Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer of Huawei Technologies Co. appears to have had a penchant for products by Apple Inc., one of the Chinese giant’s biggest rivals. Meng Wanzhou, was carrying a bunch of devices made by one of her company’s biggest rivals when she was arrested in Canada in December. Huawei…
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Apple may be moving forward with a polarizing iPhone redesign and several unusual (and somewhat creepy) tech upgrades, but now the company has accidentally revealed a long-awaited iPhone upgrade everyone does want… Thanks to a tip-off, 9to5Mac has discovered new imagery on Apple’s Australian website showing the company’s exciting and long-overdue AirPower wireless charging system. The propriety technology…
The long-awaited AirPods 2 are finally here, and according to Apple, they will deliver “faster connect times, more talk time, and the convenience of hands-free Siri.” AirPods revolutionized the wireless audio experience with a breakthrough design and the new AirPods build on the magical experience customers love. The new Apple-designed…
Zimbabwe’s mobile network operators recorded a 36% increase in revenue to $1,1 billion in the full year to December 2018 despite a 25% increase in operating costs, POTRAZ reported. The country has three licensed operators, two of which are State-owned — NetOne and Telecel and a third which is privately-run,…
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MTN South Africa spent more than R400 million ($27.7 million) last year on investments in battery backup systems and generators. Despite the spend, its mobile sites continue to face significant threats, due to Eskom’s ongoing stage three and stage four load shedding. Excluding the amount spent on new batteries for…
MySpace, the pioneering but faded website that helped kick off the social-media era during the dot-com boom, says all the music uploaded to the platform between 2003 and 2015 is, well, history. “As a result of a server migration project, any photos, videos, and audio files you uploaded more than…
It looks like the four-figure price tag is here to stay when it comes to new iPhones from Apple. The $1,000 price tag that shocked us in late 2017 when Apple unveiled the iPhone X became practically normal a year later after Samsung and Huawei followed suit. Now, foldable phones like the Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X and others…
Tech giant Google is getting into gaming in a big way with a direct challenge to the giants of console and PC gaming. It’s called Stadia. Former Sony and Xbox executive and current Google gaming boss Phil Harrison detailed the platform today at an event in San Francisco during the…
ICASA announced that Kwese has successfully applied for a free-to-air television broadcasting licence. This means the company will be allowed to launch free-to-air TV services, like those operated by the SABC and Etv, in South Africa. ICASA previously issued an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for free-to-air TV licences in 2014,…
This LG G8 release date guide will tell you everything you need to know about LG’s latest phone. Following months of leaks and rumors, LG officially announced the new LG G8 and upcoming V50. Here are all the release date and pre-order details, pricing, shipping information and more for potential buyers. On…
The price ceiling on phones just keeps getting higher.
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In light of a devastating tropical storm that has swept away bridges and homes in eastern Zimbabwe, Econet Wireless has also come on board to assist those affected by providing an EcoCash biller code 320041 merely for donations. And in case of emergencies one could simply dial 112 or 111. Another option that you can…
Every version of the Pixel to date has had a single rear camera. However, it is rumored that the next Pixel XL model will get two and the fingerprint reader might be in the display.
Just last month, Samsung announced the Galaxy S10 but it looks like the company isn’t done yet. Samsung is not taking breaks in releasing new phones to the market coming up with new Galaxy Note X. If you see last month Samsung announced Galaxy s10 but it look like Samsung is not…
Following in its footsteps from last year, Huawei is holding an event on March 26 where we’re expecting to see the entire P30 series.
For the past two weeks, Qualcomm and Apple have battled in a San Diego courtroom over some of the basic technology at the heart of your smartphone. On Friday, a jury said Apple infringed on all three of the patents in question. The legal battle covers Qualcomm technology the chipmaker says Apple used without…