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Sony Introduces the New ZV-1 – A Camera Perfect for Vlogging
Sony Middle East & Africa has announced the new pocket-sized digital camera ZV-1 a lightweight, compact “all-in-one” style solution that will be available in South Africa in August 2020. Designed from the ground up for content creators and vloggers, the…
Zoom Profits Soar in Q1 After Strong Customer Growth during Pandemic
Zoom Video Communications saw its revenue nearly tripled in its fiscal quarter to April. From $122-million a year earlier to $328-million in Q1. The company saw a massive jump in meeting participants during the month of April as worldwide lockdowns…
Kenya’s Tourism Ministry Launches Virtual Safari Livestream
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, Najib Balala, officially launched a virtual safari Livestream campaign yesterday in an effort to showcase some of the country’s most picturesque game safaris across its national parks and reserves. The campaign will continue…
4 Ways Webinars Can Shape the Future of Business
The COVID-19 pandemic forced millions of people around the world into lockdown and social distancing to help control the spread of the virus. This public health crisis is also driving businesses to implement remote working to ensure business continuity. While…
5 Best Video Games For Parents and Kids Under Lockdown
With only grade 7 and grade 12 learners returning to school in the next few weeks, most children are still confined to their homes under the nationwide level 3 lockdown in South Africa. While many parents are working from home,…
41% of Parents are Suspicious of their Children’s Social Media
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has forced families to spend their free time mostly at home. Staying at home usually also means spending much time using different Internet-connected devices. For clear reasons, children’s growing online activity can cause lots of worries…
Unisa Confirms Postponement of Online Exams Due to Overworked Servers
The University of South Africa (Unisa) has been forced to postpone several exams after technical issues interrupted last week’s set of online exams. Affected modules whose exams have been postponed include those studied by criminology students, as well as those…
COVID-19 Boosts Demand for Human-Centered Digital Design
If there is one thing that COVID-19 has highlighted; it is the importance of people in the economic value chain. Sandton-based business management consultant Immersion Group says that one of the emerging trends they’re seeing is that more organisations are…
TikTok Promises to Promote Black Creators After Censorship Accusations Make Light
Chinese Social Media platform TikTok laid out a series of actions on Monday in an effort to address criticisms that its algorithm is suppressing black creators on the app. The actions include launching a “creator diversity council” in which the…
Major Petrol Price Hike Could Cripple South Africa’s Economy says Expert
The major fuel price hike scheduled for tomorrow (3 June) is going to further hurt the economy and have a major impact on deeply indebted consumers. This is after the petrol price in the country slumped to a 21-year low…
Sony Delays PS5 Reveal Event
Sony has announced that it has decided to postpone the PlayStation 5 reveal event, originally scheduled for 4 June. The company has decided to postpone the event and the new generation console’s reveal as rioting and civil unrest continues in…
Global IT Spending on Enterprise Software to See First Drop in 10 Years
As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to impact different sectors of the global economy, spending on the enterprise software segment under the Information Technology (IT) industry is projected to take a plunge. Most sub-segments under the enterprise software umbrella will witness…
SA Government Could Bail Out National Airline to the Tune of $1.2-Billion
The administrator’s running South Africa’s embattled national airlines SAA propositioned the government to provide a R21-billion ($1.2-billion) bailout to help repay debt and resume operations after COVID-19 travel bans are lifted. This new plan includes about R17-billion that will go…
Apple Music Slashes Subscription Prices for Kenyan Users
Apple Music has reduced its prices by almost half of the original price and increased its trial period by double the initial period in Kenya. The subscription-based music streaming service offers access to over 50-million songs. Initially, individual users would…
‘Anonymous’ Hacktivists Attack and Take Down United Nations Website
After hacking and taking down the Minneapolis Police Department website, the Anonymous hacker-group continued their protest spree and hacked the United Nations website, taking down a part of the site – the United Nations Civil Society Participation website – and…
WATCH: SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Astronauts Enter International Space Station
SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station, bringing the companies first crew to the orbiting platform. The crew’s arrival completes another part for SpaceX’s first crewed mission with the Crew Dragon, which successfully blasted off…
