Verbatim Power Packs available from DCC
Keeping mobile devices up and running is essential while on the move, and running low on battery can be an inconvenience. Verbatim has tackled this challenge with two power packs from Verbatim - the Verbatim Ultra Slim and Portable power packs – available from...
Samsung launches NFC-enabled printers
Near Field Communication (NFC) is rapidly transforming the way in which everyday tasks such as payments, gaining security access to buildings and even the purchasing and collection of concert tickets are performed. NFC has its roots in radio frequency identification...
Samsung curved UHD TVs now on pre-order
Samsung Electronics South Africa is introducing the world’s first Curved UHD TV to South African consumers, who now have the opportunity to pre-order their television from 11 April 2014 to 11 May 2014. According to Ansgar Pabst, business lead for TV/AV, Samsung...
Improve safety this Easter with LBS
If you’re one of the millions of South Africans taking to the roads for the Easter holidays, keep in mind that there are a range of mobile location-based services (LBS) that can help you travel more safely and conveniently to your destination. These services can...
Enhanced ecosystem for Galaxy S5
The Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone comes complete with an enhanced ecosystem of benefits to further improve the consumers’ mobile communication experience. Craige Fleischer, director of Mobile Communications at Samsung Electronics SA, says the new device comes packed...
Telkom offers Samsung Galaxy S5 deal
Telkom’s mobile division announces that the new Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone will be available from 11 April 2014 at their stores countrywide. The company’s SmartPlan 100 and Completely Unlimited deals offer the best data value in the market. The Galaxy S5 is loaded...
Ericsson wins 2014 NAB Innovation Award
Ericsson has been awarded one of the television industry’s highest honours, the NAB Technology Innovation Award, for its pioneering work in Ultra High Definition TV (UHDTV) 4K. The award was formally presented to the company at a gala ceremony on April 9, 2014, in the...
What makes a smart TV smart?
The term smart TV has become fairly commonplace nowadays, but the reality is that many consumers are still unsure what actually constitutes a smart TV and how it differs from a standard television set. Ansgar Pabst, business lead TV/AV, Samsung Electronics South...
LG launches the G2 Red smartphone
LG Electronics (LG) launched its LG G2 smartphone in South Africa late last year. As of April, the G2 will also be available in red in South Africa. It retains the comfortable, functional and convenient design, but in a vibrant colour. The LG G2 Red will share some of...
Ericsson grows TV Anywhere offering
Ericsson envisions 50-billion connected devices by 2020, 15-billion of which will be video enabled. The proliferation of these devices, combined with consumer willingness to pay for high quality, premium content, is resulting in a new age of TV Anywhere. Today’s TV...
The future of the Internet
It has been 25 years since Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. Over the last two and a half decades, we have experienced tremendous changes in how we share, access and consume information across the world’s most powerful communication vehicle, says Nathaniel...
Technology trends yield to social trends
2014 will be far less about new technologies and much more about how existing technologies and trends are going to change the workplace and our social lives. That's the word from Richard Firth, serial entrepreneur and CEO of MIP Holdings. "Every year sees various...