What is gamification and why does it matter? Hitendra Naik, the director of innovation for Middle East, Turkey and Africa at Intel, explains why fun engagement holds the key to students’ success. FULL STORY >

Newly appointed MMC for Economic Development, Councillor Sharon Peetz has confirmed that economic growth and entrepreneurship will be a core focus of the City administration over the next five years. FULL STORY >

Huawei Consumer Business Group announced the launch of the new Huawei nova series comprising of two stunning smartphones: nova and nova plus. FULL STORY >

Blackview’s local distributor aims to be the go-to brand for consumers making the move from feature phones to smartphones. FULL STORY >

Previously expected in SA from 2 September, Samsung South Africa says the Galaxy Note 7 will now arrive locally on 23 September. Pre-orders will start from 9 September. FULL STORY >

Need another reason to get excited about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story? Lord Vader just appeared in the film's latest trailer. FULL STORY >

After Christopher Nolan’s tension building teaser for Dunkirk, comes another for Arrival, a new alien movie starring Amy Adams (Man of Steel) and Jeremy Renner (The Avengers). FULL STORY >

Albie Bester, Global head of Cloud and Hosted Services at SEACOM urges businesses operating in Africa to think carefully about where and with which providers they host their cloud enterprise data and applications. FULL STORY >

The latest original movie from Netflix. Can XOXO do the EDM scene justice? FULL STORY >

Adding a couple curves, a microSD slot, an iris scanner and upping the specs, Samsung unveils its latest phablet - the Galaxy Note 7. FULL STORY >

Unfortunately survival horror gaming fans will have to hold out a little longer, as Red Barrel delays the launch of Outlast 2 until next year. FULL STORY >

At the recent launch of the LG X Cam smartphone, TechSmart's Mike Joubert chatted with Lucien Vallun from LG South Africa about some of the features of the new device. Listen to the interview by clicking play below. FULL STORY >

TechSmart caught up with Fujifilm X-Photographer, Pierre van der Walt at a recent launch event for the flagship X-T2. Van der Walt has been fortunate enough to have shot with the camera for the past few months and talks about... FULL STORY >

From 19 August to 3 September the Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival is back in Johannesburg to explore technology and creativity by Africans for Africa. The 2016 festival has cast its central... FULL STORY >

With customers increasingly expecting an intelligent environment across all touch points, businesses that have invested in a customer experience strategy are seeing a significant impact on their bottom line. A study by Avanade and Sitecore... FULL STORY >