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You’ll Have to Pay Twitter to Fix Typos in Tweets
Twitter’s subscription service “Twitter Blue” includes a way to ‘revise’ tweets before sending them. A service only accessible to users who pay the premium subscription at $4.49. Twitter Blue is the social media sites first premium subscription offering, a move…
Infinix Note 10 Kenya Launch Date Revealed
Hong Kong-based smartphone retailers Infinix has unveiled the date for their Infinix Note 10 launch set to be in Mombasa, Kenya – the country’s second-largest city. The Infinix Note 10 is positioned to succeed the Infinix Note 8 released in…
Unemployment Stats Downplay SA’s Jobs Crisis
The Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) and the Assembly of the Unemployed (AoU) note the results of the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) with concern. The results of the survey show that unemployment in South Africa has reached…
Sending These WhatsApp Messages Can Land You Jail Time in SA
South Africa’s Cybercrimes Bill has finally been signed to law by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Now an act of parliament, the bill seeks to bring the country’s cybersecurity laws in line with the rest of the world. One of the features…
Huawei Reveals Price and Release Date for New Band 6 Smartwatch
IT News Africa was live at Huawei’s Band 6 Smartwatch launch event today from Megawatt Park, Sandton, where Huawei SA revealed more important details about its new Band 6 Smartwatch. IT News Africa is live! @HuaweiZA #Huaweiband6 #MoreThanABand #ITNAXHuaweiZA pic.twitter.com/vzZwmA0KSq…
1Life and Samsung South Africa Launch COVID-19 Screening App as 3rd Wave Crests
1Life, together with LifeQ, using a Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 device, have launched a first-in-SA COVID-19 screening app. It uses unique models derived from users’ biometric data to give them an indication of changes in their health, enabling consumers…
EDGE Computing: What It Means for the Future of the Cloud
Edge computing is rightly being hailed as the cloud’s silver lining. It is a force multiplier that has triggered a step-change in the performance and scope of the abilities of distributed sensing, computing and action. In short, it brings significantly…
7 Vital Facebook Settings You Can Change Right Now to Protect Your Privacy
Nowadays it is more common than not to be working from home, and while this does offer advantages, it opens us up to many lurking dangers from cybercriminals and otherwise. Now more than ever we should try to protect ourselves…
Samsung Launches Door-to-Door Repair Service in South Africa
Worldwide electronics conglomerate Samsung has launched a “door to door” repair service in South Africa as part of an effort to facilitate the repairs of their customers’ smartphones (and other devices) and “provide another option to visiting a customer care…
Liquid Becomes Largest Independent Network Provider in Africa
Digital solutions provider Liquid Intelligent Technologies achieves the 100,000 km fibre network milestone, positioning the organisation as the largest independent fibre network provider in emerging markets globally. Liquid has been manoeuvring steadily through Africa, investing in increasing its reach, which…
Massive Undersea Mudslide Caused Internet Outages Across Africa
A recent study conducted by Professor Peter J. Talling and a team from the Departments of Earth Sciences and Geography, from the University of Durham in the UK, co-led by Angola Cables and supported by the Vodafone Group, British Telecom,…
South Africa’s COVID-19 Variant Renamed to Avoid Discrimination
The several mutated variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, otherwise known as COVID-19, will now be known according to letters of the Greek alphabet in order to avoid “stigmatization and discrimination”, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). This new system…
“Ready for Third Wave” Claim SA Oxygen Suppliers
A few weeks after the third wave of COVID-19 infections was confirmed in South Africa, the number of daily infections has again begun to steadily rise. During earlier waves last year many public and private hospitals experienced severe shortages in…
4 Fresh Venture Capital Trends Shaping New African Investments
With the second half of 2021 approaches and COVID-19 vaccinations roll out across the globe, albeit at varying rates, Ian Lessem, Managing Partner at HAVAIC, investors in early-stage, high-growth technology businesses, considers the trends making an impact on the African…
South African Government Now Seeks to Regulate Netflix Content
A new white paper proposal from the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies is set to enforce locally produced content on digital streaming services, with Netflix zeroed in. The paper also seeks to apply other regulations to these services, according…
Twitter Introducing 30-Second Long Full-Screen Ads to Fleets
Twitter has been focusing extensively on adding new features to the service over the last few months in efforts to fuel engagement with users and increase revenue from advertisers. Last year November, Twitter introduced its Instagram and Snapchat-like stories feature,…
