Mi-fone, Nokia, Sony, knock at Samsung door

By targeting specific market segments, rival phone makers are taking on the seemingly unstoppable Samsung and...

CES: Most useless gadgets

The worst gadgets of CES also deserve their moment of infamy, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK.

Can cables cross the chasm?

Is there such a thing as too much bandwidth? Yes, if you’re trying to sell yet...

Samsung takes challenge back to Apple

Samsung has made a startling comeback to the smartphone market, sending the innovation ball soaring back...

The game’s the next big thing

The classic arcade games are making a comeback ‚ on smartphones. ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK unpacks the new...

The robots walk among us

Almost exactly a century after the term ‘robot’, was coined in fiction, the automatons have finally...

Freelance goes ‚e’

Last month’s arrival of the global freelance portal Elance in South Africa was inevitable: it already...

Printing gets a purpose

Technology companies have long been claiming to listen to customers. Now one of them is taking...

A Galaxy of choice

Samsung has revealed South African tablet sales figures, which are closing in on iPad numbers, writes...

What’s in a number?

The new iPad has two remarkable features: a dazzling Retina Display, and a complete lack of...

Bye bye, Britannica

The end of an era arrived last week as the much-revered Encyclopaedia Britannica ceased print publication....

Resilience is the new cyber security

Cyber security used to be all about prevention, but as breaches become a matter of when...

When passwords are not enough

An identity theft epidemic looms in South Africa and passwords will not be enough to protect...

CES: The kitchen reinvented

Next week’s CES expo will reveal just how deeply smart tech is invading the kitchen, writes...

The Angry App Celebs

Two of the big winners at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week were the mobile...

CES: TV, cars, health, will define tech year

The CES gadget fest starting in Las Vegas this weekend will set the tech agenda, writes...

Meet the fact-checker’s fact checker

At a conference running in Johannesburg today and tomorrow, one of the speakers will bring a...

Serious Gadgets of the Year

Gadgetry is not only about fun devices, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK as he picks the best business...

When Hisense starts making sense

Just when everyone thought new smartphones could no longer surprise, along comes a brand that has...

The little phone that could

With the world’s attention on the Mobile World Congress and the very latest in smartphones, we...