Huawei Cloud CDN promotion to boost Southern African streaming, website speeds
By Staff Writer 14 April 2023In a world where content is king, Huawei’s cloud-based content delivery network (CDN) could be a boon for African digital businesses which can benefit from faster websites, downloads, on-demand services, and live... FULL STORY >
Ubuntu lands in Windows Store for download
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 11 July 2017Keeping the promise made at its Build 2017 conference, Microsoft makes Ubuntu available to download from its online store. FULL STORY >
Demo for PES 2017 lands in PlayStation and Xbox stores
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 25 August 2016With its 13 September release date in sight, Konami has uploaded a PES 2017 demo to both the PlayStation and Xbox stores. Can it tempt FIFA fans into buying it? FULL STORY >
Pokémon Go passes 100 million downloads
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 2 August 2016Earning a reported $10 million in revenue per day in the process. FULL STORY >
Google testing feature to download apps straight from Google app search screen
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 19 January 2016According to reports, Google is aiming to empower its search engine even further. The company will enable app downloads straight from the search screen, circumventing the Play Store. FULL STORY >
NASA's New Horizons data downlink to take one year
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 7 September 2015Seven weeks after NASA's New Horizons probe passed Pluto and its moons, the job of downloading "tens of gigabits" of data begins, which will take almost one year to complete. FULL STORY >
Wolfenstein prequel The Old Blood gets digital release
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 8 May 2015Zombies, Nazis and espionage - the prequel to Wolfenstein: The New Order, The Old Blood, takes fans back to 1946 and is now available for digital download. FULL STORY >
Vivaldi is new web browser from ex-Opera CEO
By Robin-Leigh Chetty 27 January 2015The browser wars looked primed to hot up this year, as Microsoft drops Internet Explorer. Now ex-Opera CEO, Jon Von Tetzchner debuts Vivaldi, a new cross-platform web browser. FULL STORY >
PS4 preloading feature accessible from next week
By Ryan Noik 20 June 2014In the wake of E3, some more good news has emerged regarding the PS4 – apparently, the promised automatic game preloading feature is just around the corner. FULL STORY >
Mxit 7 launches in phased rollout
By Hanleigh Daniels 12 November 2013Mxit makes a reinvigorated play for the hearts and minds of IM and social networking mobile users via Mxit 7. FULL STORY >
Mozilla releases Firefox 25
By Hanleigh Daniels 31 October 2013Mozilla releases the latest edition (25) of its popular Firefox web browser as well as Firefox for Android. FULL STORY >
Twitter incorporates Vine videos into user timelines
By Hanleigh Daniels 31 October 2013Twitter updates its official Android and iOS applications to make timelines more engaging for mobile device users. FULL STORY >
SnappCab app launched locally
By Hanleigh Daniels 9 October 2013A new startup firm aims to change the way South Africans make use of meter taxi services. FULL STORY >
BBM for Android, iOS rollout delayed
By Hanleigh Daniels 23 September 2013BlackBerry hits the pause button on rolling out BBM for other platforms. FULL STORY >
BBM arriving on Android and iPhone this week
By Hanleigh Daniels 19 September 2013BlackBerry is making its popular BBM instant messaging service available as a free download for the iPhone and Android smartphones this week. FULL STORY >
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