F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Rosetta’s about to attempt its dramatic comet landing
The Rosetta spacecraft’s Philae lander is attempting to land on the awkwardly named comet, 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. The slightly-above 100kg probe will fall for seven hours. If…
Survey reveals 80% of African consumers are annoyed by mobile marketing
New research conducted in South Africa and Nigeria by French research firm Ifop reveals that 80% of people feel annoyed when receiving unsolicited marketing…
Instagram now lets you edit captions on uploaded photos
Instagram is one of the best apps on the market but it is not without problems. One of the most annoying of its problems…
Facebook Messenger now has 500 million monthly users
Facebook faced a lot of flak after it forced users to download Messenger a few months ago. Not only were people annoyed by the…
4G LTE broadband network set to launch in Rwanda
Rwanda is set to launch a high speed (4G LTE) broadband network on 11 November. The network, has been established through an agreement between…
Vodacom reports data usage increase in its interim results
The average volume of data that is consumed per smartphone on Vodacom’s network has jumped by 55.4 % to 336 MB/month year on year…
Marvel is forcing Google to reveal the leaker of the ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ trailer
Late last month, the trailer for the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron was leaked, forcing Marvel to release an official teaser trailer shortly thereafter….
Meet Dau-Pesa, Tanzania’s new mobile money service
A new mobile transfer platform has been unveiled in Tanzania. Called Dau-Pesa, it is yet another affirmation that Mobile Money transfers still have a…
Lyft accuses former COO of stealing confidential documents for Uber
The two giants in the transportation industry, Lyft and Uber, are at war. The latest salvo has seen the former taking its recently departed…
Cloud giants Dropbox and Microsoft get snuggly for better Office integration
Two of the world’s most popular online storage giants — Microsoft and Dropbox — are forming a partnership for better integration. Considering that Microsoft…
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