Designed to be a Twitch rival when it debuted seven weeks ago, YouTube Gaming's new update has mobile livestreaming and paid subscriptions, ramping up competition with Twitch. FULL STORY >

Orange Digital Ventures announces its participation in the funding of Afrostream, a subscription video on demand service (SVOD) of African, African-American and African-Caribbean films and television series, alongside TheFamily, Cross Culture... FULL STORY >

1Stream, a leading provider of cloud contact centre technology and services, has released an updated version of its platform. FULL STORY >

Following on from its pre-E3 announcement this year, YouTube's Twitch rivalling service named YouTube Gaming, is primed and ready for launch tomorrow. FULL STORY >

Now officially available in SA, ShowMax is an on-demand entertainment streaming service that has binge-watchers in mind, with monthly subscriptions set to R99/pm. FULL STORY >

For both new and established e-commerce merchants worldwide, customer experience and customer care have become key to survival. While online stores can beat out their brick and mortar competitors on price, gaining a... FULL STORY >

After receiving positive feedback following debut a few weeks ago, now the FTC is closely examining Apple Music's streaming of rival services from within the App Store. FULL STORY >

Apple heeds Taylor Swift's "advice", as Apple Music's Eddie Cue confirms that the company will pay artists during the service's three month long trial period. FULL STORY >

Jed Hewson, Director at 1Stream, a leading provider of cloud based call centre technology in Southern Africa, says that business leaders/decision-makers need to first and foremost ‘play detective’... FULL STORY >

Taking a cue from services like Spotify and Tidal, MTN South Africa has just debuted its new subscription-based music streaming and downloading platform - MTN Music+. FULL STORY >

Little more than existing infrastructure investments is holding South African contact centres back from a mass migration to the cloud, say key local players. Tracy Burrows investigates. FULL STORY >

Finally, South Africa may be on the way to catching up with its broadband counterparts in the US, Europe and Asia. FULL STORY >

Not everyone is blessed with the latest in-car infotainment system. Parrot’s Asteroid Mini is an elegant solution that fills this gap. FULL STORY >

Nokia announces a new subscription-based upgrade to Mix Radio called Music+. FULL STORY >

Microsoft has unveiled, and is set to launch, its new Xbox Music service, which will begin rolling out worldwide from today. FULL STORY >