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By Batsirai Chikadaya The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe issued a public statement yesterday, 25 August, warning the public against participating and investing in Ponzi and Pyramid schemes. According to the RBZ, Ponzi and Pyramid schemes tempt people into investing their money in lucrative investments and contribution systems with the promise…

By L.S.M Kabweza A move long suspected WhatsApp would make after the acquisition by Facebook was to start sharing its data with Facebook so it’s users could be targeted with ads on the world’s biggest social network. When it was acquired, both Facebook and WhatsApp said this would not happen.…

By L.S.M Kabweza They went and took offline what was probably Zimbabwe’s most useful website. And I mean “useful” in the sense of its importance to the country’s economy. The ZSE website which we celebrated at launch in 2013 has been taken down, and its place is this – a…

By Nigel Gambanga Anyone can now live stream from their account, literally accessing broadcast services (which used to be privileged) to everyone with a smartphone, a Facebook account and an internet connection that’s good enough to go live. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Facebook Live now available to all Zimbabwean users,…

By Nigel Gambanga As much as MultiChoice is selling these reductions as its way of transferring value to its subscribers (which could also be part of the motivation), it’s likely a response to competition that’s mounting from pay TV alternatives. Articles appeared first on Techzim;MultiChoice adjusts decoder prices & GOtv…

By Batsirai Chikadaya According to Similar Web, the top 10 most visited websites in Zimbabwe are as follows: Google Zimbabwe (Search Engine) Youtube (Tv and Video) Google International (Search Engine) Facebook (Social Network) Yahoo (Search Engine) Alibaba (Online shopping) Newsday Zimbabwe (News and Media) Herald Zimbabwe (News and Media) Xvideos…

By Nigel Gambanga ZETDC, a subsidiary of the Zimbabwe’s power utility concern ZESA, has announced that starting from the 1st of September 2016 it will be increasing the debt recovery rate from 40% to 50% on all domestic accounts in arrears that are using prepaid electricity meters . Articles appeared…

By Aurther Shoko Your head can do 10 quadrillion calculations per second. Whatever tech will do to match this kind of human brain computational power on the road to AGI, it must match the convenience of a human brain both in size and resources which you and I have between…

By Batsirai Chikadaya image credit: countrycaller.com Opera has finally released its free unlimited VPN service for Android. The Opera VPN service is a separate application from the company’s web browser. The VPN service allows you to browse the internet privately and anonymously, hiding what you do online from being tracked.…

By Nigel Gambanga TelOne, Zimbabwe’s fixed telecoms provider that activated dial-up services has started phasing it out. According to the telecoms regulator, POTRAZ active dial-up connections were whittled down from a total of 6,872 in December 2015 to just 44 active connections at the beginning of April 2016. Articles appeared…