Memory crisis sends smartphone market into steep decline

by nouman | Jul 13, 2026 | Apple, Counterpoint Research, Electronics and hardware, News, OPPO, Samsung, Sections, smartphones, Vivo, Xiaomi

Global smartphone shipments to their lowest level since 2013 as the memory chip shortage drove up prices.

Meet the SA software house behind Pick n Pay’s Penny

by nouman | Jul 13, 2026 | asap, Catalyst Software, Enrico Ferigolli, Google, Google Gemini, Iain Mackenzie, News, Penny, Pick n Pay, Pick n Pay asap, Retail and e-commerce, Sections

Catalyst Software helped build the retailer’s Gemini-powered shopping assistant – and rebuilt the asap! app it lives in.

eMedia launches Openview Stream

by nouman | Jul 13, 2026 | Broadcasting and Media, e.tv, eMedia, eNCA, eVOD, Khalik Sherrif, MultiChoice, News, OpenView, Openview Stream, RunnTV, Sections

Openview Stream, a free ad-supported service, debuts in seven African countries – with South Africa conspicuously absent.

We laughed off the ‘glassholes’ – this time it’s serious

by nouman | Jul 13, 2026 | Apple, Electronics and hardware, Fanie van Rooyen, Google, Google Glass, Meta, News, Popia, Ray-Ban, Samsung, Sections, smart glasses, Snap

From covert filming scandals to facial recognition, smart glasses are eroding the last assumption of privacy we have left.

Woolworths joins SA’s grocery AI race – but you’ll wait for it

by nouman | Jul 13, 2026 | Checkers, Jose Rodrigues, My Woolies Chef, News, Penny, Pick n Pay, Pixie, Retail and e-commerce, Sections, Shoprite, Sixty60, Woolies Dash, Woolworths

My Woolies Chef, an AI meal-planning assistant, will only reach a small beta group in September.

Industry to Icasa: punish municipalities that stall network roll-out

by nouman | Jul 13, 2026 | ACT, Dark Fibre Africa, Huawei, Icasa, Ispa, Maziv, MTN, News, Policy and regulation, Rain, Sections, Solly Malatsi, Telkom, Vodacom, Vumatel, Wapa

Industry body ACT used day one of Icasa’s rapid deployment hearings to demand binding municipal deadlines.