Twitter updates its official Android and iOS applications to make timelines more engaging for mobile device users. FULL STORY >

Midrange smartphone buyers have yet another Android option to consider in Sony’s new Xperia L. FULL STORY >

Sony has announced two titbits of information, both pertaining to the PS4, which include a release date for its impending free app and a day one update for the incoming PS4 system. FULL STORY >

The last couple of weeks have been eventful when it comes to smartphone news and releases. Catch up with it all in our smartphone news round-up. FULL STORY >

Strategy Analytics reveals that global smartphone shipments have reached the quarter billion market mark over the course of Q3 2013. FULL STORY >

Apple posts its financial results for its fiscal Q4 2013, which reveals that iPhone sales have increased by 26% thanks to the new model launches. FULL STORY >

LG announces its smartphone with a curved display in the G Flex right on the heels of Samsung unveiling the Galaxy Round. FULL STORY >

Apparently, TV lovers’ are not just passive recipients of the programming they are dished up, but rather, their needs and demands are having a direct influence on how television’s are used, according to Samsung. FULL STORY >

The newly updated Livescribe 3 pen has been announced, and this time round, it is more closely wed to Apple’s tablets and devices. FULL STORY >

The Samsung ATIV Book 9 Lite features a 13.3-inch 1366 x 768 touch display and is powered by an AMD A6 quad-core chip offering 8.5 hours on a full charge. FULL STORY >

With the holiday season fast approaching, both Sony and Microsoft are beginning to beat the battledrums, with each asserting that come the end of the year, theirs is the console to get, both via new commercials. FULL STORY >

To celebrate the upcoming Canon Expo, TechSmart and Canon SA are giving away a Canon EOS 100D DSLR to one lucky person. FULL STORY >

In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: Call of Duty: Ghosts, Battlefield 4, Titanfall and Killzone Shadow Fall blast forth with trailers, while Assassin’s Creed Liberation wends its way to the PlayStation Network. FULL STORY >

LG launches its new flagship smartphone - the G2 - in Johannesburg, with the smartphone becoming locally available on 1 November. FULL STORY >

Dell has unveiled four new tablet offerings, catering to both Android as well as Windows 8 users. FULL STORY >