Mobile Phones
How And Why ‘Text Neck’ Is Becoming An Actual Health Problem
22 Feb 2018 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
We know that bending over our phones all day is not a healthy way to live, but what happens when the pain that is caused never ceases?
HUGE: There’s A Better Wet Phone Fixer Than Putting It In Rice
04 Jul 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I’m sure at one point or another you’ve had to try and dry out a wet phone, and most of us opt for the rice trick. Turns out there’s something better.
Vice Magazine Found This Video Of An Organised Fight In A New Zealand Prison [Video]
17 Jul 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
What do you do when you’re bored and serving a life sentence for a hideous crime? Start your own fight club of course! These guys show us how
Who Remembers Reverse-Charge Phone Calls? MTN Has Just Brought Them Back
29 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
MTN goes old-school with the new Pay4Me service, allowing people to make reverse-charge calls across the MTN network.
Tom Hanks’ App Is Number 1 In The App Store
19 Aug 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Tom Hanks has made an impact on the App Store with his typewriter app, Hanx, which has found its way to the top of the charts pretty quickly.
Tech Report – South Africa’s Data Crunching Smart Phone Will Blow You Away [VIDEO]
22 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two local 20-something entrepreneurs have developed a bona-fide smart phone ideally suited to our local context where smartphones are expensive to buy, and data isn’t cheap. Dream Mobile tackles both of those problems.
No Phubbing: Australian Group Campaigns To Stop People Checking Phones During Conversation
06 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There is nothing worse than feeling like the third wheel, especially when your friend’s mobile gets more attention than you. A new term has been coined for the antisocial behaviour, “phubbing” . Phubbing is the act of “subbing others in a social setting by checking your phone”.
Tech Report – Save The Life Of Your Cell Phone Battery [VIDEO]
18 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We’ve all had that phone that constantly drains itself of battery power, way faster than it should. Well, you may actually be to blame for this one. Check out the video below to make sure your charger never wrecks your phone
Africa Is The World’s Fastest Growing Mobile Market
14 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Africa continues to be the world’s fastest growing mobile market with subscriptions set to reach 761 million this year The industry is also making a ton of cash, generating $56 billion toward the continent’s GDP, of which mobile operators made up the largest share.
Cape Town’s Driving And Dialing Fine To Increase To R1 500
11 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Not only will drivers caught speaking on their mobiles face a new R1 500 fine, but those texting will also face the strong arm of the law.
New Study Reveals The Obvious – Saffas Hate Their Cellular Providers
01 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A new study commissioned by inMobi, an industry research group, has revealed that a massive 70% of South Africans are unhappy with their cellphone providers. It’s not all about the prices either.
Another Nail In The Coffin, RIM Forced To Pay $147 Million Over Patent Dispute
16 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In another financial blow that the company can’t afford, RIM has been found guilty of patent infringement and has been forced to pay out $147,2 million in damages.
UNICEF Releases Report: MXit 1, Homework 0
12 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A recent study by UNICEF has brought to light some interesting (though not very surprising) stats regarding usage of MXit, one of south Africa’s most popular mobile social platforms.
MOBILE NUMBER CURSED – OR NOT
26 May 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A mobile phone company in Bulgaria has suspended a particular mobile phone number, 0888 888 888, after “every single person assigned to it died in the last 10 years.”
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