Google has closed its US$1.1bn deal with HTC, adding more than 2 000 smartphone specialists in Taiwan to help the search giant chase Apple in the cut-throat premium handset market. The deal will help Google wade deeper into
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Apple plans to release a software update that will let users disable a function that slowed down older iPhones to preserve battery life, the company said on Wednesday. The change will come as part of an iOS 11.3 software update
Qualcomm has been fined €997m by the European Union for paying Apple to shun rival chips in its iPhones. The largest maker of chips that help run smartphones “paid billions of US dollars to a key customer, Apple
In the social and political saga surrounding the question of network neutrality, what is often overlooked is the data war going on behind the scenes. The real fuel behind the debate is the enormous volume of data we generate
Over the past five years, JSE-listed Naspers was the third-fastest growing technology stock in the world with a current market valuation above US$100bn, pipped only to the post by Tencent, in second place, in which it has a 33.2% stake
Apple has said it will bring hundreds of billions of overseas dollars back to the US, pay about $38bn in taxes on the money and spend tens of billions on domestic jobs, manufacturing and data centres in the coming years. The iPhone
I don’t know much about cars, but I have picked up bits of knowledge that come with vehicle ownership. For example, I know too much heat is bad, so is too much or too little oil. I also know that you never want
Chinese smartphone maker ZTE aims to launch a smartphone with faster 5G Internet capabilities in about a year, according to Lixin Cheng, CEO of the company’s US division. The device would be introduced in the US at the end of
iStore, an Apple authorised service provider in South Africa, has announced it will offer battery replacements for certain models of iPhone for R429.78. The announcement comes after Apple announced a similar programme in the US
The number of scripted TV shows released in the US swelled to a new high in 2017, reflecting the growing efforts of Netflix, Amazon and YouTube to steal viewers and advertisers from traditional networks. Streaming services accounted