With the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S IV this week, it will be easy to forget the massive presence of the company’s other devices.
Personal technology is now a fully fledged cultural force, and it will only become more powerful, writes Alistair Fairweather.
Apple shares have extended their losses, ending a miserable week for the tech giant as it surrendered its position as the world’s biggest company.
From high-end smartphones to feature phones, Arthur Goldstuck declares his choice for the best phones of 2012.
A US judge has denied Apple’s request for a permanent injunction against Samsung’s smartphones.
The first decline in personal computer sales in a decade has prompted analysts to ask whether tablets will kill the PC, writes Alistair Fairweather.
Samsung says it will add the iPhone 5 to a series of lawsuits over Apple equipment in the US, alleging that it infringes a series of patents.
It’s the naysayers vs the sales figures, features vs functionality and everyone else vs Apple. Alistair Fairweather unpacks the new iPhone 5.
Apple has filed a new patent infringement action in the US against Samsung, alleging that it’s continuing to steal its technology.
You’d have to be an idiot not to see that Samsung stole from Apple. But the fallout is fun to watch, writes Khaya Dlanga.
Samsung has hit back at Apple after a $12-billion drop in its market value in the wake of its loss to the iPhone maker in a high-profile court battle.
How can you tell when a tech market has fully matured? When companies start suing each other for patent infringements, writes Alistair Fairweather.
Apple’s victory in a landmark US patent case against Samsung could reshape the mobile sector and slow the momentum of Google and its Android system.
A report from research firm IDC says there were four Android phones for every iPhone shipped in the second quarter of 2012.
Multinational corporations believe Africa is booming and are turning to a new brand of sales rep to reach the continent’s remote regions.
Apple’s iPad outmuscled its Android-powered tablet computer rivals in early 2012, in a global market suffering from post-holiday hangover.
Service outages and failure to keep up with the iPhone mean BlackBerry’s popularity is waning and its creators have paid the price.
Analysts say up to 29-million iPhones were sold in the last quarter of 2011 while others say Samsung sold 35-million smartphones in the same period.
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/ 27 December 2011
Italy’s anti-trust authority has decided to impose a €900 000 fine on Apple for misleading consumers on assistance services and product guarantees.
A mobile, solar-powered "internet school" designed for teachers and pupils in energy-scarce rural areas was launched in Boksburg this week.
Asian phone vendors relying on Google’s Android operating system could increase their exposure to rival mobile platforms
Apple scored a victory in its patent infringement battle against Samsung after a court temporarily barred the firm from selling its Galaxy tablet.
Apple and Samsung go head-to-head and the SA government calls off fracking.
Samsung Electronics has filed patent lawsuits against Apple over the US firm’s iPhone and iPad in a tit-for-tat case.
Apple has sued Samsung Electronics, saying the company’s Galaxy line of smartphones and tablet computers copy Apple’s popular iPad and iPhone.
Samsung Electronics said on Friday that both sales and operating profit likely rose to record highs in 2010.
Video game makers leave behind a year of slow sales in 2010, but are hopeful that a new generation of games will spur a return to growth in 2011.
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/ 13 October 2010
Analysts say the tech heavyweight rivals are not so much heading into battle as strolling hand in hand into an ever more profitable future.
Manufacturers are banking on 3D TVs for their next sales boost, with sets expected to hit US shelves in force by the middle of 2010.
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/ 17 February 2009
Leading cellphone makers had good news for anyone with a drawer full of old phone chargers on Tuesday: the industry plans to standardise the device.
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/ 16 February 2009
Samsung unveiled the world’s first solar-powered cellphone, "Blue Earth", in front of curious crowds at an industry show in Barcelona on Monday.
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/ 23 January 2009
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics posted its first quarterly loss to date on Friday, joining a host of technology companies including Microsoft.