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WhatsApp introduces new updates for Business accounts

WhatsApp has announced several new updates to its Business account system to let businesses set up quicker and interact better with their customers. The…

MTN partners with Ozow to let you buy airtime with an EFT on WhatsApp

MTN has partnered with financial services company Ozow to offer airtime purchases on WhatsApp using an EFT payment method. The network provider announced the…

South African Information Regulator to take action on WhatsApp privacy policy

The Information Regulator of South Africa has said that it will be taking further action regarding the WhatsApp privacy policy changes. The regulator made…

German data regulator bans new WhatsApp terms of service

Germany’s data protection regulator has issued an emergency ban against Facebook collecting WhatsApp user data under the messaging app’s new terms of service. The…

Money Message: Nedbank launches WhatsApp payment service

Nedbank has launched a new service called Money Message that offers payment services for businesses via WhatsApp. The bank unveiled the service on 21…

Calls come to WhatsApp Desktop: How to use the feature

WhatsApp now allows users to make video and audio calls from the WhatsApp Desktop app. The messaging service announced on 4 March that it…

Information Regulator SA concerned about new WhatsApp terms

The Information Regulator (IR) South Africa has released a statement saying that it is concerned about planned privacy policy changes for WhatsApp. The regulator…

South African company builds world’s first WhatsApp security chatbot

South African security and medical response platform AURA has launched the world’s first WhatsApp security chatbot in partnership with Tracker. The chatbot provides mobile…

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…

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…

WhatsApp adds Carts feature to make shopping easier

WhatsApp just expanded its online shopping capabilities by adding a shopping cart functionality to its platform, allowing users to group multiple items for a…

How to use the new WhatsApp storage tool to free up space

WhatsApp has introduced a new tool to help users free up storage by clearing out media downloads from within the messaging app. The new…

Facebook adds Messenger Rooms to WhatsApp in the latest beta

Just last week Facebook started rolling out its Messenger Rooms group call service to users of the eponymous chat app. Now, the company’s looking…

Twitter to strip 5G conspiracy tweets that could fuel violence

Twitter will now remove posts that could incite harmful actions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced on Wednesday. “We have broadened our guidance…

WhatsApp’s latest beta increases the group call limit to eight participants

WhatsApp in its latest beta versions is increasing the limit of voice or video group call participants to eight. Earlier this month the company…

WhatsApp adds strict forwarding limit on messages during COVID-19 pandemic

Mindlessly forwarding messages that may seem to harbour fact is one way to get yourself into loads of trouble during the COVID-19 lockdown. In…

WhatsApp ‘expiring messages’ edges closer to an official debut

WhatsApp has renamed its forthcoming “disappearing messages” feature yet again. According to WABetaInfo, the latest beta version of the chat app now refers to…

WhatsApp debuts a COVID-19 info hub for its two billion users

In a move that’ll benefit its billions of users, WhatsApp on Wednesday announced a new information hub for the COVID-19 pandemic. Launched in collaboration…

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Airbnb adds tool to test and list accommodation Wi-Fi speeds

SnapScan Wallet now lets users send money to each other

ZwartTech launches Talent Foundation to equip Africans with digital skills

Edtech Go1 is SA’s first unicorn after closing $200m round

Transforming B2B payments could grow Africa’s local businesses [Opinion]

Twitch local pricing expands: Here’s the new subscription price for South Africa

PlayStation 5 console sales top 10 million

Microsoft Flight Simulator comes to Xbox Series X and S, Game Pass

VW Golf 8 GTI arrives: Here is the price for South Africa

JAC brings N55 electric truck to South Africa

Converting and driving a bulletproof bakkie

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