It seems that Bill and Melinda Gates' kids have to play with their friends' Apple products, as these aren't allowed at their home. FULL STORY >

This week in the Tech News Round-up the first public release of Symbian^3 sees the light of day while BlackBerry smartphones' email functionality is being integrated into yet another vehicle manufacturer's multimedia system. FULL STORY >

The world's most popular smartphone OS, Symbian, has gone open source, in a move by the Symbian Foundation to speed up the development of the mobile OS. FULL STORY >

Africa\'s first mobile novel or m-novel, Kontax, was launched yesterday by the Shuttleworth Foundation. FULL STORY >

Launched by the Shuttleworth Foundation, Siyavula is an initiative that aims to provide teachers with curriculum related material. Since the name Siyavula stems from Nguni and means we are opening, its an aptly named initiative that is, quite literally, opening... FULL STORY >