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Facebook hits 100 Million users in Africa
As of the second quarter of 2014, Facebook now has 100 million people coming to the platform every month across the African continent, ...
Intel: With Core M, there’s finally a reason to upgrade your laptop
The energy-efficient fifth-generation Core chips will enable fanless laptops that can be converted into tablets, and a handful of them ...
Africa’s mobile boom powers innovation economy
Innovation is happening all over Africa in all different sectors, from education to energy, banking to agriculture.
"It's the best kind...
Technology: Airlines Take the Bump Out of Turbulence
Just a few years ago, airlines got their weather reports by telex. Pilots pored over reams of paper and compared the forecasts with the...
Technology: African-made apps on the move
With desktops living in the shadows of their much cooler friends, mobile phones, continental app developers are responding to the needs...
Amazon Fire Phone: Was $200, now just 99 cents
The Amazon Fire Phone can now be had for less than a buck.
The e-commerce giant said Monday it's now offering the 32-gigabyte version o...
Pseudo-satellites: A cheap alternative to satellites is starting to take off
IT TAKES chutzpah to tweet “rockets are tricky” shortly after one you have just launched has deliberately blown itself up. But Elon Mus...
Jumia responds to Africa’s growing mobile market
The mobile internet sector in Africa is developing rapidly, with smartphones becoming much more affordable and growing in popularity. J...
BioMetrics: Facial-recognition systems are getting better
Clocking people’s clocks
With some pride, the FBI trumpeted the news last month that thanks to the agency’s facial-recognition system N...
You need to know about NFC and mobile payments. Here’s why.
Even if you've never owned an NFC-equipped phone or tablet (like the Samsung Galaxy S5 or a Nokia Lumia), you've probably used NFC.
Th...