Author: Tapiwa Matthew Mutisi

On our latest NEWS today Google Maps not only wants to give you directions to a restaurant, it also wants to help you decide what to eat when you get there. The search giant on Thursday announced a new feature for its Maps app that surfaces names, photos and descriptions of dishes that…

Just a few days ago we reported on a new development that Huawei was barred from being a member of the SD Association (SDA), the trade group responsible for standardizing SD and microSD cards and today we are reporting that the two tech standards groups that severed ties with Huawei apparently changed their…

Video Game Addiction (VGA) has been suggested by some in the medical community as a distinct behavioral addiction characterized by excessive or compulsive use of computer games or video games that interferes with a person’s everyday life. Video game addiction may present itself as compulsive gaming, social isolation, mood swings, diminished imagination, and hyper-focus on in-game achievements, to the exclusion of…

Just a little over a week after iOS 12.3 hit iPhones and iPads everywhere, Apple has released iOS 12.3.1—a minor update that fixes a couple bugs. Earlier this week, Apple also released a supplemental update for macOS 10.14.5 to fix issues with the T2 chip on some MacBook Pros, addressing a…

Bloomberg tracks the fortunes of some 2,800 billionaires. Of those, 145 are worth at least $10 billion, making them decabillionaires. Now, the world contains two centibillionaires as Bill Gates joins Jeff Bezos in the $100 Billion Club. Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, once the world’s richest person, has again eclipsed…

Microsoft is rolling out its May 2019 Update for Windows 10, which brings a host of new features. Customers who are ready to install the May 2019 Update can navigate to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update, and select the Download and Install option. To show you what’s in store,…

Snapchat prides itself on privacy. They’ve built their entire business on the idea that when you send a photo or a video to a fellow Snapchat user, that data disappears after it’s been viewed. This would have been considered madness in the first several eras of the internet – why…

The company is now barred from the SD Association

All over the world trucks are guzzling ever more diesel, polluting towns and cities and fueling climate change and that has become a major concern to both developed and developing countries but today we have Germany which thinks it may have found the answer by using overhead lines to power…

It was a pun waiting to happen – Uber has launched an underwater ride-hailing service named, naturally, ScUber. Ride-share company Uber Technologies Inc. announced on Thursday that it’s launching a new feature called ScUber, allowing customers to book a submarine trip through the Uber app in Queensland, Australia. ScUber is a partnership with…

Those in the SA tech sector and everywhere around who were paying close attention are still scratching their heads wondering how the South African regtech startup Intergreatme was able to raise over $2-million in a week’s time. But the money is still rolling in, having now topped R29-million, barely seven days after…

Vodacom recently released its financial results for the year ended 31 March 2019, which revealed that the company’s capital expenditure related to its roaming agreement with Rain is R2.346 billion. “In terms of the Vodacom’s facilities leasing, services and roaming agreements with Rain, the group will incur R1,121 million (31…

Uber Technologies Inc. an American multinational transportation network company offering services that include peer-to-peer ridesharing, ride service hailing, food delivery, and a bicycle-sharing system has recently under its Uber Eats launched a “Pick-Up” service for users in Johannesburg. From today, users can order food through Uber Eats and then pick…

Still no info, though, on when the console will come out.

Distributed Power Africa (DPA), a subsidiary of Econet Wireless Global, and EDF (Électicité De France) a world leading electricity company, have signed partnership cooperation agreement to jointly develop Commercial and Industrial (C&I) and hybrid energy solutions to the African market. The collaboration is expected to focus on the development of…

Huawei‘s trade ban by the U.S. government has already resulted in Google cutting off Huawei Technologies Co. Now, several tech giants have joined Google in following the government ban. Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Xilinx have all told employees that they won’t supply Huawei, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the actions. Intel and Qualcomm are…

Google earlier today said that existing users of Huawei Android devices can continue to use Google Play app store, offering some relief to tens of millions of users worldwide even as it remains unclear if the Chinese tech giant will be able to use the fully-functioning version of Android in its future phones. Existing…

In WeChat-dominated China, there’s no shortage of challengers out there claiming to create an alternative social experience. The latest creation comes from ByteDance, the world’s most valuable startup and the operator behind TikTok, the video app that has consistently topped the iOS App Store over the last few quarters. The new offer is called Feiliao…

It would lose Google apps and future OS updates.

iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus problems continue to popup as we push deeper into the year. While some iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus problems are running into minor bugs, others are running into serious issues with their device. Apple’s refined its software with bug fixes and patches, but iOS…