Instagram has announced that it will set accounts of under-16 users to private by default, one of several measures it’s introducing to protect young…
Legendary chat service BBM will be killed off this week
Remember BBM? The messaging platform that all the cool kids in the early 2000s used instead of Mxit? Well, it’s coming to an end…
BlackBerry sues Facebook’s WhatsApp and Instagram for IP infringement
The once mighty smartphone and tech giant BlackBerry is suing Facebook’s Instagram and WhatsApp for allegedly copying features which first appeared on BlackBerry Messenger…
TWR Podcast: Phones to avoid this Christmas, SA startup taking on Uber & local Black Friday stats
Welcome to The Weekly Roundup, where we talk the latest in tech and startup news. This week, Hadlee Simons hosts Stephen Timm and Julia…
BBM CEO: we can be ‘one of the two’ top chat apps in South Africa
Remember BBM? That once iconic acronym stood for BlackBerry Messenger, one of the world’s most used chat apps. But that legacy has long since…
