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Wikimedia wants more South Africans to contribute to Wikipedia, launches campaign

The Wikimedia Foundation has announced a campaign in collaboration with the South African creative community promoting the right of access to knowledge and encouraging…

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…

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…

Rain launches unlimited 4G data package in South Africa for R479pm

Data-only mobile network Rain has announced a new 4G data package that gives users unlimited data per month. The package will give users speeds…

Windows 10 is now running on a billion devices worldwide

When Microsoft launched Windows 10 in 2015, the operating system was set a goal of running on a billion devices within three years. On…

Vodacom drops its data prices by up to 40%, introduces new free services

Vodacom will drop its data prices and introduce new free products to its service from 1 April, it announced in a release on Tuesday….

Spotify has a new app home screen that better suits your habits

Spotify has tweaked its home screen on phone and tablet apps to help users find their favourite content faster. “Starting today, when audio lovers…

South Africa hits Google with searches for ‘face masks’ and ‘hand sanitizer’

If you’re heading to the shops to stock up on supplies this weekend, it could be a busy one. According to data from Google,…

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