By Farai Mudzingwa Messenger Lite, the Facebook messaging app designed specifically for low-end phones with minimal storage and slower internet connections has been updated to support video calling. The video chat works similarly to the one on Whatsapp and the more ‘mature’ Facebook Messenger. You can mute a call, switch…
By Farai Mudzingwa It seems the EcoCash doors have been opened once again. Telecel subscribers are now able to register for EcoCash. Last week we reported that NetOne subscribers could now register on EcoCash. The process is as simple as going into an Econet Shop and going through the normal…
By Farai Mudzingwa The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona ended a week ago and one of the major focuses this year was 5G. The fifth generation of broadband cellular network technology, succeeding 4G is expected to launch in the US by the end of this year. Europe, Japan, South Korea…
By Garikai Dzoma I recently declared war on my pot-belly. In addition to sticking to smaller portions and a more healthy diet I have started to take up my exercising seriously. Everyday I have to make sure I burn more calories than I am eating. The problem though is that…
By Farai Mudzingwa NetOne has disclosed that they compensated 177 000 OneFusion customers for the disruptions faced last month. Back in February OneFusion subscribers started complaining about the depletion of data much quicker and disappearance of data altogether. NetOne has now compensated 177 000 with 150MB each in compliance with…
By Farai Mudzingwa Microsoft has finally released an update for the Spectre and Meltdown flaws that were discovered in January. The vulnerabilities affected millions of Windows PC’s that had Intel and ARM CPU’s which is the bulk of the PC market. What is this Meltdown and Spectre? Ok, let me…
By Farai Mudzingwa Over 27 000 Bitcoin investors have been victimised after investing in BTC Global. Most of the victims were South African but the scam reached Australia and Canada. How did this happen? BTC Global was asking investors to send their hard earned coins to an online wallet address.…
By Farai Mudzingwa Cellulant, a digital payments service, is trying to lessen the burden involved with making fees payments in Zimbabwe. They are introducing a service that enables tracking of fees payments. This means that as a parent/guardian you just pay fees and don’t have to produce any proof of…
By Garikai Dzoma There is a claim out there that about 2 in 3 people secretly yearn to own and run their own business. The best way I know to start your own business is to start a business. The downside though is that the odds are always against you…
By Farai Mudzingwa Today, Paynow the local digital payments platform has launched a Progressive Web App(PWA) to make it easier to centralize all your payments. What’s a Progressive Web App? Ok, so you may be wondering what a Progressive Web App is, to begin with. Think of it as a…