Gadgets, Page 37
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Fri, June 28th, 14:49 · Kamau Mbote
Barclays Bank Kenya installs skim proof technology in ATMs
Barclays Bank Kenya has posted a notice on all its ATMs informing its clients of improved security measures that will ensure card skimming is a thing of the past. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 11:54 · Tom Jackson
Google developing Android games console – report
Google is developing a games console and wristwatch powered by Android, according to a Wall Street Journal report. → Read more
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Thu, June 27th, 12:09 · Brandon Gregory
Motorola releases the MC9200 mobile computer
Carlos Ferraz, general manager of enterprise mobile Africa, for Motorola Solutions, said the MC9200 mobile computer was built with the latest technology and innovations in mind to meet their customers’ changing business needs. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 15:25 · Brandon Gregory
Apartheid-style segregation through electronic gates at Zambian mine
The management of Kansanshi Mining in Zambia have allegedly decided to implement traffic lights and electronic gates at the mining site to bar black Zambians from entering with personal vehicles. → Read more
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Tue, June 25th, 10:33 · Brandon Gregory
MP rejects electronic monitoring system
Democratic Alliance (DA) chief whip Watty Watson has compared a proposed electronic monitoring system to track the attendance of South African members of parliament (MPs) to tagging livestock. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 14:00 · Richard Cutcher
Pills containing tiny computers to monitor health
Family doctors could start prescribing pills that include a tiny computer, which can monitor a person’s health and send the data in an email. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 09:36 · HumanIPO
REVIEW: Parrot Zik headphones
There is plenty in the electronics world to get a gadget fan’s geek-o-meter hitting the red, but usually a headset isn’t one of them. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 09:17 · Tom Jackson
Apple assisting SA police over Pistorius phone
Apple is assisting South African police in gaining access to an iPhone that could be crucial to the upcoming murder trial of Oscar Pistorius, with the athlete having forgotten the four-digit passcode. → Read more
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Fri, June 21st, 14:26 · Tom Jackson
Samsung launches new printer line in SA
Samsung South Africa has announced a new line of ProXpress mono laser printers and multi-function printers (MFPs) for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and home office use. → Read more
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Thu, June 20th, 13:12 · Richard Cutcher
Microsoft u-turn on Xbox One game swapping
Microsoft has performed a U-turn on its much maligned plans to ban the sharing of games for its next flagship console, the Xbox One. → Read more
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Wed, June 19th, 10:32 · Nanine Steenkamp
Acer expects further PC sale decline
Acer has revealed it expects notebook and tablet PC orders to decline further, despite a growth prediction made in April. → Read more
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Wed, June 19th, 08:21 · Nick Sato
Philips to install new light centres and health solutions In Kenya
Electronics company Philips has announced it will install 19 Community Light Centers across Kenya by 2015, using energy efficient solar powered light emitting diodes technology. → Read more
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Tue, June 18th, 14:29 · Kamau Mbote
China return to top of supercomputer standings
China has the most powerful supercomputer on earth according to a group of international researchers. → Read more
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Tue, June 18th, 09:53 · Nanine Steenkamp
Ghana space tech hampered by theft
Space technology development at the Ghanaian All Nations University College (ANUC) has encountered a backlash following a recent burglary. → Read more
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Tue, June 18th, 09:26 · Kamau Mbote
OPINION: Laptops a threat to teachers’ employment but have wider benefits
A few days after the Kenyan government allocated KSh53.2 billion (US$621 million) for the supply of laptops to primary schools, teachers are up in arms seeking the employment of more staff and have threatened to down their tools unless the government gives in. → Read more
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Tue, June 18th, 08:43 · Martin Cheruiyot
KNUT accuses government on laptop project
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has accused the government of misplacing priorities and failing to allocate funds in the budget to cater for recruitment and promotion of teachers, while spending big on new laptops. → Read more
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Tue, June 18th, 08:39 · Nanine Steenkamp
Africa excluded in Xbox One launch
Microsoft’s Xbox One will be available in 21 countries, but no African countries are on the list. → Read more
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Mon, June 17th, 11:00 · Kamau Mbote
Epson to stop sale of consumer and small business ink cartridge printers
Epson is set to stop the sale in Kenya and other African markets of consumer and small business ink cartridge printers as customers adopt first generation ink tank system printers. → Read more
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Fri, June 14th, 07:46 · Kamau Mbote
Gamers take paintball to drones
A paintball game, inspired by the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) commonly referred to as drones, is giving enthusiasts the chance to target opponents on the air or on the ground. with paintball guns and is taking gaming to a whole new level for drone enthusiasts. → Read more
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Thu, June 13th, 15:11 · Richard Cutcher
Sharp hopeful on Africa market
Global electronics company Sharp has said it is targeting US$27 billion in revenue from the African and Middle East market in 2013. → Read more
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