BlackBerry holding company Research In Motion makes its new Curve smartphone available in South Africa. FULL STORY >

Market research firm Strategy Analytics has revealed that China has overtaken the US as the biggest smartphone market in terms of volume. FULL STORY >

Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace now houses more than 40 000 applications and mobile gaming titles. FULL STORY >

The Finnish phone giant Nokia rolls out the v1.1 update for its first and only MeeGo-running device, the Nokia N9 smartphone. FULL STORY >

Research In Motion has introduced the successor to the BlackBerry Torch 9800 - its new BlackBerry Torch 9810 smartphone. FULL STORY >

Sony celebrates the five year anniversary of the PlayStation 3's launch. FULL STORY >

The microprocessor celebrates its 40th year of existence this month. FULL STORY >

The Finnish phone giant Nokia will reportedly be bringing out a Windows 8-powered tablet, as well as a new Lumia smartphone next year. FULL STORY >

Gartner says that sales of smartphones showed a year-on-year increase of 42% during the third quarter of 2011. FULL STORY >

Vodacom aims to give more locals access to the net via the new Ubuntu-operating Vodafone Webbook netbook. FULL STORY >

As of today, Adobe's six new creative touchscreen apps for Android devices are available on Android Market. FULL STORY >

RIM has revealed its latest smartphone duo to work on the BlackBerry 7 OS, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and Curve 9380. FULL STORY >

The release of Apples 5.0.1 update late last week has apparently not resolved all the battery issues plaguing iPhone 4S users. FULL STORY >

HTC has announced the local availability of its first 3D smartphone, the EVO 3D. FULL STORY >

In this week's Gaming News Round-up, a trio of Game of Throne games will be making their way to your console or PC in 2012, whilst Ubisoft lines up yet another Assassin's Creed game for 2012. FULL STORY >