The African Startup environment is an exciting one, with a host of entrepreneurs and companies looking to take advantage of the continent’s ever-growing level of connectedness. Here are four African Startups with heaps of potential and a promising future... FULL STORY >

As many companies have experienced, when it comes to developing an app for business systems, there is no one size fits all solution, no magic bullet, and no shortcuts – it will take time, effort and commitment to stay the course. FULL STORY >

In this week's Geek News: Star Wars photos leak, learn the Dothraki language, and Jupiter Ascending is going to be late. FULL STORY >

Valve has casually announced that its Steam machines will now only make an appearance on the home entertainment scene in 2015 rather than this year. FULL STORY >

As the wearable fitness tracker market shows no real sign of slowing down anytime soon, the UP24 from Jawbone aims to be the 24 hour fitness band worthy of a place on your wrist. FULL STORY >

This year’s Citrix Synergy 2014 in Anaheim, California, was impressive in a variety of ways; boasting some 10 000 attendees, a number of speakers, and a plethora of announcements with possibly monumental significance for businesses.... FULL STORY >

If you make use of the Runtastic app for tracking your runs or other activities, the Runtastic Heart Rate Monitor is a good add-on. FULL STORY >

In this week’s GNR: Hydra Interactive announces its first game, a new Child of Light trailer enchants and several new games are announced for PS Vita. FULL STORY >

Sony's 3-in-1 Walkman headphones are feature rich and pack plenty of functionality. But is that enough to distract from its chucky, cumbersome design? FULL STORY >

This week we get a look at the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Guardians of the Galaxy cast and details on Joe Dever's Lone Wolf Act 2 FULL STORY >

Has Garmin's first foray into fitness bands come too late in an already saturated wearable market, or has it learned from the errors made by competitors and designed the best active lifestyle tracker to date? FULL STORY >

TechSmart got the chance to get some exclusive facetime with HTC's new flagship, the One (M8) at its launch event in Dubai. This new device is certainly highly specced, but will it be highly prized? We find out. FULL STORY >

Just when we were beginning to think that ultrabooks’ glory days were behind them, Acer’s TravelMate P645 arrives on our desk, proving that some old stars still shine. FULL STORY >

There is still a somewhat parochial view of multi-function devices – the doorway to a successful document management system (DMS) – which are regarded as glorified photocopy machines. It is with this in mind that we spoke to leaders in the... FULL STORY >

Brendan Widlake, business development executive at Stratus Technologies,delves into what business critical actually means these days. FULL STORY >