Africa’s top headlines for the week
This week Africa’s competitors within the continent’s high-growth ICT sector have published their efforts to attract greater market share. Clearly there is renewed focus on empowering the consumer with the means More...
SA’s PriceCheck wins BlackBerry App of the Year
South African mobile shopping app, PriceCheck, has won the coveted BlackBerry App of the Year category in the BlackBerry Achievement Awards, beating off competition from more than 100 000 world-class apps from More...
BlackBerry launches Global Women’s Initiative
Today, BlackBerry Global Creative Director, Alicia Keys, launched the new BlackBerry Scholars Program, the first step in the company’s global women’s initiative designed to inspire more women to enter More...
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...
Balancing security and end-user experience in the mobile workforce
With growing demand from end-users for smart, mobile technologies that help them do their day to day work more efficiently and effectively, organisations need to put in place holistic enterprise mobility strategies More...
Top 10 most popular stories of the week
It is been a busy week for Africa's ICT sector. (Image source: Shutterstock.com) This week has been dominated by the release of product and commentary from spokespeople about the state of the market in Africa, More...
BlackBerry 10.1 update revealed
BlackBerry’s new flagship phone, along with a new operating system, has only be on the market for three months and the company is already working on an update to the BlackBerry 10 OS. The update will be available More...
South Africa: MTN responds to concerns around BlackBerry
South African mobile service provider MTN has responded to concerns over its BlackBerry service offerings. The company revealed that they detected a technical error which caused tiered BlackBerry Internet More...
Top 10 tricks and tips for BlackBerry 10
BlackBerry, which, until recently, was trading under the Research In Motion (RIM) banner, released the BlackBerry Z10 mobile device in South Africa at the end of January this year. With the launch of the new More...
BlackBerry to discontinue BlackBerry Music
Mobile phone maker and app developer BlackBerry announced yesterday that they will be discontinuing their popular BBM Music streaming service, even though the service is just under two years old. BlackBerry announced More...