Category: Technology

Facebook announced new camera features for its Messenger app and native support for looping Boomerang videos. These new features will allow Facebook Messenger to have five different camera modes — normal, video, text, boomerang, and selfie. The Selfie mode will automatically blur out the background and an augmented reality feature is added to place Messenger’s […]

South Africans are among those in the world receiving the highest number of spam calls, according to a new report by Truecaller. The international phone identification app looked at the top 20 countries affected by spam calls in 2018. It said nuisance and unsolicited calls are on the rise around the globe. Truecaller users in […]

It is all systems go for government’s new recruitment drive as the Z83 job application form goes digital as from Wednesday.  Job seekers in the public sector can now apply for vacancies from the comfort of their homes with their laptops or mobile phones. This will make it cheaper, easier and simpler for the public […]

Google South Africa has released its top searches in the country for 2018. The top trends shows what people in the country search for most often. According to the report, the number one personality search is former president Jacob Zuma, closely followed by the current President Cyril Ramaphosa and fitness bunny Sbahle Mpisane. The bunny […]

In an effort to understand how Google search algorithms work, a Democratic congresswoman asked the tech company’s CEO a simple question: “If you Google the word ‘idiot’ under images, a picture of Donald Trump comes up. How would that happen? How does search work so that that would occur?” In the middle of a congressional […]

American Rapper DeAndre Cortez Way, known professionally as Soulja Boy announced on social media that he will be selling his own video game consoles and refurbished tech accessories On his website, SouljaWatch.com, fans or anyone interested in purchasing the devices can see that there are 2 gaming devices which have been named the SouljaGame Console and […]

Instagram announced that it has added a voice messaging feature to its Direct messages. The feature will give users the ability to send each other audio messages or voice notes up to one minute long in private and group chats. Users with the feature can record messages by holding down the microphone button. It’ll send automatically when […]

The global key trends for 2018 brought about some significant changes in innovation and technology. As 2019 approaches, Damian Michael MD of Innovo Networks expects technology trends to disrupt, shift and change the way you do business. The world of technology and innovation does not stay still for one moment. All around the world, there […]

A Sydney gamer heard on a livestream allegedly hitting a woman was charged with assault by Australian police Monday, after the incident went viral on social media. The 26-year-old was using the Twitch video platform to broadcast himself playing the popular shoot-’em-up survival game Fortnite when the alleged assault happened on Sunday night. Footage shared […]

In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby, researchers reported Wednesday. The breakthrough operation, performed in September 2016 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, shows that such transplants are feasible and could help thousands of women unable to have children due to uterine problems, […]