Mobile, Page 67
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Thu, September 26th, 16:00 · Tom Jackson
BlackBerry shares fall on T-Mobile blow
BlackBerry shares fell by more than six per cent today after T-Mobile said it would stop stocking the Canadian firm’s smartphones, with doubts arising over the proposed US$4.7 billion buyout of the phone manufacturer. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 14:40 · Nick Sato
African smartphone shipments up 21.5% in Q2
The International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed shipments of smartphones in Africa went up 21.5 per cent in the second quarter of 2013, with smartphones now accounting for 18 per cent of the overall mobile phone market. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 12:20 · Nick Sato
South Africa, Kenya ranked top users of cashless payments in Africa
South Africa and Kenya are leading the continent in embracing and adopting cashless payments, according to the results of a new global survey. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 12:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
PayFast to expand in Africa
South African payment platform PayFast is exploring its options for launching in other African countries. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 08:00 · Winfred Kuria
200GB SkyDrive storage introduced by Microsoft
Microsoft has announced a new storage option for cloud platform SkyDrive enabling users to purchase 200GB of storage for US$100 a year. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 06:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Global digital payments system set for Tanzania
TimesofMoney, India’s global digital payments system, will launch its online remittances and money transfer solution in Tanzania in the next few months. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 06:00 · Kamau Mbote
Samsung to launch curved phone next month
Samsung will be launching its first smartphone with a curved display next month as the company tries to keep up with competition and retain its position as market leader. → Read more
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Wed, September 25th, 20:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Econet Wireless reacts to mobile money growth in Zimbabwe
Econet Wireless is expanding its mobile money operation, EcoCash, with a multi-million dollar investment because of rapid growth on the platform. → Read more
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Wed, September 25th, 19:30 · Paul Adepoju
Fortumo offers mobile payments for feature phones users in Nigeria
Fortumo has adapted its mobile money service to allow Nigerian feature phone users to carry out financial transactions on the platform. → Read more
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Wed, September 25th, 18:00 · Kamau Mbote
Microsoft launches Immersion training programme in East Africa
The Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative is planning to train developers from various innovation hubs and universities in East Africa under its immersion training programme. → Read more
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Wed, September 25th, 17:00 · Richard Cutcher
4G traffic to outstrip 3G by 2016
Worldwide mobile data traffic on 4G networks will surpass that on 3G networks by 2016, despite only 2.9 per cent passing through the upgraded platform by the end of Q2 2013. → Read more
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Wed, September 25th, 14:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Orange Botswana offers Visa to locals
Orange Botswana has gone live with its Visa card locally, offering subscribers debit card-based cross-platform financial services. → Read more
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Wed, September 25th, 08:00 · Selipha Kihagi
iPhone 5s Touch ID hack verified as legitimate
Claims by a hacker that they had cracked the new biometric fingerprint scanner of the iPhone 5s, have been confirmed as true by independent security researchers. → Read more
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Wed, September 25th, 06:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Microsoft unveils Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2
Microsoft unveiled its second generation of Surface tablets, the Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2, at an event on Monday. → Read more
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Tue, September 24th, 20:00 · Richard Cutcher
Tanzanian M-Pesa down for eight hours
Vodacom Tanzania has apologised to its M-Pesa customers after the mobile money service unexpectedly went down for eight hours during a planned network upgrade. → Read more
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Tue, September 24th, 17:00 · Richard Cutcher
BlackBerry edges closer to $4.7 billion buyout
Fairfax Financial, supported by an unnamed consortium, is reportedly ready to pay US$4.7 billion to take BlackBerry private. → Read more
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Tue, September 24th, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
Apple defies critics with 9 million iPhones sold
Apple has announced it has sold nine million new iPhones in the last three days, breaking its own opening weekend sales record. → Read more
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Tue, September 24th, 10:00 · Kamau Mbote
M-Pesa Westgate donations hit $625k
Donations to the victims of the attack on Westgate mall in Kenya through mobile money platform M-Pesa reached KSh54.4 million (US$625,000) on Tuesday morning, with the contribution increasing by around KSh1 million (US$11,000) per hour. → Read more
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Tue, September 24th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Fake versions mess up BBM Android launch
A host of fake BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) Android apps played havoc with the highly anticipated launch of BBM on the world’s most popular mobile operating system last week. → Read more
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Mon, September 23rd, 16:00 · Richard Cutcher
Rwandan seeking US$250,000 for mobile charging kiosk expansion
The Rwandan entrepreneur behind a renewable energy portable multiple mobile charging device is targeting substantial investment after making it into the VC4Africa September Cohort. → Read more
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