Why mobile needs Microsoft
10/11/2010 • Today Microsoft will launch Windows Phone 7 in New York. The new operating system is the successor to Windows Mobile, recently rebranded Windows Phone, and was announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February. It's an important play for Microsoft - and one that I believe will have a positive impact on the market ...more
An interview with Mark Shuttleworth
07/08/2010 • Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS is a major release of the operating system Mark Shuttleworth and his company Canonical first released in 2004. In this interview with Simon Dingle Shuttleworth discusses the significance of the latest version of Ubuntu Linux, competitor operating systems, the move to cloud services, open source advocacy and how it has changed in recent years, application distribution, social networking, smartphones and other topics. ...more
The tunes niche for iPad
05/04/2010 • Before the launch of the Apple iPad many potential uses were postulated for the device. The most prominent of these ...more
Nokia Messaging, E63 hit SA
04/21/2010 • The Fins have landed their latest evolution of mobile messaging in South Africa. Nokia Messaging was previously available as a ...more
Battle in Mzansi
04/19/2010 • Legends of Echo is a new location-based mobile game developed by the guys at The Grid (a Vodacom subsidiary). It combines massively multiplayer online role-playing with location-based services and runs exclusively on mobile phones. ...more
The SilentRingTone™ and why you need it
04/12/2010 • The problem: Your fancy new smartphone (likely an iPhone) doesn't allow you to group callers so that you can escape ...more