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Make a statement with WhatsApp avatars that look like you

Smile, dab, send a heart reaction with an avatar that looks almost as cute as your are, with this incoming feature from WhatsApp which…

Eskom implements stage 6 load shedding from 12pm

Eskom will now implement stage 6 from 12 Pm on Wednesday, until further notice. Due to a high number of breakdowns since midnight, including…

Capitec activates Apple Pay

Capitec has introduced Apple Pay digital payment wallet to its clients. Sending notifications on the announcement Capitec has notified clients of the new added…

ENRICH in Africa lifts veil on new Cape Town centre

African and European incubators and accelerators are set to benefit from the new ENRICH in Africa (EiA) Centre in Cape Town, South Africa. The…

Go Fetch! brings on-demand delivery to pet owners

No more late-light dashes to the petrol station or the neighbours for dog food. A South African retailer, Absolute Pets, has lifted the veil…

Lessons for launching an African fintech in 2023

Anyone looking to launch an African start-up in 2023 must be sorely tempted to do so in the fintech space – provided they have…

Disney Plus now available on PlayStation 5 consoles

Start streaming now on PS5 as Disney has announced that Disney Plus will now be available on PlayStation 5. A Disney Plus app is…

Three features you’ll like on the Huawei Y 61

Huawei introduced the Y61 later in the year around November probably for the festive season. An addition to the Y series is this new…

God of War Ragnarök shatters sales records

Action-adventure-packed video game God of War is here since November 9, 2022 on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. According to PlayStation, the game is…

Astra electric could be Opel’s breakthrough car

Astra to the rescue. This could be the outcome of Opel’s latest strategic model release, which takes its legacy sedan and hatchback nameplate into…

Review: Volvo XC60 T8

XC60 T8 is claimed as a smarter way to have all the performance and mild fuel consumption, for South African followers of the Volvo…

Review: Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland 3.6 V6

Jeep isn’t a significant vehicle brand in South Africa. It trades tiny volumes, and Jeep’s most popular product is the very capable, rugged and…

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WAN Links: User generated content, future of the newspaper & Zapiro on Zuma

New Strategic Reports From Shaping the Future of the Newspaper. Five new strategy reports on some of the most important recent developments in the…

The media should take note of bloggers

It’s been easy for some to dismiss the blogosphere as a fringe publishing phenomenon. Publishers, who have had a monopoly on mainstream publishing since…

Technology shifting power away from the editors, the publishers, the establishment, the media elite?

Saw Mike Stoporth’s article on Bizcom in which he had this quote from Rupert Murdoch, talking about the internet: “To find something comparable, you…

When Gutenberg invented the printing press, he freed the publishers. But when the World Wide Web was pioneered by Tim Berners-Lee, it was said that the readers were now freed. The age of the internet has given unprecedented power to the reader by creating one of the most democratic and accessible forms of publishing yet – the blog.

Netocracy

If Karl Marx were alive today this is the book he would have written. This is the bold, if not slightly ambitious, claim of…

Mugabe’s Online Nightmare

Net Savvy Mugabe’s Online Nightmare The Daily News website and Zimonline continue to publish news critical of the Mugabe regime, and there’s not much…