Samsung debuts smart watch

Samsung debuts smart watch

Samsung is first to market with a smart watch, the Galaxy Gear, which it unveiled yesterday. The company is billing the watch as “a perfect companion device that further integrates the Samsung Galaxy experience into everyday life”. “Samsung’s ongoing smart device...
Tablets outstrip portables

Tablets outstrip portables

The size of the Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market exceeded the region’s portable PC market for the first time in the second quarter of 2013, according to the latest results from IDC. The research company says that tablet shipments for the quarter were...
MS buys Nokia’s devices, staff

MS buys Nokia’s devices, staff

Microsoft is to buy most of Nokia’s Devices & Services business, license Nokia’s patents, and license and use Nokia’s mapping services. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will pay EUR 3,79-billion to purchase substantially all of Nokia’s Devices &...
SA must set broadband policy

SA must set broadband policy

By Kathy Gibson, Satnac 2013, Stellenbosch – There have been too many delays in setting South Africa’s broadband policy, and it’s time to move forward. This is the word from Yunus Carrim, minister of communications, speaking at the Satnac 2013 conference in...
Broadband space comms possible

Broadband space comms possible

When NASA’s Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) begins operation aboard the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission managed by NASA’s Ames Research Centre, it will attempt to show two-way laser communication beyond Earth is possible,...
Global server woes continue

Global server woes continue

The global server market continues to decline, with the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker showing a factory revenue decline of -6,2% year-over-year to $11,9-billion in the second quarter of 2013 (2Q13). This was the second...