What a difference a year makes. In late 2013, Korea’s Samsung was still riding high on the success of its Galaxy S4 and Note 3 smartphones, while some analysts were questioning whether rival Apple had simply stopped innovating after the
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Samsung’s third-quarter results were just as bad as the company warned as tougher competition caused profits to tumble by 74% in its mobile business. Overall, the Korean electronics giant on Wednesday reported a 60% drop in company-wide operating profit — its fourth consecutive decline and
Christmas sales will be dominated by more affordable tablets and smartphones, digital toys and niche homeware items. That’s the prediction of Pick n Pay’s Mark Wood, who heads the retailer’s generation merchandise buying division
Cabling the world to spread Internet access is an expensive and time-consuming process, especially when taking to the skies for wireless coverage is far easier. That’s why Google, Facebook and now Elon Musk’s SpaceX are all heading towards the stars to set up systems that should cover the globe in Internet connectivity
Samsung Electronics says it has achieved a download speed of 7,5Gbit/s using future fifth-generation (5G) mobile broadband technology that is still in the early stages of development. At the same time, the Korean company claims it has managed
Portable Bluetooth speakers have become popular in recent years, particularly because of the poor sound produced by smartphone speakers. They’re just not good enough for enjoying music with a small group of friends
Has Google finally decided to take total control of its Android destiny with the release of its Android One operating system? Aimed at “emerging markets”, such as India, Google will operate the smartphone device rather than handing over
It’s a new era in Cupertino. Apple’s smartwatch, announced yesterday by CEO Tim Cook, represents a marked shift in strategy for a company over which founder and former CEO Steve Jobs still casts a big shadow. Apple’s two new smartphones
A cellphone store at the Glen shopping centre in Ormonde, Johannesburg, was robbed on Monday evening, Gauteng police said. “The suspects stole cellphones and fled the scene,” said Captain Doniah Mothutsane. No shots were fired and no injuries reported. “No arrests have been made
The term 4K has become synonymous with with the next generation of high-definition displays. Technically speaking, 4K is the rating used to denote a resolution of 4 096×2 160 pixels, but the term has been adopted by many consumer technologies that are in fact