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Thu, December 20th, 08:59 · Vincent Matinde

Lost opportunities in the North Africa broadband fibre market highlighted

North Africa is being left behind as the rest of Africa embraces aggressive expansion of fibre to the home (FTTH) programs, a report by Pyramid Research indicates. → Read more
Thu, December 20th, 08:32 · HumanIPO

Shoe power elevated with motion electricity

Human motion is transformed into electricity with the new deformable acrylic shoe revealed at Auckland University on Tuesday, 18 December. → Read more
Thu, December 20th, 08:07 · Tefo Mohapi

Eskimi users get mobile music site through iROKING partnership

iROKING has partnered with leading African mobile social network Eskimi, allowing Eskimi users to download tracks from IROKING’s catalogue directly onto their mobile phones. → Read more
Thu, December 20th, 07:15 · Brandon Gregory

SA’s GeoSpark to launch on BlackBerry in new year

GeoSpark, a mobile application taking advantage of the fast growing smartphone location-based services (LBS), is expected to be available on BlackBerry App World on January 5. → Read more
Thu, December 20th, 07:08 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian telecoms subscribers urge operators improve Christmas service quality

The Nigerian National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) has called for an upgrade to networks to guard against serious disruption of the telecommunications services of various operators this Christmas. → Read more
Thu, December 20th, 06:24 · HumanIPO

Citroen launches Creative Connectivity Competition

Prize money of €15,000 (US$20,000) is up for grabs for the best automobile app design, courtesy of Peugeot France, as it looks for aspiring innovators. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 15:16 · Brandon Gregory

DA reels in members through Twitter after Zuma re-election

Shortly after it was announced that incumbent President Jacob Zuma was re-elected as the African National Congress’ (ANC) president, the Democratic Alliance (DA) reeled in members through Twitter. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 14:58 · Paul Adepoju

Gambia launches fibre optic cable today, last step towards high speed internet

As the Africa to Europe (ACE) Cable is launched today in Banjul, capital city of Gambia, Liberian authorities have expressed the country’s readiness to put it into operation on January 19, 2013. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 14:22 · Brandon Gregory

Google+ Hangouts and Wallace and Gromit bring families together

Google+ Hangouts have teamed up with the creators of British animation classic Wallace and Gromit to bring families together this festive season through a custom invitation builder. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 13:58 · Kamau Mbote

Why Apple-Samsung battle is bad for smartphone industry

The patent battles are seemingly less disturbing compared to the message sent out to the smartphone industry by a court ruling that found Samsung had infringed on Apple’s patents. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 13:51 · Richard Cutcher

MTN Group Chairman to review business interests as a result of ANC election

Cyril Ramaphosa, MTN Group Chairman and founder of Black Economic Empowerment Group Shanduka, has said he will review his business interests in light of his election to be the African National Congress’ (ANC) Deputy President. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 13:45 · Paul Adepoju

Airtel Ghana supports schools with free and subsidised data services

Telecommunications giant Airtel Ghana has partnered with Kosmos Energy Group in the production of ICT services to the Nsein Cluster of Schools in the Nsein Traditional Council of Ghana’s Western Region. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 13:14 · Vincent Matinde

How telecom companies can reinvent themselves amid disruptive technologies

Research has highlighted the need for telecom companies to embrace the new app culture as emerging solutions result in the demise of more traditional product offerings. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 12:49 · Kamau Mbote

CCK lacks legal backing for SMS and Internet monitoring, Information ministry admits

The Kenyan Ministry of Information and Communication has said that actions by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), the Kenya Police and the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) to monitor SMS text messages and the Internet could violate the right to privacy in Kenya. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 12:44 · Tefo Mohapi

85% of all flat-panel TVs manufactured will be Internet-connected, smart TVs by 2016

Technology researchers Gartner have forecasted that by 2016 85 percent of all flat-panel TVs manufactured will be connected to the internet and will be Smart TVs, as the only method for television manufacturers to differentiate is to connect TVs to multiple platforms. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 12:41 · Gabriella Mulligan

Android users targeted by corrupt software

Spammers are targeting Android users by installing corrupt software on to mobile devices when users download games applications, prompting infected mobiles to send out numerous SMS messages. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 12:13 · Brandon Gregory

Twitter thanks 200 million unique users

Twitter has announced their social network has reached 200 million monthly unique users, with 60 million new subscribers in the last nine months. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 11:05 · Elly Okutoyi

Facebook to introduce TV-like commercials on News Feed in 2013

Facebook will early next year introduce a new advertising feature in the form of TV-like commercials on the News Feed section of its social networking site, as the company looks to reap profits from advertising. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 10:40 · Vincent Matinde

Africa will be rising star in mobile revenue

Mobile revenues in Africa are set to see a compound annual growth rate of 4.3 percent despite operators in Western Europe experiencing a plateau in revenues, according to market research firm ABI Research. → Read more
Wed, December 19th, 10:31 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Stellenbosch University launches iOS app for final year magazine

South Africa’s Stellenbosch University’s Department of Journalism has launched an iOS app on iTunes, the SMF2012 app, aiming to be a digital extension of its final-year magazine, Stellenbosch Media Forum (SMF). → Read more