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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…

Microsoft expands free digital skills training with public sector partnership

Microsoft has expanded its local digital skills training, extending the initiative through a partnership with the Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority (PSETA)….

South Africa gets its own NFT marketplace with Momint

South Africa has joined in on the non-fungible token (NFT) craze, with the launch of a local NFT platform called Momint. The platform aims…

Uber partnership with Moove to benefit drivers

Uber is working with car rental company Moove to offer drivers rent-to-own payment plans for their vehicles. The e-hailing company announced the partnership on…

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,…

Spotify rolls out paid subscriptions for podcasts

Spotify has launched a new paid subscription platform for podcasts, adding an extra avenue of revenue for creators. The company announced the new platform…

Here’s how to free up space in Google Photos

Those who use Google Photos will have to pay up after June 2021 if they want extra cloud space for all their pics. But…

Facebook will pay a $5bn fine to the FTC for bevy of privacy lapses

Facebook on Wednesday reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commision (FTC), which was investigating the company over privacy concerns surrounding last year’s Cambridge…

These South African artists have dominated Apple Music since its launch

South African artists have been dominating Apple Music charts in the country over the past four years, Apple Music revealed in a press release…

Google debuts Gallery Go, a lite photo management app for Android

Without much fanfare, Google on Wednesday launched a brand new lite app for managing photographs on your phone. Called Google Gallery Go, the app…

South Africa’s voracious appetite for IT will continue into grow in 2019

While the rest of the world’s fumbling around the change pocket, South Africa’s out here in 2019 throwing big bills on IT infrastructure. According…

Slack is rolling out a desktop update for 33% ‘snappier’ performance

Team management service Slack on desktop is getting a “snappier, more efficient” update over the next few weeks, the company revealed on Monday. According…

A ‘technical error’ on Facebook’s Messenger Kids app exposed children to strangers

Facebook is facing a user security problem once again, and this time it involves its Messenger Kids app, a platform where children can chat…

These are the most popular products on Takealot and Superbalist

In case you haven’t heard, Takealot and Superbalist will this week host a sale beginning Wednesday informed by shoppers’ habits. It’s a novel idea….

Takealot wants to reinvent Black Friday in SA with new sale format

Ecommerce firm Takealot will host “a first-of-its-kind” shopping sale in South Africa this week called The Ultimate Checkout. The retailer will take into account…

Google Doodle celebrates NASA’s 50th moon landing anniversary

Google is celebrating the 50 year anniversary of Apollo 11’s moon landing with a new Google Doodle depicting the historic event. “Today, you can…

Google is closing Incognito Mode loophole in Chrome 76 update

Google will be closing a loophole in Incognito Mode previously reported by 9to5Google at the end of July to ensure that private browsing on…

YouTube Music gets Smart Downloads, seamless music-to-video playback

YouTube Music is getting two new features this week, one concerning seamless video-to-music switching, and another called Smart Downloads. Let’s start with the latter….

South Africans spent more time searching for FaceApp than Mandela this week

South Africans spent more of their time this week searching for viral photos app FaceApp than former president Nelson Mandela’s birthday, this according to…

These are the 65 new emoji coming to Android Q later this year

Google is adding 65 new emoji to its upcoming Android Q keyboard, the company revealed on Wednesday. Acknowledging World Emoji Day, Google teased that…

Google removes ‘stalkerware’ apps with over 130k installs from the Play Store

Google has removed a number of apps on Google Play that assist users with stalking, revealed a report by Avast on Wednesday. “Avast detected…

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