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Iraq has more than 15 000 digital storefronts on Facebook and Instagram, said an IT professional familiar with the country’s digital economy. (Reuters)

Sharpest PC decline yet

Year-on-year PC shipments drastically fell in Q2 of this year, particularly in Africa and the Middle East.

Brian Krzanich

CES 2015: Intel unveils button-sized computer module for wearables

During a keynote address at the International CES 2015 expo in Las Vegas this week, Intel unveiled its smallest computing module yet.

The annual MasterCard Online Shopping Behaviour Study reveals online shoppers have fallen for a second year in a row.

3D Secure now mandatory on e-commerce sites

The deadline for implementating 3D Secure was at the end of February, meaning that all e-commerce sites now have to offer their customers the service.

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Telkom and MTN team up with shared networks

Telkom has announced that it has entered into a heads of agreement with MTN South Africa for the two providers to share each other’s networks.

BlackBerry’s Z3 smartphone coming to SA ‘very soon’

BlackBerry’s Z3 smartphone coming to SA ‘very soon’

BlackBerry has announced the Z3 smartphone, a new all-touch BlackBerry 10 smartphone designed with Indonesian customers in mind, will come to SA soon.

Adding to the popular Asha range of devices

Nokia launches ultra-cheap Android phones

Nokia has released five new low-cost phones, including three that can run both Android apps and Microsoft services.

Helen Zille’s tongue-in-cheek Sona tweet reached 379 733 people.

Sona 2014 gets the social media treatment

Social media exposed more than 300-million internet users to this year’s State of the Nation address, from the red carpet to the speech itself.

PhD candidate Jonathan Crossley has designed and brought to fruition what he claims to be a new type of musical instrument.

Wits student merges guitar with robot

Even the performer doesn’t know what will happen when a new form of music is presented on a Wits University theatre stage later this month.

South Africans claim they are organised in their daily lives

South Africans ‘digital scatterbrains’ when it comes to data storage

SA is in digital chaos, with users storing data on no fewer than 14 electronic devices and 60% of us never backing it up.

The Xperia T2 Ultra.

Sony’s Xperia T2 Ultra destined for Africa

Sony Mobile has unveiled a large-screen 6" smartphone, the Xperia T2 Ultra, targeted at emerging markets, including Africa.

A Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch.

CES 2014: Wrist revolution gets a kickstart

Part of the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show is dedicated to wearable devices, highlighting the eruption of gadgets in this segment.