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MARCH 2017
NINTENDO SWITCH
GAME ON THE COUCH
AND ON THE GO
ALCATEL MOVETIME
YOUR KID’S FIRST
PHONE IS A WATCH
TESTED
UBER
BEGINNER’S
GUIDE TO
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THAT MAKE A
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DOING THE CIRCUIT
SLEEPENDERS
MAKING SMARTER CHOICES
LIGHT-SPEED INTERNET
DRASTIC MEASURES
PICKUP ARTIST
36
Robyn Farah chooses hardware over software
Turn your phone into a stylish alarm clock
Budget phones that are still totally cool
Prepare for fibre-optic broadband in your hood
Your phone as an activity tracker
How to catch your first Uber ride
40
AFRICAN INTERNET STATUS UPDATE
Facebook’s plans to grow the internet
CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE
When good weather goes bad (and deadly)
REGULARS SWAG
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6
15
19
20
43
56
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Ed’s letter
Benefits
Need to know
Social science
Life hacks
The fix
Game reviews
Backspace
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36
44
Nintendo Switch
HondaJet
Farady Future FF91
56
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GEAR
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Most people never even use all
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high-end smartphones. Instead, you
could choose from our collection of
top-performing budget phones
on
page 24.
Right now, it really feels as though
high-speed fibre-optic broadband
is never going to reach my hood,
and that’s very frustrating. You may
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