At a time when his company has been subject to severe controversy, Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced the tech giant’s plan to integrate the messaging functions of WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger. According to the New York Times, the three platforms will remain stand-alone applications, with their integration being at a technical and infrastructural level. The result …

I love YouTube! As a service, it’s a great platform to watch and upload video that’s around for perpetuity. There’s a big problem with YouTube though, in that you’re only ever about 4 clicks away from content that’ll rot your brain. You can be watching an insightful and education video on making the very best breakfast smoothing, and just a …

One of the big problems that we have in the digital age is fully understanding exactly who owns the intellectual property for what. While it’s easy to distinguish with tangible products where the first person to make something can generally have claim to it, things can become a little blurry in the software world, where developers are always interfacing with …

A big US firm has just acquired a massive stake in Teraco ,owners of he biggest data centre in Africa, with the hopes of doubling capacity in the next 4-5 years.

A new report from technology watchdog company iFixit has drawn attention to an issue with the Apple Macbook’s backlight hardware, one that is an extension of the infamous “stage light” effect present on the laptop’s display. According to iFixit the problem, dubbed “Flexgate” by one of its users, is occurring in the current generation of Macbooks (2016 and onwards), which …

Uber has released a new version of their ride-hailing application which significantly reduces the amount of data it uses. Perfect for a data sensitive market like South Africa.

In 2016, Apple had the courage to remove the beloved 3.5mm headphone jack from its phones. It was a move that was first ridiculed, but other manufacturers have since followed suit in the pursuit of sleeker, slimmer phones with better battery life. Chinese manufacturer Meizu is so full of courage that its revealed a phone that has no ports whatsoever.

Twitter is getting some new web updates for those of you who prefer to do your tweeting from the comfort of your browser.

Motorola is hoping to count on on some nostalgia in bringing back the foldable design of their popular Razr phones from the early 2000's. Old tech doesn't come cheap though.

If you thought the objective of robots would be to take out the human race you would be wrong. They are first aiming to take away our jobs and then eliminate us in the process. I think. Their sentient A.I. is probably reading this as we speak and changing that strategy on the fly.  So, as humans we need to …

I’ve recently been forced to block a family member on WhatsApp, because they keep sending me forward hoaxes, fearmongering nonsense and straight up fake news despite my protestations. Because people are averse to fact checking and happily spread misinformation like herpes, platforms like WhatsApp have become vectors for the propagation of bullshit.

Spotify is going to keep my ears safe. The company is busy testing a new feature that’ll allow users to block or mute specific artists. According to the Verge, the new feature will bock an artist entirely, so “that songs from the artist will never play from a library, playlist, chart list, or even radio stations on Spotify.”