Women Enterprise Fund to Start Loaning Via Phone
Women Enterprise Fund will start issuing loans through mobile phones, CEO Samuel Wainaina has said. Wainaina said his organisation will adopt the technology to improve the issuing and the repayment of...
View ArticleA mobile fresh start for spring
Spring cleaning is all about getting a fresh start, and it’s a great time to make sure you’re getting the most out of your phone or tablet. A simple check-up on your mobile device can maximize its...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy S4 pre-orders start April 16 for $250
The Samsung Galaxy S4 will go on pre-sale for AT&T customers on April 16 for $250. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) The new smartphone will be available for pre-order on April 16 for AT&T (T, Fortune 500)...
View ArticleCairo’s biggest arts festival to start this week
In its second edition, the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) takes over downtown Cairo during April for a month of events across multiple disciplines. D-CAF this year brings together 80...
View ArticleGeeksphone To Start Selling First Firefox OS Phones Tomorrow
While hardware giants such as ZTE, Alcatel, LG, Huawei and Sony have publicly committed to building and distributing phones running Mozilla’s HTML5-powered Firefox OS, the first company to actually go...
View ArticleIf T-Mobile’s $0 down strategy is so smart, why didn’t it start there?
If T-Mobile’s $0 down strategy is so smart, why didn’t it start there? Tweet Tweet If T-Mobile offering half off the up front price of its most popular smartphones wasn’t the answer, then offering $0...
View ArticleFoxconn’s handset operation in Indonesia to start next year
Foxconn’s handset operation in Indonesia to start next year Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group wants to jump-start a new manufacturing operation in Indonesia next year, potentially bringing in more...
View ArticleBlackBerry Bidders Start to Circle
The auction for BlackBerry Ltd. heated up Friday, as three potential suitors discussed joining forces for a bid ahead of a Monday deadline for offers. After one of BlackBerry’s largest shareholders...
View ArticlePhilippines to start migrating to digital TV using Japan technology
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has given the go-signal to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to begin the groundwork for the migration of the Philippines to digital terrestrial television...
View ArticleEarly Twitter investors double down on consumer Web start-ups
For Twitter Inc’s early venture capital backers, some of whom stand to make over 500 times their investment when the company goes public, now is a time not just to celebrate but increase their stakes...
View ArticleStart-up advances ‘big vision’ for mobile devices in gaming
With mobile phones in many people’s pockets and TVs up on their walls, Rob Witman believes that the future of video game play will combine the two technologies. Witman, 36, is the founder of the...
View ArticleAt Scratch Wireless, monthly costs start at zero
Even as giant cellphone carriers like T-Mobile US Inc. and AT&T Inc. unveil aggressive new pricing plans to steal each other’s customers, a tiny Cambridge startup called Scratch Wireless has begun...
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