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One company dominates worldwide smartphone sales, new report
4+ hour, 24+ min ago (451+ words) According to new stats from research firm Counterpoint this week, one manufacturer of smartphones has managed to carve itself the largest piece of the global market compared to all others. Apple is now the leader of the world's smartphone market,…...
Battle for Starlink heats up in South Africa
4+ week, 6+ hour ago (496+ words) Khusela Diko, the Chair of the Parliament Commitee overseeing Communications and Digital Technology, has launched a scathing attack against Digital Tech Minister Solly Malatsi, saying that the minister's latest move to push ICASA into allowing Starlink to be licensed in…...
What trended in South Africa's Year of Search 2025
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (406+ words) This week has seen several roundups being shared, with YouTube and Spotify having already gotten in on the action. Now, it is the turn of Google, which has launched its Year of Search 2025 landing page for internet users to browse…...
HONOR Black Friday deals for 2025 will run beyond November
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (245+ words) Like many other brands, HONOR has used the whole of November to highlight its Black Friday deals. Some other brands have also earmarked deals for Cyber Monday on 1st December 2025, but HONOR is going even further, with its deals running until…...
What does a North Korean smartphone look like?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (334+ words) North Korea is a fascinating place. Largely locked off from the rest of the world, we know precious little about the nation and it knows far less about us. Still, from time to time, we get a glimpse of life…...
World's longest open subsea cable system launched in South Africa
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (431+ words) Alongside a number of major telecoms operating in Africa, Facebook and WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms have announced that the 2Africa Subsea Cable system is now complete, seven years after the project was first announced. An event was held on Wednesday in…...
You can now control how much AI slop you see on TikTok
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (335+ words) The pervasiveness of AI-generated content is simply too difficult to avoid, with it flooding several popular social media platforms and often becoming difficult to spot as you're doomscrolling on your favourite app. Some companies have taken steps to better label…...
Cloudflare outage impacts several parts of the internet
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (250+ words) If your ability to visit websites has suddenly been impacted with error notifications, there is currently a singular reason " a Cloudflare outage. About 30 minutes ago, at the time of writing, several users began reporting issues trying to access websites, with…...
Motorola is back in South Africa, with more to come
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (670+ words) When it comes to iconic phone brands, for South Africans, there were three in the form of Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Motorola. With the first two no longer existing anymore, for a number of reasons, it leaves Motorola as the…...
SPEEDRUN - Starlink making moves in South Africa
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (194+ words) Vodacom has signed what it calls a "pivotal agreement" with SpaceX's Starlink to bring satellite-powered internet to several of its African markets. The partnership will allow Vodacom to integrate Starlink's low Earth orbit satellite network into its mobile infrastructure, improving…...