In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 shows its surrounds, Bethesda readies for The Elder Scrolls Online and Dark Souls 2 brings nine minutes of torment. FULL STORY >

So you’re heading outdoors, and you’ve packed your firestarter, a decent blade, a GPS and, that other essential – a really good flashlight to pierce the gloom. Here are some of our picks. FULL STORY >

Continuing its storied history, Motorola has now been sold to Lenovo, just two years after it was snapped up by Google. FULL STORY >

Tech titan Google has purchased internet-connected smoke detectors and thermostats maker Nest for a significant $3.2 billion (R32 billion). FULL STORY >

In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: Nintendo announces Super Smash Bros 4, new trailers emerge for Thief and Lego The Hobbit and Broken Sword 5 coming to PS Vita. 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 >

Tablet technology seemed to have much in common with a geek’s version of a fashion show this year, with one sexy sample sashaying down the runway after another. FULL STORY >

Qualcomm pulls the wraps off of its new Snapdragon 410 chipset, a 64-bit, LTE-enabled SoC destined for budget devices and the emerging market. 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 >

In this week’s Gaming News Round-up: Batman: Arkham Origins DLC emerges, a Lego The Hobbit game is announced and Ashes Cricket 2013 is cancelled. FULL STORY >

With more than 700 000 apps available for Android smartphones at Google Play, TechSmart would like to help you get to the good ones first. Here are our top Android Apps of the month. FULL STORY >

According to Canalys, Android-powered tablets will account for 50% of the worldwide device (desktop PC, notebook PC, and tablets) market in 2014. FULL STORY >

With more than 700 000 apps available for Android smartphones at Google Play, TechSmart would like to help you get to the good ones first. Here are our top Android Apps of the month. FULL STORY >

One lucky reader stands the chance to WIN a GoPro HERO3: White Edition to the value of R3 200. FULL STORY >