By Trycolyn Pikirayi If at some point in your Facebook life have for some reason discovered an ugly photo of yours which was uploaded by a friend (because they looked okay in it) way too late i.e. after it had done enough rounds to be seen by everyone that matters,…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi Just read an article on Bloomberg Technology talking about how WhatsApp and Facebook are in ‘data trouble’. Reports say that France’s data protection authority CNIL served WhatsApp with a formal notice stating that they (WhatsApp) only have a month to get their house in order and stop…
By Leonard Sengere You know how filthy your email inbox looks. You don’t really know how it got to this but it is a mess right now. It probably is that kind of mess which paralyses one to inaction. You know it is a mess but it is so big…
By Leonard Sengere You have a smartphone, that’s almost given. You use that smartphone of yours for all kinds of business. In that pocket computer of yours are stored some of the deepest secrets, both business and personal. You would like to make sure no unauthorised eyes ever get to…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi Of late, the Zimbabwe Electronic Commission (ZEC) has been under pressure from civil society organisations to give the public access to their servers. Turns out ZEC is not too keen to do that. The Herald today published a response from a ZEC representative, ZEC commissioner Dr Q…
By Staff Writer As Controvert Media (Techzim’s parent) continues to grow, it needs to have more accountability and to keep its identity. It’s easy to be so overwhelmed by growth that you start losing sight of the detail. Yet it is the detail that ensures you keep growing. In fact…
By Staff Writer ZymPay and CABS bring a revolutionary solution to the current inconvenient method of paying your mortgage bills. London, UK – December 2017 – Cross border bill payment business ZymPay has entered in a strategic partnership with CABS ( Largest Mortgage Bank and part of Old Mutual Group)…
By Trycolyn Pikirayi Just a few days ago, ZIMRA (Zimbabwe Revenue Authority) revealed how it had surpassed the revenue it had projected for the month of November (2017) by almost 30%. We had mixed emotions concerning this announcement. Anyway, judging from their e-service downtime this month and the report that…
By Rufaro Madamombe So the year is about to come to an end and like every year, Google has released data on what people searched about throughout 2017. Around the world, people searched for a wide variety of things from recipes, song lyrics to people or television shows. The data…
By Guest Author VPN (Virtual Private Network) has long been used by the netizens to ensure the internet privacy. VPN providers offer a level of privacy for internet users that they cannot obtain from anywhere else. The VPN software creates a digital tunnel through which your connection is routed, avoiding…