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Apple is planning to produce its own podcasts, report reveals

Apple is planning to fund its very own podcasts to compete with other leading audio streaming brands, a report by Bloomberg revealed on Tuesday….

Microsoft says farewell to Internet Games on Windows XP, ME and 7

Microsoft is bringing support for its Internet Games to an end on Windows XP, Windows ME and Windows 7. The games include Backgammon, Checkers,…

Microsoft Word has passed 1bn downloads on Google Play

Microsoft Word passed the one billion downloads mark on Google Play, Android Police revealed on Friday. Though the figure suggests that Word’s popularity is still…

Google Lens lets fans scan ‘Starcourt Mall’ ads from Stranger Things 3

Believe it or not, but the Stranger Things 3 craze has not yet ended even though it premiered on Netflix just over a week…

Google News to getting a redesigned UI for Search on desktop

Google News is getting a new look for Search on desktop in the coming weeks, Google revealed on Thursday. “The refreshed design makes publisher…

Google Translate now supports more than 10 African languages with new update

Google Translate is getting an update to its camera translation feature which will add more languages, automatic detection and a new look, Google revealed…

Google accused of systemic pay discrimination by US Department of Labour

Google has come under fire in the last few months, as the US Department of Labour seeks to prove that it systematically pays the…

Gen Z kids think Google is totally ‘lit’, Google’s study reveals

How do you do, fellow kids? Google has released its study on what US Gen Z teens think is cool, and it comes as…

Google and Android partners reach patent peace

Google and other major Android partners have joined an agreement that grants each other royalty-free patent licensing on all Android and Google Applications preinstalled on devices…

Apple bars apps from promoting their prices

If you’re looking to put your free product in the iOS App Store, you’re going to have to settle for the simple “Get” button…

Google moves to demote offensive search results

Google has launched an effort to flag and demote “upsetting-offensive” results on its search engine. According to Search Engine Land, the company employs 10 000…

Q&A: Google’s Bunmi Banjo chats Africa’s digital skills growth

Google’s African operations have had a week to celebrate, following the news that they’ve hit their goal of training one million Africans. The training…

Google hits one million mark in training Africans

Google has announced that it has reached its goal of training one million Africans as part of its Digital Skills programme. The Mountain View…

Google honours women in heartwarming International Women’s Day doodle

It’s easy to list off men who have made history: Nelson Mandela, Neil Armstrong, Mozart. These names are drilled into us from day one….

Google Assistant hits Android 6.0, 7.0 devices

The Google Assistant is essentially a supercharged take on Google Now, delivering reminders, answers to more specific questions and more. It was initially limited…

Amazon’s S3 outage temporarily killed some of the internet

The last time the internet literally lost itself was October 2016, when global DNS giant Dyn suffered a DDoS attack. That was bad, plunging…

Google Keep is now a G Suite app, gains Docs integration

In a bid to integrate its products into everything (even within its other products), internet giant Google has announced that its Keep note-taking app…

New Google Doodle honours NASA’s latest discovery

It’s not often mother Earth discovers long lost relatives in outer space, but that’s largely what NASA has announced this week. The space exploration…

Microsoft’s Skype Lite Android app launches in India

An interesting counter-trend is emerging among the world’s most popular apps. With Facebook launching the likes of Messenger Lite and Facebook Lite last year…

Skype’s new preview beta adds a touch of Snapchat

Remember Skype? The video conferencing tool is a product we haven’t covered in a while, and that’s largely because its feature set hasn’t changed radically…

Google’s Sundar Pichai responds to the cutest job application ever

If you were the CEO of Google, would you reply to a seven-year-old’s job application? No? Then you’re clearly not Sundar Pichai. He did…

Amazon wants to take over the boardroom, silence Skype with Chime

Internet behemoth Amazon has announced a new workplace messaging and conferencing facility. Dubbed Chime, the product is billed as a “communications service that transforms…

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

PlayStation 2 Still the King: 25 Years Later It Remains the Best-Selling Console of All Time

Vox Kiwi Wireless Promises Fibre-Like Speeds Without the Wait

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

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

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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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