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You can now lock WhatsApp with your face, fingerprint on iPhone

WhatsApp doesn’t want anyone who isn’t you reading your messages. On Tuesday the company announced that iPhone users can now enable Touch ID and…

WhatsApp Web now supports picture-in-picture

WhatsApp Web has now gained the picture-in-picture feature from the mobile app, according to a report by WABetaInfo, This means that WhatsApp Web users…

WhatsApp Business features expand to web and desktop versions

To celebrate WhatsApp Business’ first birthday, the company has expanded popular features from the mobile platform to the web and desktop. This means that…

WhatsApp rolls out its message forwarding limit worldwide

WhatsApp is rolling out its revised forwarding limit worldwide in an effort to curb the spread of false information. The feature was released in…

WhatsApp’s working on a fingerprint security feature for iOS, Android

A future version of WhatsApp may be secured, locked and unlocked by your fingerprint, according to data mined by WABetaInfo. The WhatsApp enthusiast blog…

Zimbabwe’s ISP Econet confirms government ordered internet shutdown

Zimbabwe’s largest internet services provider Econet on Wednesday confirmed that it had halted users’ internet access on government orders. This comes after protests erupted…

WhatsFace: Facebook to snap up WhatsApp for $19B in cash, stock

Boom! Did you see that coming? Facebook says that it has reached an agreement to acquire WhatsApp, for a total of about US$16-billion, including…

5 business archetypes to take note of [pt 1]: millennials in the digital workspace

In this, the first of a series exploring the kind of archetypal personalities that businesses should be taking note of in the next few…

Top 10 messaging apps in the world [Infographic]

“Hey, why don’t you send me a text?” said no one ever in 2013. That might not be an accurate, or even true statement,…

Twitter wants to be a messaging app, Instagram wants to be Snapchat. And that’s missing the point…

Of course Snapchat turning down a US$3-billion offer from Facebook has made everyone sit up and take notice. That’s real money, even for the…

Here’s the problem with BBM for Android and iPhone

BlackBerry is understandably making a big deal about the 10-million downloads of BBM for iPhone and Android it saw in the first 24 hours….

WhatsApp is now bigger than Twitter

There have been tons of mobile instant messaging services over the years, but few have had the kind impact WhatsApp’s managed to gain since…

WhatBook? FaceApp? Rumours fly that Facebook wants to buy WhatsApp

WhatsApp, the multiplatform messaging app that has taken the world by storm, has been in talks with Facebook, and when Facebook is in talks…

Syrian government blocks access to WhatsApp

The latest mobile tool to suffer at the hands of a dictatorial regime isn’t a social network, or even an inflammatory mobile site. It’s…

WhatsApp rocks and will kill SMS

It’s an open secret that SMS is a cash-cow for operators. They can charge obscene amounts for messages (compared to the cost of delivering…

The BBM debate: Can speech ever be consequence free?

The latest call to intercept messages on the Blackberry Messenger (BBM) platform, by South African Deputy-Communications minister, Obed Bapela, threw the veritable cat amongst…

SMS is dead. Well, almost.

SMS is dead – more accurately, dying – and why wouldn’t it be? Hundreds of millions of consumers around the world are wising up…

Android apps: ‘Manna from heaven’ for writers on the road

Not too long ago, journalists rushed off to a story armed only with pen and paper. They gathered information and scribbled down notes before…

The Future of Forex Brokers in South Africa – Consolidation, Regulation, or Exit?

Kimi K2.5 Enters the Global AI Race Against ChatGPT 5.2 and Its Rivals

Is 2026 The Crypto Tipping Point For African Merchants?

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

OPPO Reno15 Series Lands In South Africa With Big Cameras And Bigger Battery Ambitions

OPPO Reno15 Series Brings Flagship-Level Hardware Logic to the Mid-Tier in South Africa

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

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