Mobile

Clubhouse rolls out beta app on Android

Clubhouse has released a beta version of its app on Android devices, more than a year after it first arrived on iOS. The social…

Government to help fund affordable internet solution for South Africa

The Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) has announced that it will help fund the development of an affordable, alternative internet solution for low-income…

Vodacom launches portal for jobseekers with jobs listings and free courses

Vodacom has launched an initiative to support jobseekers in South Africa, with zero-rated access to job portals, a partnership offering free courses, and tools…

Standard Bank services down? Bank launches service status page

Standard Bank customers can now check what banking systems are functioning or down thanks to a new status page. The bank announced the new…

QR payments launched on Absa banking app

Absa customers can now make QR payments using the bank’s mobile app. The bank announced the new feature on 28 April. Using the app,…

Voucher Advance: Vodacom expands VodaLend services

Vodacom has announced the launch of Voucher Advance, which expands VodaLend with vouchers for retail and food purchases. A first for South Africans, the…

Vodacom drops prices on data bundles

Vodacom has decreased its prices on certain data bundles, with some going down as much as 14%. The mobile service provider announced the changes…

Firefox 70: new privacy protections, password generator and more added

Mozilla Firefox 70 has arrived with social tracking protection, a new privacy report compiler, and a password vault. Released on Tuesday, the browser now…

MTN has the best mobile network in South Africa, latest speed tests reveal

MyBroadband Insights is back with its Q3 2019 mobile network quality report, shedding light on the best and worst networks in South Africa. This…

Colourful Opera 54 adds Bitcoin, TRON support to its crypto wallet

Opera 54, the new latest version of the company’s Android browser, is available today bringing with it support for more cryptocurrencies and colourful themes….

Google Photos ‘bug’ lets iPhone users upload original quality photos for free

A report by Android Police on Sunday revealed that iPhone users have been able to upload original quality images to Google Photos for free….

MTN switches on its eSIM technology support in South Africa

MTN on Tuesday announced that its eSIM technology support is now live for post-paid customers in South Africa. The technology, which uses an embedded…

Opera 64 blocks website trackers, brings enhanced web page saves

Opera 64 now blocks web trackers as you travel across the internet, and includes more useful ways to save web pages and websites. The…

Telkom debuts its Social Bundles for social media users on a budget

SMS bundles are slowly becoming less relevant, and thankfully networks are well aware of this. Speaking of which, Telkom on Tuesday announced it will…

Google’s Android 10 (Go Edition) will be 10% faster and more ‘memory efficient’

Google on Wednesday revealed new improvements coming to Android 10 (Go Edition), the company’s operating system for entry-level smartphones. According to the company, Android 10…

Opera Mini browser adds offline file sharing using WiFi Direct

If you happen to use Opera Mini as your main smartphone browser, you can now also use it as a file transfer service. The…

Rain launches its 5G network in Gauteng, deals priced at R1000 per month

After months of talk, data-only network Rain today delivered on its promises, unveiling its first consumer 5G network in South Africa. At present, the…

Bloemfontein joins Seacom’s network thanks to new node

Great news, Bloemfontein. You’re now part of Seacom’s cable network. The organisation on Wednesday announced that South Africa’s judicial capital’s node has been switched…

Vodacom sees SD-WAN as the backbone of digital transformation in SA

While 5G is still firmly on the agenda for Vodacom in 2019, the company’s also looking at other budding technologies to expand its business…

Supersonic debuts MTN-powered Fixed LTE offerings starting at R399

Internet services provider Supersonic, perhaps better known for its fibre offerings, has today announced new fixed LTE offerings. The company will initially offer three…

Digicloud Africa partners with Google Cloud as its continental distributor

Google on Monday announced that Digicloud Africa has become its value-added distributor supporting G Suite and Google Cloud resellers across Africa. The idea behind…

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