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IBM research scientists Toby Kurien and Ashley Gritzman demonstrate the EmpowerSolar app at its launch in April and an example of the information it collates.

IBM aims AI at Africa

Artificial Intelligence is seen as an advanced and dangerous technology, but IBM is showing how it can help solve problems in Africa

Crowds and characters at rAge.

Gaming rAges on in South Africa

The recent rAge festival again proved that gaming is booming in South Africa – and there’s no sign of it letting up, writes Arthur Goldstuck.

Selfie.

Facebook’s flavour of the Moment

When a billion human beings logged onto Facebook last Monday, it was just one landmark in the social network’s quest to connect humanity.

Cosatu backed Cyril Ramaphosa’s bid to become president of the ANC and now expects him to support workers’ demands. The federation hinted at strikes

SmartMobile enters network war

SmartMobile has officially launched its mobile virtual network operator service through MVN-X.

The S6 edge+ is aimed firmly at the consumer multimedia market

Samsung goes large – again

Samsung faced a big challenge for its latest product launch. It had a big answer in its S6 edge+ and Note 5, writes Arthur Goldstuck.

Blackberry smartphone.

BlackBerry pursues Greatness: The sequel

BlackBerry may be yesterday’s smartphone but at its annual Security Summit in New York, it was looking a lot like tomorrow’s mobile security leader.

On most smartphones batteries last little more than half a day. But there’s a simple secret to the real battery hog and how to double that life.

The bright secret of battery life

On most smartphones batteries last little more than half a day. But there’s a simple secret to the real battery hog and how to double that life.

Under Armour’s winning Gisele Bundchen campaign relied on comments gathered through convential and social media.

SA’s digital ad campaigns need work

SA scored many accolades at this year’s Cannes Lions advertising festival, but not a single award for digital work. This was hardly surprising.

Bean There 44 Stanley SnapScan.

QR Codes invading – even if you don’t know it

Those strange little square barcodes now popping up everywhere represent a quiet rebirth of QR Codes, once left for dead, writes Arthur Goldstuck.

Smartphone devices.

The ‘Smart’ Audience is here

Arthur Goldstuck presented a talk via Skype at the Professional Speaker’s Association of Southern Africa on the new "smart audience", here’s key tips.

The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is clearly the most advanced phone on the market today

Smart options for new arrivals of high-end phones

Arthur Goldstuck considers the various formats and price tags of the new high-end phones that have arrived in South Africa in the past few months.

Ford SYNC

The gadgets that will connect 2015 to your past and future

It’s customary, in January, to make predictions for the year ahead. Arthur Goldstuck sees 2015 as the year of connections.

Samsung will unveil the first all-in-one PC with a curved screen

CES 2015: Samsung to unveil first curved all-in-one PC

Samsung will unveil the first all-in-one PC with a curved screen, at the International CES in Las Vegas next week.

The brand that has redefined action video redefined itself in 2014 with the GoPro Hero4.

Best of 2014: Fun gadgets of the year

Some gadgets are a necessity; some are hard to justify, no matter how cool. Arthur Goldstuck selects the most unnecessary yet most compelling of 2014.

Smartphone apps.

Apps lifting the smart boat

Social media, games and fitness dominate the app stores of three of the major smartphone platforms in South Africa, writes Arthur Goldstuck.

Altech has announced Node

Don’t start the revolution without Node

A week after VIDI appeared online to shake up the movie-on-demand business, another contender has arrived with a combined satellite-and-data service.

Remotely piloted aerial systems

When the drones go dancing

The future of drone technology is about to come dramatically to life at a tech conference in Cape Town, writes Arthur Goldstuck.

Vodacom has realised that distribution is a key factor for making the mobile money service work in South Africa.

Vodacom re-launches M-Pesa (again)

Following a disastrous South African launch in 2010, Vodacom has redesigned and relaunched M-Pesa, the mobile money service that transformed Kenya.

Lenovo has set its sights on becoming the top smartphone producer in the next few years.

Lenovo aims for top spot in the smartphone market

​Last year Lenovo became the world’s number one PC maker. Now it aims to pursue smartphone dominance.

John Phillips on his Mountain Trike.

Mountain bike technology behind off-road wheelchair

Build mountain bike technology into a wheelchair and suddenly the hills open up to the handicapped, writes Arthur Goldstuck.