No one wanted Steve Jobs when he was born. His biological father was a young Syrian professor at the University of Wisconsin, his mother a graduate student. Her family would not allow them to marry and she was forced to give him up for adoption in the bitter
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“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, those who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules and they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify them, or vilify them. About the only
The original version of the article, entitled “BlackBerry to open BBM to rivals?” contained speculation that, on balance, now appears…
One look at the wild speculation that preceded Apple’s announcement on Tuesday of the iPhone 4S and the latest incarnation of its mobile operating system, iOS 5, is enough to tell you that everyone was expecting more. And with Apple’s share
There’s a wave coming. Its first eddies were felt almost a decade ago, and by now it has already engulfed some outlying regions. But the general public has been largely unaware of its approach. Until now. I’m talking about the arrival of fully
Apple’s share price fell sharply on Tuesday as it failed to announce a much-anticipated iPhone 5 smartphone, instead unveiling an incremental update in the form of the iPhone 4S. Its share price fell by more than 4% in intraday trading as new CEO
Brett Haggard is at the helm of the ZA Tech Show podcast again this week, joined by Ben Kelly and Steven Ambrose. They discuss MTN going uncapped, Google+ and its explosive growth, the fight between Apple and Samsung, Nokia’s new N9, and plenty more
With the announcement of the Kindle Fire on Wednesday, Amazon.com hasn’t just entered the tablet market aggressively: it may be about to change it fundamentally. The product is groundbreaking because it deftly addresses the two most pressing issues for
Anyone who’s been been shopping for a tablet in recent months will know that for all their bells and whistles, no Android-based tablet has yet been able to quite match up to the Apple iPad. No tablet, that is, until the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Close inspection reveals
On Wednesday, US online retail giant Amazon will launch its first tablet computer, the Google Android-powered device that technology site TechCrunch reckons will be called the Kindle Fire. With dozens of tablets in the market already, the obvious question is