Travelstart Raises $40 Million To Extend Market Leadership And Capture Africa’s Fast Growing Online Travel Market
February 5, 2016
Travelstart, the South African-based Online Travel Agency (OTA) with offices throughout Africa and subsidiaries in the Middle East and Turkey, today announced a US$40 million funding from Amadeus Capital Partners, the global technology investor. With…
The New Audio app from Al Jazeera provides access to a live audio stream for those in Africa
February 5, 2016
Al Jazeera Media Network has launched a new audio web app that will give users in low-bandwidth regions access to a live audio stream of the Al Jazeera TV broadcast on their devices. The service…
Mozilla to Stop Supporting Firefox OS with New Updates This May
February 5, 2016
Back in December, we told you about Mozilla’s decision to kill Firefox OS two and a half years after the company tried its luck in the smartphone OS market. The company announced that it was…
The Sony Xperia M4 Aqua Will Be Getting Android Marshmallow Very Soon
February 4, 2016
Sometime last year, we told you that Sony had plans to update a number of its devices to the latest Android iteration (at that time it was Android 5.1 Lollipop). One of those devices that…
ICT CS Joe Mucheru launches Airtel Free Internet for Schools Program
February 4, 2016
Kenya’s ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has lauded Airtel for its commitment to support e-learning in Schools by providing free internet connection to schools in Kenya through the company’s Free Internet for Schools Program. The Information…
Official press photo of the Microsoft Lumia 650 surfaces online
February 4, 2016
Yesterday, we saw the first official photos of Microsoft’s soon to be launched mid-range smartphone, the Lumia 850. It seems that this is not the only smartphone that Microsoft is working on the Lumia 650…
The LG G5 will be unveiled on February 21st
February 4, 2016
LG will be unveiling its latest smartphone, the LG G5, later this month at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016. LG has already sent out invitations for an event it has on February 21st. This will…
Microsoft Buys SwiftKey for $250 Million
February 4, 2016
Microsoft has shown interest in both Android and iOS but not with devices but rather with apps. Most of the company’s popular and unpopular apps have been making their way into these different platforms and…
Images of what is believed to be the Microsoft Lumia 850 surface online
February 3, 2016
The future of Microsoft Lumia devices is unknown at this point. We have heard the Microsoft was planning to introduce new ‘Surface smartphones’ and that the soon to be launched Lumia 650 will be the…