Smartphone Scam Protection Can Help Spot a Scam Before You Tap
Smartphone Scam Protection Can Spot a Scam Before You Tap Smartphone scam protection is becoming a useful part of the conversation about what our phones should actually do for us. Better photographs are welcome. A battery that survives a busy day certainly helps. But when a convincing message arrives claiming your bank account has been […]
HONOR Brings Dual Screens to Budget Phones
HONOR Dual Screen Phone Shakes Up the Budget Market Turn your phone around. Usually, there is very little to do back there. A camera, a logo, perhaps a cover that has seen better days. The front gets all the attention. HONOR has decided the back deserves a turn. The HONOR Dual Screen Phone, officially called […]
Googlebook Wants Your Phone and Laptop to Work as One
Googlebook Wants Your Phone and Laptop to Work as One Googlebook has a fairly convincing sales pitch for anyone who has ever emailed a photograph to themselves just to open it on another screen. We have phones that can edit videos and laptops powerful enough to run a small business. Yet getting something from one […]
Big Smartphone Batteries Are Making a Comeback
Big Smartphone Batteries Are Making a Comeback Big smartphone batteries are making a comeback, and frankly, it is about time. For years, the smartphone industry has tempted us with sharper cameras, brighter displays, thinner bodies and increasingly clever AI. Yet one of the most ordinary frustrations of owning a phone has stubbornly remained: making it […]
Satellite Connectivity Is Changing South Africa
Satellite Connectivity Is Changing South Africa There are parts of South Africa where losing signal is almost expected. Drive far enough out of a city, take the wrong turn through the Karoo, head onto a remote farm or arrive at a site kilometres from the nearest town and those familiar little bars at the top […]
Business Conversations Still Matter More Than We Think
Business Conversations Still Matter More Than We Think We have more ways to communicate than ever before. Emails arrive before breakfast, WhatsApp messages follow us into meetings, Teams keeps everyone connected and an answer to almost anything can be found without speaking to another person. Efficient? Absolutely. But somewhere in all that convenience, it has […]
Old Phone Recycling Gives Your Device a Second Life
Old Phone Recycling Gives Your Device a Second Life We are very good at getting excited about new phones. Better cameras, brighter screens, longer battery life and the promise that this one will somehow make everything easier. The new device arrives, the SIM card moves across and the old phone begins its slow journey towards […]
Smartphone Supply Chains Are Getting Smarter in 2026
Smartphone Supply Chains Are Evolving Fast in 2026 Smartphone supply chains rarely get much attention when a new device lands in someone’s hand. We see the launch, the camera, the screen and the price. What we don’t see is the enormous network working behind it: components sourced across continents, stock moving through warehouses, devices being […]
AI-Powered 5G Networks Are Thinking for Themselves
AI-Powered 5G Networks Are Thinking for Themselves For years, we have been told that the next generation of mobile networks will be faster. Faster downloads. Faster streaming. Faster everything. But what if speed is no longer the most interesting part? AI-powered 5G networks are beginning to change the role of the network itself. Instead of […]
5G in South Africa Is Fast. So Why Are We Hardly Using It?
5G in South Africa Is Fast. So Why Are We Hardly Using It? 5G in South Africa is fast, properly fast. When the signal appears, downloads fly, videos behave and the network feels every bit as modern as the adverts promise. The strange part is how rarely that moment happens. South Africa was one of […]