Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

Qualcomm hasn’t been very successful with its licensing practices. It’s gotten into trouble for charging phone makers over an “unnecessarily broad set of patents” It has also been dealing with lawsuits from the FTC and Apple for similar tactics. Qualcomm was ordered to pay BlackBerry $815 million in an arbitration settlement…

From robot policing to now a robot class monitor, surely, artificial intelligence (AI) is the future, hence, we see big companies like Google investing heavily on it. What next? students being taught with AI? Well, going back to our robot class monitor issue at hand,  I very much doubt will…

After its success in Kenya, Vodafone, the parent company of M-Pesa, Kenya’s mobile money platform said it will look to expand the service further into other parts of Africa. Vodafone’s popular mobile financial services M-Pesa will expand into more African countries, giving millions of people access to banking services without…

Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. Nintendo is one of the world’s largest video game companies by market capitalization. And now Nintendo’s Stock Is Having Its Best Run in Years. Shares of game maker Nintendo jumped to eight-and-a-half year highs Friday…

Bitcoin is an innovative payment network and a new kind of money. Bitcoin uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks; managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin is open-source; its design is public, nobody owns or controls Bitcoin and everyone…

Facebook’s new video deals show how desperately it wants to be YouTube. Facebook may be the world’s largest social media platform, but there is one significant place where it still falls short: video. YouTube still holds the record in that category, with more than 1 billion hours of video watched…

Lenovo, China’s Lenovo Group Ltd , the world’s largest personal computer (PC) maker, have said that it returned to profit in a year when its PC shipments fell at a slower rate than the overall market as consumer demand continued its downward trend and new competitors entered the sector. The company blamed…

Last year in October, Pandora donned a new look and launched a new logo that looked very familiar to anyone who’s ever used PayPal before. Now the online payment system is taking Pandora to court, accusing it of ripping off its iconic logo to ride on its popularity. It had some savage…

How many us used to watch RoboCop? Many. Well, remember his robot voice (You are under arrest!), now imagine, trying to negotiate with that tone of voice. Hence, I very much doubt that thieves will be thrilled with this new development? And here are my reasons why. First of all,…

If Nokia’s motto is to go by- “Connecting People”,well, it feels great seeing it having connected with Apple and us the customers to benefit from such great alliance. Nokia’s products will also be re-stocked in Apple Stores. Well, over recent months, Apple has been embroiled lawsuits related to patent licensing. While…

If you want to know where Google is headed, look through Google Lens. Lens was my favorite during Google I/O for its clear utility, and that’s why I am going into detail with it even after the Google’s developer conference wrapped up Friday (please don’t laugh). Google Lens is that kind…

Apple is finding it hard to hold on to its slice of the Chinese smartphone market as the global giant faces tough competition from several homegrown brands. As I dug into Apple’s most recent quarterly filing, I noticed something interesting with respect to the company’s iPhone business, which made up 63% of…

Well, just in case you missed on the Google I/O’17 on Wednesday I have done you a favor by compiling all the biggest and coolest things that were announced by Google at this year’s conference. At this year’s Google I/O’17, the company’s annual developer conference and showcase, CEO Sundar Pichai made…

One of the new features in Android O that was recently announced at I/O is Smart Text Selection. Selecting the right text can be hard on a small screen, but Google’s data shows that most of the time when we are selecting information it’s something like an address or phone…

Yesterday during the Google’s I/O developer conference, CEO Sundar Pichai greeted the assembled press and attendees with news that the company will be focusing heavily on Artificial Intelligence (AI) both for its services and research. The new Google.ai site and division will focus on artificial intelligence, deep learning and building…

Here is another one from Google: Google’s I/O 2017 developer conference isn’t just about it’s search engine getting smarter. The company has also announced that YouTube’s 360-degree videos are coming soon to TVs, expanding beyond smartphones and web browsers for the first time. “It’s not just about the size of the…

Google Store (formerly Android Market) is a digital distribution service operated and developed by Google. It serves as the official app store for the Android operating system, allowing users to browse and download applications developed with the Android software development kit (SDK) and published through Google. Google Play also serves as a digital media store,…

South African power utility, Eskom’s joint initiative with Chinese electronics giant Huawei to develop smart grid innovations is expected to deliver energy more efficiently to customers. The collaboration aims to accelerate digital transformation in the power industry in South Africa, through the development of Internet of Things solutions, cloud-based technologies…

Silicon Valley loves a good battle. Whether it’s Facebook vs Google, Apple vs Samsung, or Uber vs Lyft, competitors duking it out for users is woven into the fabric of the tech industry. One of the most interesting battles currently shaping up is Instagram vs Snapchat—specifically in terms of stories,…

For many music fans, myself included, the MP3 holds a deeper meaning than just a file format. The MP3 is dead, according to its creators, who say that the digital audio encoding format has lost relevance in a world of new technology. The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, part of…