Mobile, Page 58
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Wed, October 30th, 13:40 · Nanine Steenkamp
BBM downloaded 20m times in a week
BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) users have increased by more than 20 million within the first week of the Android and iOS launch, expanding the global social chat app community to 80 million members. → Read more
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Wed, October 30th, 12:40 · Nanine Steenkamp
News24 launches iPad app
News24 has launched a personalised iPad app today (Wednesday), bringing breaking news according to user preferences. → Read more
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Wed, October 30th, 11:40 · Nanine Steenkamp
Afrimarket targeting Cameroon for 2014 launch
Mobile money remittance service Afrimarket will expand its operations to Cameroon as part of its plan to cover the African diaspora with its affordable transcontinental solution. → Read more
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Wed, October 30th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
HealthMobile, Nigeria’s first global healthcare app, launched
HealthMobile, Nigeria’s first global healthcare app, has been launched and aims to combine native medical information with user-generated content. → Read more
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Wed, October 30th, 08:30 · Paul Adepoju
Globacom supports Nigerian vigilantes
Globacom Nigeria has launched Vigicom, a service that allows members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) to make free calls among themselves and their family members. → Read more
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Wed, October 30th, 07:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Motorola’s new project to develop highly modular smartphones
Motorola has announced it will develop a free, open hardware platform for creating highly modular smartphones through a new project dubbed Ara, led by the company’s technology and projects group. → Read more
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Tue, October 29th, 19:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
DMMA integrates Telmar for enhanced media planning
The Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA) has integrated media planning tool Telmar with its digital audience data, enabling South African media planners to work from a single source. → Read more
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Tue, October 29th, 14:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Ecobank launches Global CASHplus
Pan African financial institution Ecobank has launched an international cross-border payment solution, enabling transactions across 30 African countries. → Read more
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Tue, October 29th, 14:00 · Kamau Mbote
Smartphones account for 60% of mobile shipments
Global shipments of smartphones came to 251 million units in the third quarter of 2013, accounting for six in 10 mobile phones shipped during the the period, according to a report by Strategy Analytics. → Read more
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Tue, October 29th, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
Cross border mobile money to hit $10b, but obstacles and cost increasing
International mobile money transfers are expected to exceed US$10 billion during 2013, according to a study by Juniper Research. → Read more
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Tue, October 29th, 11:40 · Nanine Steenkamp
Q&A: Abdullatif Olama, CEO at DAREnDEAL
Serial Egyptian entrepreneur Abdullatif Olama, also chief executive officer (CEO) at DAREnDEAL, spoke to HumanIPO about the venture capitalist (VC) and tech startup scene in Egypt. → Read more
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Tue, October 29th, 11:20 · Richard Cutcher
Apple reports third drop in earnings
Apple shares have taken a hit after its earnings declines for a third consecutive quarter, despite recording a 26 per cent increase in iPhone sales compared to the same period last year. → Read more
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Tue, October 29th, 10:20 · Nanine Steenkamp
Airtel launches game club
Mobile operator Airtel has launched a mobile game club, offering subscription to mobile games to various African countries. → Read more
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Mon, October 28th, 15:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
LG unveils curved phone
LG has revealed its curved phone, claiming to set a new milestone in the smartphone evolution. → Read more
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Mon, October 28th, 12:40 · Nick Sato
Rapid Communications launches mobile video streaming platform in Kenya
Innovative solutions provider Rapid Communications has announced the launch of a mobile video streaming platform in Kenya that offers video solutions where users can manage video content on WAP-enabled devices. → Read more
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Mon, October 28th, 11:20 · Nanine Steenkamp
Nokia adds My Pocket Office
Nokia has made My Pocket Office available for use on Nokia Asha Full Touch devices, making Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint accessible to users. → Read more
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Mon, October 28th, 11:00 · Nick Sato
Airtel Kenya to reward subscribers in a new promotion
Airtel Kenya has launched a promotion to reward subscribers who recharge their phones using normal airtime or its money services, with prizes totalling KSh10 million (US$118,000) and more than KSh1 million (US$11,800) weekly. → Read more
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Mon, October 28th, 09:30 · Selipha Kihagi
Rwanda to launch LTE network at Transform Africa
The government of Rwanda is planning to launch a high speed 4G LTE mobile broadband network in the country at this year’s Transform Africa summit, which begins on October 28. → Read more
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Mon, October 28th, 08:30 · Paul Adepoju
Diamond Bank and MTN sign MoU for Diamond Y’ello Account
Nigeria’s Diamond Bank and the nation’s largest telecommunications company MTN have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch the Diamond Y'ello Account, a hybrid bank account. → Read more
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Mon, October 28th, 05:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s Zinox introduces Z-PAD tablet PCs
Zinox Technologies, Nigeria’s leading computer manufacturer, has introduced its Z-PAD series of tablet PCs into the Nigerian market. → Read more
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