At Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference this year, Apple ditched its massive 17-inch MacBook Pro for this: the all-new 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display. It’s a pixel-dense, fire-breathing, knee-knocking, man-eating machine! According to Apple, it’s “as light as Air”, but this
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From Samsung’s Android-powered Galaxy S3 to Nokia’s Windows Phone-powered Lumia 920, it’s been a banner year for technology innovation and a real treat for gadget junkies. What, then, were the best tech toys of 2012? I’m fortunate enough in my job to
The question everyone’s been asking is whether or not the iPhone 5 offers tangible improvements over the 4 and 4S that make the upgrade worthwhile. Here it is in a nutshell: if you own a 4, and none of Apple’s recent missteps have put you off the brand, then it’s time to upgrade. The iPhone 5 will make you
South Africans can now buy and rent movies in Apple’s iTunes Store, less than a week after the US company began offering music purchases in the local version of the online store. Recent movie titles are available to rent for R39,99 each. Early investigations show they can be bought for between
As has become customary at this time of the year, TechCentral is pleased to present its lists of who it considers the biggest technology newsmakers over the past 12 months, both internationally and in South Africa. We kick it off, as always, with the five people the
Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson are back with the another episode of the fresh-look TalkCentral podcast. It’s also our second-last podcast of 2012. In this week’s show, we look at the top three news stories of the last seven days and pick our winner and loser of the week – this week it’s Microsoft and Apple
Apple’s smaller, 7,9-inch iPad has landed on South African shores, along with the new full-sized, fourth-generation iPad. The iPad mini, as the smaller variant is called, starts at just R3 399, which is particularly well priced given the product costs $329 in the US and the rand has weakened substantially against
With fewer than 1m broadband digital subscriber lines in service in South Africa, and longstanding exclusive rights to content held by local media companies, there is little demand for – and huge complexity involved in – bringing video content to the
Last week, my Android-powered smartphone, which had just been upgraded to Jelly Bean, the latest version of the software, popped up a message warning me that it would take nine minutes longer than normal to get to my next meeting, in Midrand. The reason, it said, was that there was a traffic
On Tuesday, Apple launched music sales in the South African version of the iTunes Store, bringing a range of local albums, songs and music videos as well as access to the popular iTunes Match service. Media downloads have been expanded to 56 new markets. iTunes Match allows Apple