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Google Maps will update with Live View AR navigation, other travel features

Google is continuing to move features from the recently dead Trips app to Google Maps, where users can now view their flights, hotel bookings…

You can now listen to and search for podcasts within Google Search

If you want to listen to podcasts but don’t subscribe to any audio-streaming services, Google’s got you covered. The company on Friday revealed that…

Trips is dead, but Google’s travel feature ambitions are only just beginning

Now that Google Trips is officially dead for mobiles, Google’s looking elsewhere to beef up its travel offerings. As promised, a bevy of new…

Now even your granny can use and hear Amazon Alexa

Amazon is making Alexa more accessible to its older customers by updating the assistant with two slower speaking rates. “Some of our hard of…

Microsoft’s Skype contractors listen to your private conversations

Turns out Skype calls are not all too private, a report by Vice revealed on Wednesday. In fact, the publication’s Motherboard discovered that Microsoft…

Google Images latest tweak turns it into into a shopping comparison portal

A new update to Google Images finally makes the service useful as an online comparison tool. On Tuesday, Google announced a number of tweaks…

Google Trips is dead, its features are moving to Google Maps and Search

It’s been a long time coming, but Google Trips is officially dead after support for the app came to an end on Monday. Google’s…

Google Doodle honours anti-apartheid activist Alan Paton

Anti-apartheid activist and author Alan Paton, who wrote the novel Cry, the Beloved Country in 1948, is the subject of Thursday’s Google Doodle as the platform…

Google discriminates against men and underpays women – lawsuits

Google has been accused, in two separate lawsuits, of discriminating against conservative white men and underpaying female employees. The most recent suit comes from…

Google Maps Go is the latest lightweight Android app

We’ve seen quite a few lightweight versions of popular apps this year and now, it’s time for Google Maps to join the party, in…

South Africans were asking Google about Dumi Masilela and bitcoin in 2017

Google has released its year in search, and while the global results are interesting (Cash Me Outside was the top-searched meme, sadly), South Africans had…

Google Search updates features to keep you on the platform

Google Search is updating a few features to provide users with even more relevant information, and well, to keep them on the platform. Each of…

First coding Google Doodle is a fun game that celebrates kids coding

Today’s Google Doodle is the first ever “coding doodle” and it is nothing short of adorable. In celebration of 50 years of kids coding…

These executives left tech giants in 2017

It’s been a whirlwind of a year for the top dogs at some of the biggest tech companies in the world — and not all…

Google app Datally to help us save while waiting for data to fall

South Africans have long been clamouring for cheaper data and it often feels like our complaints are falling on deaf ears. But if you’re anxiously awaiting…

Amazon to produce ‘Lord of the Rings’ TV show

Amazon has acquired the global television rights to adapt Lord of the Rings, based on the classic novels by JRR Tolkien, into multiple seasons. The series…

Google to announce merchant support on SA Play Store? [Update: yes]

Update: It didn’t take place on Monday, but Google nevertheless announced support on Thursday, issuing a press release. “Starting today, developers in South Africa…

10 things we learnt at #GoogleAfrica10

It seems like Google has been around forever, but the company actually marked its tenth anniversary of opening an African office last week. The…

More of South Africa’s national parks, tourist hotspots available on Google Street View

You can now explore even more of South Africa’s famous landmarks, national parks and tourist attractions courtesy of Google’s Street View and Drive South…

‘Pay with Google’ simplifies mobile payments on Android

Filling out forms completely suck, and even more so on mobiles. This is especially true when you just can’t wait to part with your…

Google Play Store adding Instant Apps, more in upcoming update

A number of changes are coming to the Google Play Store its parent company announced Thursday. Usually the unchanged bastion of the Google ecosystem,…

Got a cheap phone? Google now brings faster search to Africa

Between the AMP project and data-saving features in Chrome, Google is providing a few solid solutions to data and speed constraints. Now, the search…

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV