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YouTube Music opens applications for Black Voices Fund

YouTube Music has announced it will open applications for the Black Voices Fund Class of 2022, a grant to help black artists grow and…

Entries open for MTN Business App of the Year Awards

MTN has announced entries are now open for its annual Business App of the Year Awards for aspiring developers and entrepreneurs. In 2020, the…

Cruella review: The Devil wears Dalmatian

I have not had a reaction to a movie like I did with Cruella in a long time and that was before I had to remind…

Amazon to buy movie studio MGM for $8.45 billion

Amazon has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) for $8.45 billion, one of its biggest company purchases to…

Spotify announces new specials for new and free users

Spotify has launched new specials for its Individual plan in South Africa to entice first-time users and bring back users who cancelled their Premium…

Netflix announces Geeked Week for fans of fantasy and sci-fi

Netflix has announced its first-ever Geeked Week, a showcase dedicated to fandoms of its sci-fi, fantasy, and comics series and films. This includes Netflix…

Where to watch the Friends reunion special in South Africa

Grab your five best mates and plonk yourself on the couch, The Friends reunion special will be available to watch in South Africa. Multichoice announced…

YouTube Music gets a ‘Discover Mix’ playlist for new music suggestions

Google’s YouTube Music is taking more inspiration from Spotify and Apple Music’s features. This weekend a new feature was spotted by 9to5Google called “Discover…

Tinder to debut a ‘choose-you-own-adventure’ series in October

Tinder is planning to drop a “choose-you-own-adventure” series next month, a report by Variety on Tuesday revealed. Dubbed “Project X”, the series will take…

HBO Max will exclusively stream ‘The Big Bang Theory’ at launch in 2020

HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s upcoming subscription-based streaming service, will exclusively stream all 12 seasons of The Big Bang Theory when the platform launches in 2020….

Apple TV+ to launch worldwide on 1 November for $5 a month

Along with its new range of iPhones, Apple on Tuesday announced that its video-on-demand streaming service Apple TV+ will launch on 1 November 2019….

Google launches ‘swipe right’ feature for movies and series in Search

Google wants you to rate movies and series online in the same way you judge people on dating apps. In a blog post on…

Netflix introduces ‘Latest’ and ‘Remind me’ features to help you stay in the loop

Netflix on Thursday announced new features rolling out to help us all stay up to date with the latest movies and series on the…

Apple Music (beta) is now accessible through your web browser

You can now access Apple Music directly from the web, much like its rivals Spotify and Google Play Music. The music service is currently…

‘JoJo Rabbit’ is a World War II satire starring ‘idiotic’ imaginary Hitler

Fox Searchlight on Tuesday dropped the official trailer for upcoming World War II satire JoJo Rabbit. The movie “follows a lonely German boy whose…

‘The Lion King’ set to eclipse ‘Black Panther’ as the biggest ever movie in SA

The Lion King is less than a weekend away from eclipsing Black Panther as the biggest ever grossing movie in South Africa. Black Panther,…

10 shows to binge on Netflix South Africa and Showmax in September

New month, new list of content coming to Netflix South Africa and Showmax. Because choosing is an impossible task, we’ve rounded up ten shows…

Spotify will let users share 15-second song clips to Facebook Messenger

Spotify will now let Facebook users share 15-second long video clips to Facebook Stories, the company announced on Friday. The feature addition, which in…

Dogs are the real stars of Katy Perry’s ‘Small Talk’ music video

You may not feel much for Katy Perry, her music or memes, but if you’re in any way partial towards dogs, doggos, good bois,…

Arnie returns in dark, violent and nostalgic ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ trailer

Paramount Pictures on Thursday dropped the official trailer for Terminator: Dark Fate, along with a host of promotional countdown videos hyping up the movie’s November…

Spotify wants users to create and upload their own podcasts, new feature suggests

Spotify is reportedly testing an in-app button that will let users create podcasts via Anchor, The Verge revealed on Wednesday. The feature, which was…

US subscribers scramble to snap $4 per month Disney+ deal

When Disney+ launches in the United States this November, subscribers will be able to enjoy the streaming service and a variety of added features…

Netflix reveals eerie first trailer for Marianne, a French horror series

Netflix on Tuesday released the first, and downright creepy, trailer for upcoming French horror series, Marianne. “When a novelist realizes her terrifying stories are…

South Africa’s Tourism Comeback Accelerates as Arrivals Surge Past Pre Pandemic Levels

JSE Expands Its SME Rise Capital Matching Roadshow to Gauteng and Limpopo as Demand for Funding Surges

MTN Expands Black Friday Into Black FriYAY With Bigger Deals and Added Value Across SA

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

Black Friday – The Tech Deals South Africans Are Actually Hunting For

South Africa’s Black Friday Spend Is Set to Break Records Again and Ecentric’s Dashboard Shows It in Real Time

Sony’s ULT POWER SOUND Range Lands in South Africa With a Bass-Heavy Lineup Built for Local Music Lovers

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