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TikTok hits one billion monthly users

TikTok has announced it has hit a milestone of one billion monthly users five years after the app launched and despite political headaches. “TikTok…

Chipper Cash launches in South Africa with free P2P payments, crypto investments

Chipper Cash has launched in South Africa, bringing unlimited free domestic money transfers to locals, as well as a range of other financial features….

Twitter rolls Tips out to users globally and adds support for Bitcoin

Twitter has announced it will roll out its tip jar feature to users globally and will also let them send and receive tips in…

Twitter to fix disappearing tweets from your timeline

Twitter has announced it will introduce updates to prevent tweets from disappearing when a user’s timeline auto-refreshes. In a tweet posted on 22 September,…

Vodacom and Mondia launch Mum & Baby health service in Lesotho

Vodacom and m-commerce company Mondia have launched their free Mum & Baby maternal health service in Lesotho. The mobile service provider will roll the…

Telegram update adds chat themes, video chat recording and more

Telegram has introduced several new features as part of its latest update, including chat themes and live stream and video chat recording. The update…

Curro hosting free coding and robotics boot camps for learners from any schools

Curro has announced that it will be hosting free coding and robotics boot camps at four of its schools in Gauteng and the Western…

What you should know before signing up to Supersonic’s FLTE service

You probably wouldn’t think an internet service is worth reviewing. If it works, it works, and that’s all that really needs to happen, right?…

Google gets serious about extensions on the Chrome Web Store

Google has published new guidelines for extensions on its Chrome Web Store. The browser store now hosts over 200 000 extensions, from ad-blockers to…

Google’s letting users fine tune Assistant sensitivity to stop random activations

Google’s latest tweaks to Assistant will likely help cut down on over-eager smart speakers and smart displays when using the “Hey Google” command. On…

Google Play Store to get a kids app section approved by teachers

Google is set to launch a section for children’s educational tool on the Play Store, the company announced on Wednesday. The section will house…

Facebook’s Kit brings condensed messaging to the Apple Watch

Facebook launched a brand new app this week, but it’s only available for the Apple Watch. Dubbed Kit, or Keep In Touch, the app’s…

Search trends suggest SA is turning to ‘homemade alcohol’ during lockdown

South Africans are focusing on learning during the lockdown, with some perhaps considering impromptu careers in craft brewing and homemade alcohol. As lockdown enters…

MTN shades Vodacom as the best network in South Africa in Q1 2020

MTN claimed the title of South Africa’s fastest network in Q1 2020, according to data from MyBroadband. The publisher on Monday unveiled its latest…

FNB Connect drops its once-off data prices, increases Lifestyle data

FNB is the latest service provider to jump on the data price bandwagon. Data prices on its FNB Connect network will decrease by up…

Dark Sky ditches Android users, weather apps after it joins Apple

In a bid to bolster its own weather app offering, Apple has acquired Dark Sky, but that has left a number of Android users…

Vendor selection should prioritize security over low-cost when it comes to protecting data

The days when South African companies could hope to escape the attention of cybercriminals are long gone. That became evident once again in February…

Cell C doubles its All-in-One bundle data during SA’s lockdown

Cell C customers will receive double data on select bundles during the country’s COVID-19 lockdown. The network provider on Monday announced that from 31…

Another cable break wrecks SA’s internet access, but a fix is on the way

No, it wasn’t just you, or because of the lockdown either. The internet across much of South Africa was slow this weekend thanks to…

Phishing and malware attacks rise as SA goes into COVID-19 lockdown

As South Africa prepares for a national lockdown, there’s another pressing threat for remote workers to think about alongside COVID-19: digital security. Cybersecurity firm…

Google’s ‘Teach From Home’ hub to help teachers during COVID-19 pandemic

Google on Monday launched its Teach From Home hub in aid of teachers and learners across the world unable to attend school. The hub,…

Prepare for ‘contactless deliveries’ in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic

Couriers will now also practice the art of “social distancing” from this week as online retailers do their bit to mitigate the spread of…

Nando’s latest ad campaign takes a cheap, sanitised shot at a rival

If I see another person shouting “wash your hands” on social media, I’m going to go insane. That said, I’ll allow Nando’s latest savage…

Opera Mini Helps South Africans Stay on Top of Every Game

High End Devices Unlock Superior Mobile Experiences in South Africa

South Africa Sees 77% Surge in Demand for AI Skills

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

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel