’s brother Roberto might be half-deaf and half-blind, but that’s not going to stop him from breaking into the foldable phone market.
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Smartphone ‘Addiction’ Amongst Teens Is A Thing Now
29 Nov 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
A recent study shows that you might be right about your teen’s unnatural attachment to their smartphone.
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MUST READ ANALYSIS: They Reckon Smartphones Have Destroyed A Generation
04 Aug 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s all fun and games to make fun of teens who are glued to their phones, but the facts point towards a looming mental health crisis.
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Granny Without Smartphone Becomes Internet Sensation
06 Oct 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The internet is full of weird and wonderful ways to go viral, although we’re pretty sure that’s not what this older lady had in mind.
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SA’s Top Selling Smartphone Is Not What You Think It Is
26 May 2015 by Kiernan / 1 Comment
If you want to get people riled up these days just criticise the make of smartphone they use. Yes, people are touchy about such things so let’s add some figures into the mix.
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New Smartphone Camera Lens Let’s You Check If That Louis Vuitton Bag Is Real
13 Nov 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s nothing worse than being in Bangkok and you don’t know if the Prado/Pradi purse you’re holding is real or faux. OK, fine, but when the counterfeiters are smarter and don’t make spelling errors? Then what?
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Everyone Is Talking About HTC’s New Camera
09 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
HTC has announced a waterproof, wide-angled digital camera, the RE, capable of taking still photographs and videos.
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This Is What Apple’s iBeacon Technology Is All about
15 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple’s new iBeacon technology is set to transform how retailers, event organisers, transit systems, enterprises, and educational institutions communicate with people indoors.
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These New Leaked iPhone 6 Pics Are Pretty Convincing
01 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Apple is set to reveal their new iPhone 6 later this month – wonderful news! Bet everyone can’t wait to sit at dinner parties showing off their new accessories.
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Brilliant New California Law – Every Smartphone MUST Have A ‘Kill Switch’
26 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Our smartphone’s are like our third hand, or our extra brain, or in some cases our best friends. That feeling when we lose them is horrific. The thought of someone else having access to our private lives is even worse…
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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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5 Reasons Why Phablets Are The Business
18 Jul 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Phablets are often called the bulky and weird hybrid babies of smartphones and tablets, but the super-sized devices are actually ideal for the modern world, and this is why…
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Vodacom Might Bring Spotify To Africa
04 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The local lag on so many things from internet speeds to online access to streaming media is beyond frustrating! The good news is that telecommunications companies have noticed and are trying to do something to remedy the situation… This could soon be a reality.
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8 Habits To Extend Your iPhone Battery Life
11 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Emails, apps, messages, taking pictures and watching funny internet videos, all take their toll on a phone’s battery. If you have been struggling with your iPhone’s battery life, check out these eight habits that will extend that ish.
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Too Lazy To Read This Story? This App Called Speaky Will Do It For You
14 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Not a reader are we? Speaky is an app that caters for all your lazy – sorry – reading needs. This iOS app will read long winded articles for you out loud.
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Here Is A Fresh Breakdown Of Mobile Operating Systems Market Share In South Africa
07 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Android and iOS tend to be known as the big hitters when it comes to international mobile operating system markets, but recent stats paint a different picture of the SA mobile market. Going by install base figures, BlackBerry and Symbian S60 systems hold highest market shares in SA.
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Four Tips For Creating Apps People Will Actually Use
28 Feb 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Creating a successful app is similar to climbing Mount Everest. According to statistics you have a 22% chance of maintaining your app users’ engagement. The odds of summiting the tallest mountain on earth are 29%. Here are a couple of essential tips to help you improve your chances.
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The Complete History of Computers [INFOGRAPHIC]
04 Dec 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A machine called ‘Collosus’ was the first real computer. Designed to help codebreakers in WWII, it was one huge motherclunker. And it didn’t even have ‘snake’.
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From Bricks To Brains: The Evolution Of Cell Phones [INFOGRAPHIC]
08 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s only a few short years ago that road trips, double maths lessons and waiting for your family in the car was dominated by Snakes, the game. I bet you can still remember the delight you felt the first time you saw a moving, pixelated graphic on a cell phone. And don’t get me started on the first time you laid eyes on a colour screen. It’s Friday, so take a walk down cell phone memory lane. Cue nostalgia in three, two, one…
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Massive News: Passengers Allowed Smartphones And Tablets For Entire Flight In US
01 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Sure, we’re allowed to use our tablets and smartphones when we’ve reached altitude – but it’s the grinding boredom of takeoff and landing that needs to be addressed here. Surely watching a series on your tablet during takeoff won’t send the plane into the Atlantic? Happily, airline officials have begun to address this – with the US on the verge of relaxing these laws considerably.
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This Is How To Take The Perfect Instagram [INFOGRAPHIC]
29 Oct 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Platforms like Instagram, Twitter and Facebook that were developed alongside the smartphone have birthed a new creative class – the phone-tographers. Some phone photography enthusiasts are good, composing neat shots of their family, their pets and their holidays. Some of them, however, should never have been handed anything capable of taking photos. If you fall into the latter group of individuals, you’ll be happy to know that we have a little how-to guide in the form of an infographic called ‘Phone-Tography 101’
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Louis CK Explains Why He Hates Smartphones [VIDEO]
23 Sep 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Comedian Louis C.K. tells Conan O’Brien he hates smartphones, and his reasons why are awesome and accurate. Louis tell Conan that he will never ever buy a smartphone for his daughters because it is ruining their ability to empathize with other people. He goes on to tell Conan that smartphones have made everyone afraid to be alone, even if it’s for a second.
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