mobile phones

Give women more cellphones and they will change the world

AnalysisTumi Chamayou | 2016-03-11 00:00:00

The disparity in the gender digital divide is not only an equality and social issue, but also a critical challenge to growing economic...

Can we please talk face to face?

OpinionMarie Huchzermeyer | 2015-01-23 00:00:00

When I tell a smartphone-owning neighbour that a friend was hijacked outside my house, I'm cut off in the first sentence with "I know". Then the...

Allan Gray invests in Zimbabwean beer and cellphones

BusinessJaco Visser | 2014-06-26 14:33:00

Zimbabwe's deteriorating economy and a stock market that's fallen more than any other in Africa this year are doing nothing to scare off one of South...

Don't call me, I won't call you

Sci-techAlistair Fairweather | 2013-10-27 17:20:00

Mobile phones have never been more ubiquitous. By the end of 2012, nine out of 10 people on the planet had...

Deep Read: Tweeting out of poverty

Sci-techAdam Cooke | 2012-10-22 15:21:00

It will take a century for a poor household to tweet its way out of poverty. That's a very long time for anyone wondering where their next meal...

Nokia starts 'new dawn' in the US with two smartphones

Arts and CultureStaff Reporter | 2012-01-10 12:58:00

Nokia is aiming to break back into the US smartphone market with two new phones, including a new Lumia 900 with high-speed mobile internet, after...

HTC wants US sales freeze of iPad, iPhone and iPod

Arts and CultureStaff Reporter | 2010-05-13 09:36:00

The fight between Apple and HTC, maker of mobile phones using Google's Android platform, is growing increasingly acrimonious with the Taiwanese...

Cellphones the latest tool in Africa's fight against HIV

AfricaSusan Njanji | 2010-03-08 12:53:00

Cellphones may become a key weapon in the war against HIV/Aids in Africa, allowing counsellors to reach greater numbers of people, says the chief...

Messing about with mobile

ColumnistsStaff Reporter, Guy Berger | 2008-06-26 00:00:00

Playing with the potential for cellphones to become devices for interactive journalism: that's the gist of an experiment being lined up at Rhodes...

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