By Edwin Chabuka At the beginning of 2017 I threw out an article on how it was going to be the year of the biggest smartphone battle. Boy oh boy did they deliver! Even threw in a couple of new kids into the arena, the Razer Phone and the Essential…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi old man on phone ” data-medium-file=”https://www.techzim.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/old-man-phone-255×170.jpg” data-large-file=”https://www.techzim.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/old-man-phone-560×373.jpg”> “Competition makes us faster; Collaboration makes us better.” Anonymous To compete or to collaborate? To say these are mutually exclusive would be quite inaccurate. However, it’s important to note that most times when we choose one, the other suffers. I…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi You know how every time you come across Option 2 aka “Content Bundle” whenever you’re trying to check your WhatsApp or Facebook bundle balance? On your Econet line that is… Yea that, what is that? Well, to be honest; I don’t know. I don’t know the proper…
By Tinashe Nyahasha Sometimes I recall dates according to what zhet (hustle) was ‘the in zhet in Zimbabwe at that time.’ You remember ngoda (diamond rush), burning and the associated BACCOSSI, charcoal irons, zvihuta (quail birds), MMM..? Is bitcoin the same as these passing fads (some of them were nothing…
By Tinashe Nyahasha I almost wrote this article five weeks ago but I aborted mission. First, I asked myself what mining had to do with Techzim and then I was a bit scared to antagonise the readership here with nothing but my conjecture. Why have I written the article now?…
By Vendetta Mtunzi Tyler Barney, a 17 year old, has exposed Apple for deliberately slowing down older iPhones which could cost the tech-giant company billions in lawsuits. Barney, who is currently a high school student in the United States has discovered reduced performance in almost every old Apple device which…
By Leonard Sengere Most of us are a little optimistic about the future of this country of ours. We are hopeful that things will change for the better in the coming year as we get ankle deep into a new president’s administration. We may be optimistic but we still are…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi When we talk tech, advancement is what comes to the minds of most… which then makes it sad that the very same thing we celebrate much, is the very same thing that can cause more damage than we can ever fathom. An 11 year old from kwaZvimba…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi Apparently, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) site has been hacked. We received a tip alerting us to this some minutes ago (two actually, one came as I was already writing this). Nonetheless, we’re not sure how long it’s been like that maybe because our own internal ‘Equities…
By Leonard Sengere Amazon is and continues to solidify its position as the biggest e-commerce company in the world. They posted third quarter results which exceeded analyst expectations. Revenue grew by about a third year on year to $43.7 billion, which includes the $1.3 billion contribution from new acquisition Whole…