Google Maps gets Plus Codes for easy address identification
By Staff Writer 29 May 2020Plus Codes are simple, easy to use digital addresses derived from latitude and longitude coordinates FULL STORY >
Google Meet video conferencing made free for everyone
By Staff Writer 29 April 2020Google Cloud today announced it is making Google Meet, Google’s video-conferencing solution, free for everyone, everywhere. FULL STORY >
Google launches tools to help educators and students stay connected
By Staff Writer 26 March 2020Google has announced two new resources to help teachers and students stay connected FULL STORY >
Google South Africa gets new country director
By Staff Writer 17 January 2020Google South Africa today announced that Alistair Mokoena will take up the role of country director. FULL STORY >
Google releases 2019 Year in Search results
By Staff Writer 11 December 2019Google has announced the results of its 2019 Year in Search, providing a unique insight into the year's major moments and top trends based on searches conducted in South Africa. FULL STORY >
First Google Startup Week Lagos sees startups pitching to top UK and African VCs
By Press Release 29 November 2019Google this week hosted its first Google Startup Week in Lagos, which saw Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa graduates, from across Africa, pitch for funding from some of Africa & the UK’s top venture... FULL STORY >
Puma releases new Smartwatch
By Staff Writer 14 November 2019After debuting its smartwatch at IFA in September, Puma has now officially launched the device at an event held yesterday on the Empire State Building’s 86th Floor Observatory. FULL STORY >
Fortnite perhaps not available from Google Play
By Staff Writer 30 July 2018Could there be a spanner in the works that will see the free-to-play game being unavailable on the Google Play app store? FULL STORY >
Google Podcasts App
By Mike Joubert 24 July 2018Surely a product developed by Google must do better than apps already available? Unfortunately the verdict is that it’s pretty average. FULL STORY >
Organic growth of cloud expected to increase
By Staff Writer 17 July 2018Andrew Cruise, managing director, Routed, a vendor-neutral cloud infrastructure provider, says that there is still a lot for local businesses to learn about cloud before they see the true benefits. FULL STORY >
Hey Google goes quiet with Google Home and Chromecast outage
By Staff Writer 28 June 2018Google had to sort out a major headache yesterday, as millions of Google Home and Chromecast users were left without service. FULL STORY >
Google Assistant, Alexa support coming to Xbox One
By Staff Writer 4 June 2018You might be talking to your Xbox already, although we doubt it’s the type of words that Amazon’s Alexa or Google’s Assistant will understand. FULL STORY >
Google Lens makes its way to the Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 1 June 2018The camera feature arrives on Sony's latest devices, but no word if it's region-specific. FULL STORY >
Google's paid storage plans get pricing overhaul
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 15 May 2018The company has made its paid storage options cheaper, along with adding a new Google One tier. FULL STORY >
Google says Duplex AI will identify itself as a bot to humans
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 11 May 2018Following its demo at I/O 2018, Google has addressed concerns over its Duplex AI platform and said that the system will identify itself as a bot to humans when making calls. FULL STORY >
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