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Engen 1app gets tipping feature for petrol attendants

Telkom has partnered with Engen to introduce a tipping feature on the Engen 1app for petrol attendants and Quickshop cashiers. Announced on 14 September,…

Information Regulator of South Africa concerned by breaches and ransomware attacks

The Information Regulator of South Africa has said it’s concerned by the number of security breaches in South Africa. This follows a ransomware attack…

Clickatell launches Chat 2 Pay mobile payment service

Technology company Clickatell has launched Chat 2 Pay, a mobile service that lets businesses accept payments from customers via SMS or WhatsApp. The service…

Checkers Sixty60 is the most downloaded on-demand grocery app in SA

Shoprite Holdings has revealed its Checkers Sixty60 on-demand grocery delivery app has had more than 1.5 million downloads since it launched in late 2019,…

How technology can make us more creative

Technology gets a lot of criticism for taking away our creativity. This is understandable – with screens producing countless forms of entertainment for us,…

You can now buy Pick n Pay Clothing on Zando

Pick n Pay has announced it has partnered with online fashion retailer Zando to offer the their clothing ranges on the e-commerce platform. The…

Standard Bank launches Unayo mobile money platform

Standard Bank has launched Unayo, a mobile money platform that offers banking solutions to phone users on the African continent. The platform is a…

Have your passwords been stolen? Google Chrome will now tell you as you browse

Google on Tuesday revealed new updates coming to Chrome to help better protect users accounts and passwords in real-time as they browse the internet….

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…

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…

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….

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,…

Google Pay expands its supported banks list, still not available in Africa

Google Pay’s global footprint just got a lot bigger, but it still doesn’t have so much as a toe in Africa. The company’s mobile…

New ransomware attack pretends to be a Windows 10 update file

As if installing Windows 10 updates aren’t stressful enough, fake Windows updates can now install ransomware to your computer. According to researchers at TrustWave,…

FNB Easy Zero account drops the monthly charges, adds a physical card

FNB on Thursday announced a new digital account offering called Easy Zero for those who want “a fully-fledged digital bank account with a card”…

Facebook on iOS 13 has a pretty creepy camera bug right now

A report by The Next Web on Tuesday revealed that Facebook has been secretly accessing iPhone users cameras. According to a tweet spotted by…

Facebook reveals 100 developers still had access to data in Groups

Facebook on Tuesday revealed that about 100 developers still had access to personal information in Groups despite the company updating Groups to prevent this…

5 lessons learned from a Black Friday customer experience fail

Originally a Thanksgiving holiday sales ploy imported from the US, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are now reshaping consumer behaviour in South Africa. With…

Takealot to pay back R4m to shoppers as part of its Rugby World Cup promo

Takealot has an awful lot of cash to pay back after the Springboks won the World Cup on Saturday. The online retailer was running…

City of Johannesburg shuts down its e-services after suffering a cyber attack

The City of Johannesburg on Thursday evening shut down its electronic services after discovering its network had been compromised by a cyber attack. “The…

Colourful Opera 54 adds Bitcoin, TRON support to its crypto wallet

Opera 54, the new latest version of the company’s Android browser, is available today bringing with it support for more cryptocurrencies and colourful themes….

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