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eVOD: New streaming service launches in South Africa

South African broadcast company eMedia Investments has launched a new on-demand streaming service called eVOD in an exclusive partnership with MTN. Launched on 5…

RentMyRide relaunches after offline period during COVID-19

South African car-sharing and rental platform RentMyRide has relaunched after it went offline during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company announced the relaunch on 29…

You can now use your FNB card with Apple Pay

FNB has added support for Apple Pay which lets its customers using Apple devices create virtual cards and make contactless transactions. Announced on 3…

Telkom adds Telegram to FreeMe contracts and prepaid plans

Telkom has added Telegram to all of its FreeMe contract and prepaid plans after the instant messaging app experienced a surge in popularity. Telkom…

YouTube working on ‘Premium Lite’ subscription plan

YouTube is working on a ‘Lite’ version of its Premium subscription plan, one that offers an ad-free experience but with fewer of the other…

Bottles app relaunches as Pick n Pay Asap, offers free deliveries for August

Pick n Pay’s on-demand grocery delivery app Bottles has relaunched as Pick n Pay Asap!, with the retailer celebrating the rebranding with unlimited free…

RocketNet app tech lets ISP agents diagnose your network issues

South African ISP RocketNet has introduced tech that lets customer service identify client network issues and provide solutions on how to fix internet interruptions….

Google Maps Incognito Mode is now available on iOS

Google on Monday revealed new Location History updates on Google Maps, bringing Incognito Mode to the iOS version of the app. “While in Incognito…

Ackermans launches its first cell phone and tech retail stores in Gauteng

South African retailer Ackermans has launched its own standalone cell phone and technology store called Ackermans Connect. The branches will be independent of the…

Wunderlist is walking dead: Microsoft to end support in May 2020

After acquiring to-do list app Wunderlist back in 2015, Microsoft on Monday officially revealed that it will kill support to the app next year….

Forget forwarding, you can now send your Gmail emails as attachments

In a bid to make forwarding emails even simpler, Google on Monday announced that Gmail users can now send emails as attachments from other…

WhatsApp for Android finally receives a ‘call waiting’ feature

WhatsApp for Android now includes a “call waiting” feature that will show users incoming calls during another call, reports 91Mobiles. This means that you…

Google Assistant now lets you create lists, search for podcasts and share photos

Google on Friday added a range of new features to Google Assistant in an effort to simplify voice-enabled productivity. “Starting to roll out today,…

Opera 55 now gives users even greater control over its dark mode

Opera’s Android browser now has an incredibly customisable dark mode. Unveiled this week, Opera 55 arrives with a number of dark mode toggles and…

Google’s ‘Focus Mode’ will pause distracting apps for you on Android

Google is officially rolling out its latest Digital Wellbeing tool, Focus Mode, after first revealing the feature at its 2019 I/O conference in May….

South Africa received more spam calls and SMSes in 2019 than ever before

Spam calls. You’d probably rather receive a lump of coal in your stock this Christmas, but it’s an annoyance that affects all phone owners…

Makro on WhatsApp lets users find catalogues, ask questions and more

Have you added Makro as a contact on WhatsApp? Maybe you should. If you shop at the bulk retailer often, you can now shun…

Now you can share images in private chats on Google Photos

Google on Tuesday revealed a new chat feature in Google Photos that will allow users to share and comment on photos privately. This means…

You can now use your Vodacom account to pay for Microsoft store purchases

Vodacom customers can now purchase products from the Microsoft and Xbox online stores through their Vodacom account, the mobile network announced on Monday. Microsoft…

Record Black Friday for the US sees $7.4bn in sales, buoyed by mobile

Unsurprisingly, Black Friday 2019 was the biggest ever edition of the hallowed shopping day, racking up $7.4-billion in sales alone in the United States….

Meet Clientèle Mobile: South Africa’s latest mobile network promising cheaper data

South African financial services provider Clientèle on Thursday announced the debut of its own mobile cellular network, Clientèle Mobile. Citing the need to offer…

Twitter now plans to memorialise deceased users’ accounts, not delete them

Twitter will not remove inactive accounts on its platform until it introduces a way to memorialise the accounts of deceased users. The news comes…

Cows that wear VR headsets are happier and produce better milk, apparently

Apparently, cows that spend time in virtual reality produce better quality milk. This is according to a Russian study reported by The Moscow Times,…

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