Android, iOS dominate market

Android and iOS, the number one and number two ranked smartphone operating systems (OS) worldwide, accounted for 92,3% of all smartphone shipments during the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), as Windows Phone crept past BlackBerry for third place. According to the...

Fitness monitors set to boom

Pumped up by demand from a wide range of users, including professional athletes and exercise enthusiasts, global shipments of sports and fitness monitors are set to total more than 250-million units during the next five years combined.  Shipments will rise to...

Tanzania gets true 4G

Smile Communications Tanzania, a subsidiary of Smile Telecoms Holdings, has launched the first commercial Fourth Generation Long Term Evolution (4G LTE) broadband network in Tanzania.  In 2012, Smile began revolutionising communication in East Africa when it chose...

Accsys, Integr8 offer local cloud services

Two industry leaders, Accsys and Integr8, are working together to enhance cloud service delivery across Africa.  Both Accsys and Integr8 are owned by Business Connexion and Accsys is a national supplier of people management software and hardware solutions within the...

Personal storage grows in Q1

The worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) market grew 73,4% year-over-year, with 20,2-million units shipped in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Personal and Entry level Storage Tracker. ...
Tarsus bombshell as Spies resigns

Tarsus bombshell as Spies resigns

The local channel was hit by a bombshell this morning when it was revealed that one of its leading chief executives – Tarsus’ Pierre Spies – has resigned from the company after 21 years. While an official statement from Tarsus’ holding company MB Technologies is...