Huawei successfully launched its All-Optical Intelligent home showcase on the sidelines of the Africa Tech Festival in Cape Town. Powered by Huawei’s latest Fiber…
Cape Town dams at 38.5%, desalination timeline remains unclear
Last week, Cape Town welcomed a weak cold front that brought some 30mm of rain in some areas of the city. But this hasn’t…
Uber Driver app adds ‘no thanks’ button, rating protection & more
Uber has been in the news a fair bit recently, from protests involving metered taxis to UberEATS finally launched in Durban. But the company’s…
You can soon ‘unsend’ embarrassing, erroneous messages on WhatsApp
WhatsApp is finally rolling out a feature that will let users to retract and delete messages they’ve already sent. Although it doesn’t seem to…
Johannesburg highways disrupted by metered taxi protest, Uber cars torched
Traffic along Gauteng’s R24 route was brought to a standstill this morning, after metered taxi drivers parked their cars on the road in protest….
Twitter hits 330m MAUs in Q3 2017, sees booming ad engagement
It’s that time of year when the big tech companies announce their third quarter (Q3) financial results, and Twitter just happens to be on…
Uber debuts its very own credit card
Tech companies very rarely remain in their niche. Over time, we’ve seen Google become a hardware company, Microsoft transform into a creator of Android…
UCT scientists find ‘first for Africa’ dinosaur footprints in Lesotho
A team that included scientists from the University of Cape Town has discovered a new set of footprint fossils that suggests a large carnivorous…
Google Trends uncovers America’s fascination with Halloween
It’s nearly Halloween, the time of year that dentists must absolutely love, and neighbourhood watch organisations absolutely hate. After all, how do you know…
EFF kicked out of Parliament (again), politicians react to Gigaba’s speech
On Wednesday Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba delivered his first mid-term budget report to Parliament. But while it should be a relatively smooth process,…
Watch: #UCTShutdown protestors trigger fire extinguishers, disrupt exams
It has been a tumultuous week for the University of Cape Town (UCT). Although a wave of #FeesMustFall protests have swept through South Africa’s…
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