Gura Gear has announced a new photo backpack, catering to both urban and adventure users. FULL STORY >

In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: New trailer for Left Behind released, Star Wars 1313 is dumped and yet another trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 emerges. FULL STORY >

A newly announced, innovative trilogy of books and accompanying augmented reality game is giving participants the chance to claim some real gold. FULL STORY >

While footwear may be too easily taken for granted, a well crafted pair of shoes really show their value when you start demanding greater versatility. Enter the Trail Blazers. FULL STORY >

Wondering what is showing at the movies during January? Wonder no more! Movie fundi Spling has the low-down on the top movies (and DVDs) for the month. FULL STORY >

For those of us who love anime, 2014 is destined to be an exciting year. So what are some of the highlights that lie in wait? FULL STORY >

UCT will host the Hacking Health 2014 healthcare innovation hackathon in Cape Town on 24 & 25 January 2014. FULL STORY >

Not everyone is blessed with the latest in-car infotainment system. Parrot’s Asteroid Mini is an elegant solution that fills this gap. FULL STORY >

MTN announces its newest contract package, dubbed Prestige Plus, for customers looking for premium value added services. FULL STORY >

Google has announced its annual Year End Zeitgeist, and with it, the most popular searches that were made throughout the year, both locally and globally. FULL STORY >

Strategy Analytics sees a great potential for growth in the connected TV device market over the next few years. FULL STORY >

Sony aims for a lower market segment with the Xperia L - the most affordable smartphone in its lineup. Is the cost savings of the L worth the reduced feature list? FULL STORY >

With the apparent dawn of the wearable tech age, we strap on Sony’s SmartWatch 2 to find out whether it is the cleverest of all the smartwatches. FULL STORY >

IDC asserts that tablet market growth will be slowing down during the next few years thanks to the growth of phablets and tablet saturation within developed markets. FULL STORY >

Google releases the latest Android usage info revealing which version of the mobile platform is used most on user's mobile devices. FULL STORY >