Facebook is asking developers across the Middle East and Africa to create innovative bots in the Bots for Messenger Developer Challenge. FULL STORY >

Following on from the first exploration, of open source and its relevance today, in part 1, the next topic up for discussion at the Microsoft Technology Summit, was innovation. FULL STORY >

Microsoft’s Technology Summit, held in Johannesburg and squarely aimed at developers, saw the Sandton Convention Centre packed till it was overflowing, clearly showing there is a very healthy developer interest in South Africa. FULL STORY >

BlackBerry says it is now able to be competitive with other cloud communication platforms by offering the most secure cloud based communications platform with the introduction of BBM Enterprise SDK. FULL STORY >

Google's developer site says anyone can now create apps for its Daydream VR. FULL STORY >

Attention devs! This year's iteration of Google I/O is on from 17-19 May. FULL STORY >

Hinging heavily on public APIs, Twitter is making a concerted effort to keep its users’ data safe from developers creating surveillance tools. FULL STORY >

The API platform is designed to provide easy integration with Mastercard payments, data and security solutions. FULL STORY >

Showcased at Google I/O this year and in beta ever since, the company's Daydream VR platform enters SDK mode. FULL STORY >

Agile Africa, an annual conference where African software professionals meet to uncover better ways of working and developing software, will take place on 22 – 23 August 2016 at Wanderers in Johannesburg, South Africa. FULL STORY >

Matching its iOS counterparts, Google is reportedly offering Android app developers a 85% cut on revenue. FULL STORY >

A new VR platform and headset to match, new messaging apps, a FaceTime rival and three other big announcements following the first day at Google I/O 2016. FULL STORY >

PlayStation VR is shaping up nicely. As such, Sony promises an estimated 50 games to release over the two months between PlayStation VR's launch and the end of 2016. FULL STORY >

At the Game Developers Conference taking place this week, Sony has detailed the release date and pricing for its VR headset, arriving in October for $399. FULL STORY >

One of our lucky finds of the past rAge, was stumbling across a locally developed game called Cadence. Not a regular FPS or action title, Cadence is, well, different. We talked to the Monster-in-chief at indy game studio, Made... FULL STORY >