Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

Google, during its Launch Night In event on Wednesday night, it announced its new Chromecast alongside a new platform called Google TV. What it entails is that Chromecast now includes a remote with buttons for navigation and built-in Google Assistant support for voice control. The Chromecast features a compact and thin design…

This comes as good news as Facebook just announced that Facebook Messenger and Instagram users are now able to communicate between these two apps and it will also bring a number of Facebook Messenger features to the Instagram DM platform to improve the experience on the latter. “More than a billion people…

Google has unveiled its Nest Audio device, which it said can function as the centre of your entire home audio system. The Nest Audio is the next-generation version of the Google Home smart speaker and interacts seamlessly with Google’s Home, Nest Mini, and Nest Hub, as well as other Nest Audio devices,…

Remgro recently released its financial results for the year ended 30 June 2020, which revealed that Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH) is valued at R18.5 billion. And what makes this valuation interesting is that it is higher than Telkom’s current market cap of R12.6 billion. CIVH is focused on the…

An electronic communications network service licensee has the right to enter upon any land to construct electronic communications networks and facilities. This was feedback from Communications Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams who was answering a question in Parliament from the ACDP’s Wayne Maxim Thring. Thring questioned Ndabeni-Abrahams on a new policy that seeks to…

In line with earlier reports that Apple may not ship a charger or EarPods with its upcoming iPhone 12 smartphones, the latest version of iOS seemingly confirms that headphones will no longer be supplied with the company’s smartphones. According to a report by MacRumours, a code change in iOS 14.2 adapts the…

Micron Technology Inc. shares fell after the largest U.S. chipmaker said it recently halted shipments to China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Micron also cut capital spending plans, warned about weaker demand from some corporate customers and forecast possible oversupply in a key market next year. Shares of the company dropped 3.6%…

Lenovo has unveiled the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold, which it said is the first foldable PC ever sold. The ThinkPad X1 Fold comes in a 13.3-inch tablet-like form factor which can fold into other configurations for specific use cases, such as a notebook layout where half of the display functions as the…

Microsoft has taken another step towards killing off its classic Control Panel service on Windows 10. According to a report from Softpedia News, the Programs and Features app, which was previously available via Control Panel, has been moved to the modern Settings app in the latest Windows 10 preview builds. RELATED…

Google has launched its latest flagship smartphone, the Pixel 5, as well as a 5G version of its Pixel 4a device. The Pixel 5 is the most capable handset Google has ever released in terms of connectivity and features, and it sports a modern design with thin bezels and an…

SanDisk has unveiled two new portable SSDs – the SanDisk Extreme Pro and the SanDisk Extreme. “People don’t just need their drives to keep up with their mobile lifestyles; they need storage that’s designed to stay ahead and keep them moving,” said Western Digital Senior Product Marketing Manager for EMEA…

Epsilon, a global connectivity and communications service provider, has partnered with Business Connexion (BCX), one of South Africa’s technology companies, to deliver high performance data centre interconnection (DCI) services for African enterprises. BCX uses Epsilon’s Network as a Service (NaaS) platform Infiny for seamless global connectivity and managing network services…

Esri, the global player in location intelligence, has announced a joint initiative with AfroChampions, a Pan-African nonprofit that aims to promote policies that foster private-public collaboration for Africa’s economic transformation. The goal of the initiative is to engage leaders in business, governments, the African Union, and other regional economic communities through…

By Jorge Mendes, Chief Officer of Vodacom Consumer Business September is International Deaf Awareness month, in commemoration of the first World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf, which took place in September 1951. This year’s theme “Reaffirming Deaf People’s Human Rights” has been and remains core to our…

Building on its existing partnerships in the DRC, the new relationship with VodaCash will give Crown Agents Bank greater coverage across the country, drawing on Vodacom Congo’s cellular network and the VodaCash agent network, to access previously difficult to reach locales. The Vodacom and Crown Agents Bank partnership marks the…

Mastercard has launched Fintech Express in the Middle East and Africa, with this program designed for emerging and established businesses under the fintech umbrella looking to add payment solutions or innovate through partnerships. The program aims to expand Mastercard’s partnership with fintech companies and to create a seamless process of bringing fintech…

Apple Inc. will now allow users of Facebook Inc.’s online events product use the social network’s own payment method through the end of the year, temporarily bypassing the iPhone maker’s typical 30% cut. Apple said it is making the exception as some businesses were forced to move their physical events…

Google has sent an email to users of its Drive cloud storage platform stating that it is making changes to how trashed files are treated. The company said that starting from 13 October 2020, any file that is put into Google Drive’s “My Drive” trash folder will be deleted after…

According to global user data from Statista, Facebook continues to be the dominant social media platform in the world. Social media giant, boasts all three of what Statista said are the most common traits of the world’s most popular social media platforms: High user account numbers.Strong user engagement.Originate in the United…

Dimension Data has begun construction on its Johannesburg 1 Data Centre, the company announced in a statement. The company said the new data centre is designed according to tier 3 standards and will be constructed in two phases. When fully built, it will deliver a total of 6,000m2 of IT space…