Budgeting for big smartphone brands can be costly. Here is a list of smartphones that cost less than R3,000 in South Africa. ALSO READ: WhatsApp: New feature added, WhatsApp Chat Lock AFFORDABLE SMARTPHONE BRANDS However, these are the best smartphones you can buy from reputable local tech retailers for less than R3,000 in May 2023. The […]

Crypto casinos are becoming increasingly popular among South African players due to their numerous benefits. Recent reports show that Africa has one of the highest global adoption rates for crypto. The continent witnessed a remarkable 1,200% growth in value between July 2020 and July 2021. The magnitude of crypto adoption in Africa is creating abundant […]

This is something WhatsApp users have been long waiting for. According to reports, WhatsApp users can now edit their messages. ALSO READ: LIST: WhatsApp will stop working on these smartphones EDITING MESSAGES In the early days of messaging, each correspondence was sent without any chances of editing or correcting the text. Email, AIM, SMS and even […]

Mthokozisi Khathi joins a host of celebrities who have launched their own content portals after he announced the DJ Tira World app. According to IOL, one can obtain DJ Tira’s life content for as little as R3 daily. The content portal is named after him and can be downloaded across several stores. ALSO READ: ‘I trust my […]

South Africa-born billionaire Elon Musk has announced that he has hired a new Twitter CEO as his job title changes. The 51-year-old South Africa-born business mogul bought the social media platform in October for $44 billion, but vowed to find someone else to run the company in December after conducting a poll via his own […]

Apple will launch its first online store in Vietnam next week, the company said Friday, hoping to cash in on the country’s young and tech-savvy population. The iPhone maker is among a host of global tech giants including Intel, Samsung and LG, that have chosen Vietnam for assembly of their products. But up to now, the […]

Elon Musk was responding to a Whatsapp user who claimed the app ‘secretly’ recorded them in their sleep – and they’re not alone. South African-born billionaire Elon Musk is definitely not a fan of fellow tech titan Mark Zuckerberg and his Whatsapp platform. It comes after a Whatsapp user claimed that the app secretly records […]

Caller identification app, Truecaller will soon integrate its services into WhatsApp to help users spot spam calls on the messaging app. WhatsApp and Truecaller to collaborate in an effort to reduce spam calls. Images: Pixabay/File image Truecaller will soon integrate its caller identification services into WhatsApp and other messaging apps to help users spot spam […]

Capitec apologised for any confusion but assured its users that this upgrade will only impact the business clients only. Capitec Bank addresses confusion about the system upgrade. Photo: Capitec/ web Capitec Bank, one of South Africa’s leading digital banks, has clarified the confusion about its system upgrades currently underway. CAPITEC FRUSTRATES CONFUSED CLIENTS Numerous Capitec […]

Navigating new technology and digital applications has become necessary for many people trying to access government assistance and services during the Covid pandemic. But for many older persons, this is not easy. Elderly women in Alexandra township in Joburg are learning how to navigate the internet and common apps to help improve their lives. The […]

Over 11,000 learners from more than 60 schools in Nelson Mandela Bay have been introduced to coding in an amazing initiative that coincided with the annual Africa Code Week… and which “left the learners’ eyes glowing, minds running, voices echoing with excitement”. The tools that were used by the 27 facilitators are Scratch and locally […]

The Film and Publication Board (FPB) has urged parents to be vigilant and closely monitor their children’s online activities, especially games downloaded on various App stores or from other online sources. The board in a statement said it has been alerted of a mobile game called “Momo Challenge”, which it describes as a form of […]

Government is looking at developing the biggest tech hub in Africa, a coding and programming academy as well as co-working and co-creation spaces for the youth and start-ups in particular. “Through the Small Enterprise Development Agency (seda), my department, in partnership with the Department of Telecommunication and Postal Services, has started a conversation to develop […]

A free-to-use web tool, which helps smaller businesses with labour relations processes and matters, has gone live. The tool is a joint initiative of the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) and Business Unity South Africa (BUSA). It allows entrepreneurs to source information on how to recruit staff; how to manage employees and build […]

A massive but simple telescope is being made from wire mesh, PVC and telephone poles. A new telescope that is being constructed in the Karoo will have one aim: to look at the cosmic dawn and find the first ever signals of the birth of the first stars in the universe. Nobody has yet detected […]

SpaceX has now launched the most powerful spacecraft since the Apollo era – the Falcon Heavy rocket – setting the bar for future space launches. The most important thing about this reusable spacecraft is that it can carry a payload equivalent to sending five double-decker London buses into space – which will be invaluable for […]

One of the world’s largest collaborative science projects is about to enter its most exciting year yet. This will see researchers in a remote stretch of South Africa’s Karoo testing Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity; imaging neutral hydrogen – the building blocks for stars – in the distant universe; and examining galaxies that were formed […]

With technology advancing every second of the day and making life that much easier for all of us, it’s a no-brainer that we should be taking advantage of all that’s out there! There is literally an app for everything, whether it be tracking the number of steps you’ve taken in a day or an app […]

South African-born Canadian-American billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is revolutionising the way we ‘roof’ our houses in the future, with fantastic new solar-powered roof tiles, launched Friday by his electric car company Tesla. And they’ll be perfect in South Africa – not only for the sun… but in handling the heavy hail storms like those that Musk […]

If you’re travelling to South Africa, please take note – South African Airways (SAA) on Tuesday announced the prohibition of the use of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 mobile phone on all of its flights as of this week. “SAA has taken a decision to prohibit the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. The decision has been […]

In the last week, Pokemon Go, an augmented reality game for mobile phones, has taken off. Daily traffic for the game exceeded Twitter and Facebook use. What is driving this intense interest and involvement? One way to understand is to take a closer look at the game’s design. First, for those who haven’t played or […]