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Eskom launches chatbot called Alfred to report faults

Eskom has announced enhancements to its digital platforms, including a new chatbot called Alfred to report faults and an upgraded customer portal and app….

Unrest Tracker: Online tool maps unrest around South Africa

An online tool called Unrest Tracker lets locals track looting, arson, and other incidents around South Africa in the face of local unrest. The…

Latest Standard Bank data shows customers are more willing to engage digitally [Sponsored]

The latest engagement statistics for Standard Bank’s Mobile Banking App show that customers are becoming increasingly more comfortable engaging digitally for more than just…

New Nedbank branches combine digital and face-to-face

Nedbank has revealed how it is combining face-to-face and digital self-service facilities at its branches across South Africa. The changes form part of the…

You can now earn Smart Shopper points on the Bottles app

Pick n Pay has announced that Smart Shopper loyalty programme customers can now earn points on the Bottles app. The Bottles same-day grocery delivery…

Instagram Lite arrives in SA – Here are the details

Instagram has launched the Lite version of its app for Android in South Africa after a short delay. The app was relaunched in early…

Facebook’s Kit brings condensed messaging to the Apple Watch

Facebook launched a brand new app this week, but it’s only available for the Apple Watch. Dubbed Kit, or Keep In Touch, the app’s…

Dark Sky ditches Android users, weather apps after it joins Apple

In a bid to bolster its own weather app offering, Apple has acquired Dark Sky, but that has left a number of Android users…

Cape Town’s MyCiTi app is essential for seamless summer travels

Getting around town can be especially difficult when public transport is involved. I, for example, rely on Cape Town’s MyCiti bus service to make…

Facebook’s experimental ‘Whale’ app lets you create forced memes

Facebook’s really fishing for the next big thing, and it hopes that its new meme-creation app called Whale is the catch it’s looking for….

You can now report crime through the South African Police’s new app

Vodacom and the South African Police Service (SAPS) are launching a new app to improve communication between citizens and police. MySAPS, announced on Friday,…

Google Arts & Culture app hides its cool features in new ‘camera’ tab

Google’s Arts & Culture app has moved a number of features into its new “camera tab”, including its new “Art Projector” and “Art Selfie”….

Google launches new voice control app for Android

Google has launched a new accessibility app for Android devices called Voice Access. The app “provides a hands-free experience for Android, letting people navigate…

Strava’s heatmap inadvertently reveals the world’s military secrets

If you happen to be a soldier stationed at one of the world’s military bases, secret operation centres or covert patrols, you may want…

TapOff is Cape Town’s prettiest water saving gamification app

Last week, Memeburn rounded up a few notable apps to download before Cape Town faces its imminent Day Zero crisis, but we seemingly neglected…

Crime reporting app Namola now available across South Africa

South African crime response app Namola is now available to use across the country, the company and its partner Dialdirect announced Friday. The app,…

Spree adds AI-powered image search to iOS app

Online retailer Spree has today announced an app feature that allows users to find clothing items that are similar to uploaded images. Available now…

Samsung’s Wemogee app uses emoji to bridge language gap

Samsung’s latest app puts the world’s love affair with emoji to good use. And no, not just for the memes either. Dubbed Wemogee, the…

UberEATS review: an amuse-bouche, or complete flop?

When I was younger, my parents would resist ordering in food unless it was a very special occasion. Nowadays, it seems that everyone in…

Dropbox Paper is for creatives with too many files

Cloud storage service Dropbox is hoping to modify its company description slightly with its latest product. It’s called Dropbox Paper, and it’s effectively the…

Ookla debuts Speedtest desktop app for Windows, Mac OS

Great news for those of you too lazy to open a web page. Ookla, the company behind popular internet benchmarking tool Speedtest, has this…

Apple still gets it first, but Prisma app gets Android port

Android and iOS apps tend to get released at the same time these days, but there are still a few notable exceptions. Whether it’s…

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