As smart as it gets

A string of new phone releases reveal the state of the smart art, writes ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK...

S-day is here

This week sees the arrival of the Samsung Galaxy S3 in South Africa. But the siginficance...

TV invades new spaces

Despite the challenge of video-on-demand services on mobile devices, the ever-evolving formats of TV ensures it...

Raining on the Cloud parade

Cloud computing has the potential to save time, money and energy for businesses large and small,...

No end to the smarts in new phones

How much more can manufacturers do with smartphones? Six new releases offer numerous clues, writes ARTHUR...

When 2-in-1 costs less than 1

Two-in-one combination tablet/laptops usually come at a price that makes laptops more attractive, but now low-cost...

Colour is the new black

Gone are the days when only a black or white phone was cool at the high...

HTC and Snapdragon: Next big future

One gimmick is a novelty. One after the other adds up to a taste of the...

The great Internet shift

The switch-on of the WACS cable, the first in-flight WiFi in South Africa and the latest...

Robots, from big screen to playroom

In the second of a series on consumer robots, ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK introduces characters that have leaped...

The keys to BlackBerry’s revival

In the new BlackBerry 10 operating system unveiled last week, Research in Motion is drawing on...

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...