Charlie Fripp

Charlie Fripp has been the Consumer Technology editor for IT News Africa since mid-2011. He's primarily tasked with writing news, reviews and features on all things related to consumer technology - be it gadgets or video games. He's also tasked with conducting interviews with senior level executives from Information and Telecommunication companies.

By Charlie Fripp On Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
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Making sense of your Messaging Platform migration lifecycle

The mere thought of a messaging platform migration has sent many operational managers and IT administrators running for the hills. Messaging is the lifeblood of the organisation and in the past, it impacted every More...

By Charlie Fripp On Monday, May 20th, 2013
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Yahoo! to acquire Tumblr for $1.1-billion

In a deal that is yet to be formally announced by Yahoo! officials, the board of the popular search engine approved a deal to acquire blogging site Tumblr. According to The Wall Street Journal, the deal is reportedly More...

By Charlie Fripp On Friday, May 17th, 2013
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Galaxy S4 to become Samsung’s fastest selling phone

Electronics maker Samsung revealed that their latest Galaxy S4 smartphone will cross the 10-million unit mark next week, which is at a much faster pace than the previous model, the S3. Samsung's new Galaxy S4 More...

By Charlie Fripp On Friday, May 17th, 2013
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Review: Star Trek (video game)

With the second Star Trek film since the reboot due to hit the cinema circuit in just under a month (in South Africa), hot properties usually get a video game to accompany the release – and Star Trek in no different. More...

By Charlie Fripp On Friday, May 17th, 2013
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Bill Gates once-again world’s richest

Microsoft creator Bill Gates is once again the world’s richest person, as an upsurge in Microsoft’s stock price pushed him beyond former number one Carlos Slim. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, More...

By Charlie Fripp On Thursday, May 16th, 2013
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Tigo Rwanda launches BlackBerry Z10

Rwanda mobile service provider Tigo has announced that BlackBerry’s latest smartphone, the Z10, is now available for mobile subscribers in the country, and added that the Z10 is fully supported by the network. Rwanda More...

By Charlie Fripp On Thursday, May 16th, 2013
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Uganda forms ICT Association of Uganda

Uganda has officially launched the ICT Association of Uganda (ICTAU), a sector lobby group which aims to bring together ICT professionals and policy makers to share ideas on how to further the country’s ICT goals More...

By Charlie Fripp On Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
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BlackBerry to release BBM for iOS and Android

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins announced during the company’s annual BlackBerry Live conference today that their popular social messaging system BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), will be made available across multiple More...

By Charlie Fripp On Monday, May 13th, 2013
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Samsung unveils ultra-fast 5G technology

Electronics giant Samsung has announce that they have successfully introduced 5G technology by developing the world’s first adaptive array transceiver technology operating in the millimeter-wave Ka bands for More...

By Charlie Fripp On Monday, May 13th, 2013
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Is this the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini?

Samsung’s Galaxy S4 smartphone, which launched around the world last month, has already broken a number of records in terms of sales and pre-orders. But while the smartphone has yet to penetrate some of the More...