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In app payment options 2024, Tiktok, live shopping, Instagram and more

Social media in-app payment options have become so advanced that apps have gotten creative with how users can spend their cash. Innovative payment options…

iOS update brings app tracking options to Apple devices

Apple has introduced a host of new features in its latest iOS software update, including new privacy options for downloaded apps. The iOS 14.5…

Mixer closes, partners with Facebook Gaming

Microsoft’s livestreaming platform for gamers, Mixer, has announced that it will close operations and help streamers move to Facebook Gaming. Mixer has been seen…

Facebook reveals new Oculus Rift S VR headset

The Oculus Rift S is Facebook’s latest VR headset, revealed this week at GDC 2019. “Built on the Rift platform, Rift S gives gamers…

Portal: New home device from Facebook

Facebook has revealed two new video communication devices which it claims simplifies video calling. The company revealed the pair , Portal and Portal+, on…

Facebook debuts the Oculus Quest all-in-one VR headset

Facebook’s Oculus has revealed the latest edition to its virtual reality headset range, the Oculus Quest. The headset is the company’s “first all-in-one VR…

HMD Global relaunches Nokia’s ‘Snake’ for Facebook

Remember the game Snake that came built-in on all Nokias once upon a time? It was exciting, addictive and challenging. Now HMD Global, the…

Oculus Connect: standalone VR, controllers and more

Facebook-owned Oculus held its Connect conference overnight, with quite a few VR-related announcements to be had (obviously). The company announced that the Oculus Touch controllers,…

Samsung Gear VR now boasts a million users, Oculus reveals

The Samsung Gear VR now has now hit a million users, Facebook-owned Oculus announced. “It’s been nearly six months since Samsung Gear VR, powered…

Oculus Rift review roundup: great for gaming but lacking content

Virtual reality’s golden boy, the Oculus Rift, is finally available to the consumer market after years of talk, and boy, the reviews are streaming…

Oculus makes Samsung Gear VR more social with multiplayer games

Real friends can now be virtual friends too, thanks to Oculus‘ new pseudo social network and added features. Users who have a Samsung Gear…

Samsung debuts Gear VR ‘Innovator Edition’ headset for $199

Samsung’s the latest company to out its virtual reality (VR) contender and it’s now on sale in the States for a mere US$199. Chasing…

MTN SA launches R999 Steppa Tablet

MTN is preparing to launch its low-cost (R999) Steppa Tablet into the South African market. These cut-price tablets are not in competition with the…

8 essential apps every budding technology journalist needs

Apple likes a tag-line or two, doesn’t it? Remember that “There’s an app for that” quip that instantly turned into a meme? We’re all…

Is this the future of VR? Facebook buys Oculus Rift for a cool $2bn

Is this a pre-April Fool’s joke? The Smurf-blue social media giant Facebook has announced that it will be buying tech startup Oculus VR, makers…

HTC First hands on review: Meet the Facebook Home phone

Say hello to the HTC First, the first phone to highlight Facebook Home, an Android overlay newly introduced by the social network. This is not…

Facebook Home could be the best version of Android yet

I wrote a news piece earlier this week where I just reported on the Facebook phone, and it didn’t really strike a chord with…

iPhone owners: snag free phone calls with updated Facebook Messenger app

Facebook’s released an update to its Messenger app and so, users can now send quick voice messages and best of all, make free phone…

Crappy, super-slow iPhone Facebook app being ‘worked on’

We hate the Facebook iOS app for iPhone. It’s slower then a republican’s thought process thanks to its Objective-C shell which simply embeds the…

The day has come: Facebook iPhone app to get speed boost

And here’s why. The app is moving from a native HTML5 environment to Objective-C, the iOS coding language. Okay that’s the one line of…

Facebook’s smartphone efforts back on track [Rumour]

Once more unto the breach dear friends. According to several reports, the mighty Facebook will re-enter the smartphone race which it so desperately failed…

Reviewed: Facebook’s socially-sauve Camera app

It screams Instagram, but not really. It’s the Facebook Camera app and it’s available now for download. But do you want it? I say…

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