FNB launches tablet banking app

FNB has released a new banking app customised for tablet devices, complimenting a much larger tablet device strategy for the bank. The app is available for download in app stores across Apple, Android and Windows 8 devices. “The new banking app, designed specifically...

17-year-old gets multi-million cheque

17-year-old Nick D’Aloisio has become an overnight multi-millionaire and one of Yahoo’s newest employees. UK student D’Aloisio has sold his news-reading app Summly to Yahoo for an estimated $30-million. The algorithmic app takes articles and shortens them to be read...

Tshwane taps into WaterWatchers app

 On World Water Day, IBM in collaboration with the City of Tshwane, will launch a crowdsourcing project to help capture, share and analyse information about the water distribution system in South Africa. The project will be driven by a new mobile phone application and...

Mango launches BlackBerry 10 app

Low cost carrier Mango has become the first African airline to launch a booking, payment and brand engagement application on the BlackBerry 10 platform. The application will enable guests to search and book flights, receive push notifications and browse airline news,...

$10k for Africa’s top travel app

Visa and South African Tourism’s $10 000 challenge to developers across sub-Saharan Africa to build the continent’s best travel app is now open for entries. First announced at the E-Tourism Summit in Cape Town last year, the Africa App Quest is built on the growing...