Tech in 2012 was not all plain sailing, and the industry surely had its ups and downs. Here are the top 5 stories that attracted the most attention here in the TechSmart office. FULL STORY >

In 2012 weve seen tablets screen resolution expand to stunning levels; smaller tablets with sublime performance; and a distinctive approach to edging out the competition with the 'write' stuff. Here is our pick for this yea'rs top 5 tablets. FULL STORY >

The Nexus 7 has apparently garnered close to one million sales in a single month, something which should make all tablet owners happy for what it portends. FULL STORY >

Google has unveiled two new tablets in its Nexus range alongside the Nexus 4 smartphone. FULL STORY >

Asus has announced the local availability and price of its stellar Nexus 7 tablet. FULL STORY >

The Google Nexus 7 is one of those devices that is all too easy to fall in love with, as it brings together superb hardware, with the best Android OS that we have had the pleasure of using to date. FULL STORY >

Amazon is apparently developing its own smartphone along with four new Kindle Fire 2 models to compete against Apple and Google. FULL STORY >

Google has launched its new 7 Nexus tablet at its I/O developers conference in San Francisco, while giving the initial run of Project Glass a price and date. FULL STORY >

The world's first smartphone to run on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) is coming to South Africa. FULL STORY >

Google and Samsung joined forces to lift the veil on Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of the Android OS, plus the Galaxy Nexus smartphone. FULL STORY >

Samsung and Google have confirmed the delaying of the new Galaxy Nexus and Android Cream Sandwich OS out of respect for Steve Jobs. FULL STORY >

The Google Nexus S is the second phone coming from the search giant responsible for creating the Android operating system. We did some operating of our own to take it through its paces. FULL STORY >

In the latest Silicon Valley lawsuit Paypal and EBay is taking on Google, accusing the internet giants of stealing trade secrets. FULL STORY >

Samsung reveals some information about the fledgling near field communications market, set to take the place of your credit card within a few years. FULL STORY >

This week Sony Ericsson dropped a bomb by stating they were approached first by Google to make the Nexus One and Telkom saving you some money on call charges to mobile phones via your landline starting next month. FULL STORY >