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Google Play Points comes to South Africa – here’s how to join

Google has announced that the Google Play Points rewards programme is now available in South Africa. The rewards programme, which has previously been available…

SARS launches its own browser for eFiling

As a result of the discontinuation of Adobe Flash Player affecting some eFiling forms, SARS has launched its own browser. Earlier this month, the…

How to check if you opted out of WhatsApp data-sharing with Facebook

WhatsApp has been in the news lately thanks to the update to its privacy policy update. And while the company says that it will…

FNB launches virtual card for customers

FNB has announced the launch of a virtual card that customers can create on the FNB and RMB Private banking apps. The virtual card…

Wikipedia celebrates 20th birthday

Wikipedia celebrates its 20th birthday in January, another milestone for the world’s largest free online encyclopedia. The Wikimedia Foundation announced that the encyclopedia officially…

Google now officially owns Fitbit

Google has announced the completion of its acquisition of wearable company Fitbit. The announcement was made by Google Senior Vice President, Devices & Services…

WhatsApp alternatives Telegram, Signal become top downloaded apps in South Africa

Following the announcement of changes to its privacy policy, WhatsApp alternatives Telegram Messenger and Signal became the top downloaded apps in South Africa. This…

Flipboard changes all user passwords after ‘security incident’ exposes account info

If you’re a Flipboard user, you should probably log in today and change your password. The popular news aggregation service this week “identified unauthorised…

Huawei applies pressure to end lawsuit against US government’s trade ban

In a trade war that has been decidedly one sided until now, Huawei is finally applying more pressure on the US government. In a…

Just 10.4% of South African households have direct access to the internet

Just 64.7% of South African households have at least one member that can internet from any device, anywhere, according to Statistics South Africa. The…

Spotify adds a sleep timer for some users on Android [Update: it’s coming to SA too]

Well, well, well. If you ever wanted to use your Discover Weekly as a sleep-time playlist but didn’t want your phone playing music all…

Telkom lost more than 100 000 fixed broadband users in 2018

Surprise surprise. People who previously had fixed line internet solutions are slowly heading to fibre and LTE options, according to Telkom’s latest internet subscriber…

Telkom nearly doubled its active mobile users in 2018

Telkom has had quite the stellar 2018. The South African telecoms firm on Monday announced its earnings for the fiscal year, underlined by green…

25% of Google Duplex calls are made by human beings

A report by The New York Times on Wednesday revealed that some Google Duplex calls are actually made by real humans. Duplex is the…

Google gives Search a ‘visual refresh’ on mobile

Google on Wednesday revealed a new look for Search on mobile and the way that search results appear on the platform. The “visual refresh”…

Google stored some G Suite customers passwords in readable text

Google on Tuesday revealed that it stored some of its G Suite business customers’ passwords in a readable, unencrypted format. “We discovered that starting…

Millions of Instagram celebs’ data reportedly exposed online

A report by TechCrunch on Tuesday revealed that millions of popular Instagrammers’ personal data was exposed after a public database was discovered online. The…

Huawei won’t get Android updates from Google after US trade blacklist – report

Late last week, the US government placed Huawei on a blacklist that banned it and a number of its subsidiaries from trading with US…

Google’s new Live Transcribe feature translates ‘sound events’

Google on Thursday revealed new updates to Live Transcribe aimed at expanding the capabilities of the accessibility feature. The feature, which aids the hearing…

WhatsApp spyware exploit ‘unusual’ but method more than 30 years old

WhatsApp users were faced with a frightening situation earlier this week, when it was revealed that a WhatsApp voice call could allow an attacker…

Google offers replacements for bug-affected BLE Titan Security Keys

Google on Wednesday revealed that there is a bug affecting its Bluetooth Titan Security Keys in the United States. The bug, which only affects…

A porn block may be implemented in South Africa in the future

A renewed call to block porn in South Africa has been made in a report by the South African Law Reform Commission. The independent…

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