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Fans love the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, but hate the ‘blurry’ shots

The moment you’ve been waiting all October for is finally here, 90s kids: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is on Netflix, in its first season…

DStv subscribers can stream JOOX music at no additional cost

If you’re a DStv subscriber, and just happen to be looking for a streaming music service, you can now stream local and international music…

Spotify may soon let users skip advertisements

In an extremely brave and risky financial play, Spotify may soon allow free tier users to skip audio and video advertisements whenever they want….

DStv Now usage spikes as World Cup reaches fever pitch

South Africans love sport, don’t they? And now that the World Cup is entering its pivotal semi-final stage, more users than ever are tuning…

Aussies struggle to watch World Cup after Optus’s streaming goofs

While loadshedding has caused many South Africans to miss World Cup games this year, Australian fans aren’t having it much better. Australia’s World Cup…

Drake and Jeremy Loops rule Spotify’s first month in South Africa

One month after Scandinavian streaming service Spotify launched in South Africa, we now have an idea of what locals love listening to. According to…

Here’s how Spotify hopes to take over South Africa’s ears

The music geeks at Spotify on Tuesday officially switched on access to the service for South Africans, giving the country yet another streaming music…

Pornhub 2016 stats: most popular devices, platforms revealed

Pornhub’s 2016 year in review has revealed a ton of interesting data, including the most popular devices, browsers and operating systems for adult streaming….

Pornhub 2016 stats: how does South Africa fare? [Slightly NSFW]

Adult streaming website Pornhub has enjoyed a bumper year, according to its 2016 year in review. The network revealed that it used 3100 petabytes of…

Amazon Prime Video: originals to watch in SA?

Let’s be honest for a second… Amazon knows that many people are only tuning into Prime Video for The Grand Tour. After all, the…

Netflix: this tool tracks which VPNs are blocked

Many Netflix users are familiar with hopping through VPNs and DNS tools in a bid to access foreign versions of the service. But it…

Amazon Prime Video is officially in South Africa

The Amazon Prime Video streaming service has officially gone global, launching in South Africa as well. “Amazon today announced that Amazon Prime Video is…

5 things to know about Netflix’s offline downloads

Streaming colossus Netflix has finally revealed download functionality for Netflix, allowing users to store videos on their devices for offline viewing. It’s been a…

Netflix 4K streams are now exclusive to Windows 10, Edge

Netflix has had a 4K streaming option for a while now, being part of its highest pricing tier. In fact, the company was one…

Netflix, Amazon are outspending HBO on TV programming

A new report finds that Netflix and Amazon are outspending several big traditional networks when it comes to TV programming. According to the World TV…

4 features Netflix needs to succeed in emerging markets

Video streaming superstar Netflix has gone from strength to strength in the past few years, expanding dramatically and churning out top-notch original content. However,…

Netflix library reportedly down 50% in four years

Thought the South African version of Netflix was lacking in the content department? Well, it appears that American users are feeling the content squeeze…

Stream ripping now a bigger issue than illegal downloads

Torrent groups and downloads have traditionally been the biggest thorn in the music industry’s side, but it looks like stream-ripping is the industry’s new arch-nemesis According…

ShowMax continues data crusade with new ‘bandwidth calculator’

Say what you want to about the ShowMax library but the company is absolutely killing it when it comes to data-saving features. With the ability to…

Is a VPN crackdown behind Netflix’s drop in user growth?

Netflix has seen slower than anticipated user growth in its most recent forecast, but why is this the case? If you ask the streaming…

Netflix sees drop in user growth, a sign of things to come?

Streaming colossus Netflix has announced its earnings for the second quarter of 2016, revealing user growth below expectations. In a letter to shareholders, the company…

Illegally streaming sport? There’s a 50% chance of malware in ads

A new study has found that as much as 50% of ads on free live-streaming websites lead to malware. Security researchers at Stony Brook University and KU…

Google Play Music gets contextually active with Concierge in SA

Google Play Music has officially launched its Concierge service in South Africa, bringing automatically generated, contextual playlists to the country. Play Music subscribers will…

VR entertainment could be coming to a British Airways flight near you

Google updates Chrome OS with better navigation and audio control

YouTube to stop monetisation of ‘unfair’ manual copyright claims

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [18/8/2019]

Five SA fintechs that service the growing market of SME lending

AlphaCode awards R16m in grants, support services to eight black-owned SA fintechs

Some older Nokia smartphones to receive an extra year of updates

The foldable Huawei Mate X is now delayed until November

Open-world Need for Speed Heat is launching in November

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals