DSTV Zimbabwe introduced the DSTV Lite Bouquet at the end of September. The package came to replace DSTV lite as the entry offer. Being the cheapest, the package offers just a few channels, for just a few dollars as well. The DSTV lite bouquet is a Zimbabwe exclusive. In South Africa, the equivalent package would
Bitcoin is taking the world over, and everyone needs to know what it is. It is the most popular cryptocurrency, having been found in 2008. Bitcoin is strictly a digital currency. This means it’s not a hard currency that you can pocket and use at your favourite pub. Do not be fooled by those pictures
Twitter has doubled the character limit per tweet. They changed the maximum number of characters from 140 to 280, to solve ‘issues with cramming’. The company started testing the feature in back in September. Apparently, the results have been pleasing since they are now pushing it in most languages. The company claims the testing group got
Barclays Bank Zimbabwe has issued a statement indicating their VISA card now requires pre-approval. The bank joins an ever-growing list of banks that are terminating foreign use of cards. You now need to apply to have your bank card activated before you travel. Just visit your local branch to have your card provisioned. Previously, they
DStv Family is the third offering on DStv Zimbabwe’s bouquets and makes more sense than the cheaper packages. When you subscribe to the family package you get a total of 128 channels. Don’t get too excited though, more than half (66) are audio channels. I have not once seen a person who sits on their
EcoCash has announced they will be suspending the use of their MasterCard internationally. This comes hot on the heels of news announcing you can use the card only after you fund it in USD Cash. In a statement on Facebook, the leading mobile money provider announced that the suspension of the card has been extended
Samsung Internet, the Android browser by Samsung, is now available on all android phones. The browser is available on devices running Lollipop and beyond from the Play Store. Samsung Internet was previously available only on their own devices. Earlier this year, they extended support to Google devices in a beta. Now that the beta period
Google placed cheese under the meat patty on their burger emoji, and Twitter went nuts. Sundar Pichai, the CEO, quickly resolved the issue and correctly placed the burger. But that wasn’t before Twitterati had scrutinised the burger emoji. They presented extensive research which displayed a discrepancy between where the cheese had been placed by Google versus
Google has developed a new way to connect Bluetooth headphones called FastPair. The new pairing method will save you going into settings to pair your headphones. When a supported device is nearby, you’ll get a notification on your phone. Tap the notification and pairing is complete. No need to go through the Settings. Furthermore, if
WhatsApp now lets you delete sent messages from the recipient’s phones, albeit within a short space of time. This was a long-awaited feature that everyone hoped would come. Currently, when you delete a message it only disappears from your phone. This means the recipient can still view the erratic message ;-). With the new feature,
