By 2020, smart mobile devices will be universally adopted throughout the world.
The firm's acquisition of two other wearables manufacturers enables it to make a play in the premium market dominated by Apple.
The smartwatch market will grow to $21bn, boosted by basic hybrid and analogue watches, says Juniper Research.
Spectrum and regulatory battles will dominate telecoms this year, alongside the positive rollouts of the Internet of things and fibre.
A research team at the US university makes a lithium-ion battery that releases a flame-retardant when there is an increase in temperature.
Over 300 million smartphone units sold will have built-in machine learning capabilities in 2017, says a Deloitte Africa report.
The Foschini Group partners with start-up WumDrop to develop a Web app which allows users to track parcel delivery.
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US airlines are no longer required to make a pre-boarding announcement that the Samsung Note 7 is prohibited.
The telco says the rand's depreciation, along with uncertainty over the allocation of spectrum and rising inflation, have led to next month's planned price hikes.
The country is among the first 15 to receive free-to-play HTML5 games, thanks to a partnership between Creative Media Works and Softgames.