Back in 2017, Amazon was reportedly looking at purchasing Slack for a price of $9 billion USD, but the deal never came through. Now, three years down the road, the business communication platform is finally being acquired, this time by Salesforce for a staggering $27.7 billion USD — the cloud-based software company’s largest acquisition to date. According to a...
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Decentralized exchange protocols that allow crypto traders and investors to trade across different blockсhains have been in development for a while. A significant new development now comes with the launch of the “Testnet” from Injective Protocol. Injective has been backed by Binance, one of the biggest centralized exchanges in the crypto world. Injective Protocol is one of...
Finally iPhone 12 is Coming to SA two Months After its Official Launch
South Africans will eventually be able to get their hands on the Apple’s latest smartphone, the iPhone 12, in a couple of weeks. More than two months after the device’s official launch in October, which had already been delayed due to a shortage of processing chips, Apple’s first 5G phone is set to hit South...
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The ANC has a proud history. Founded in 1912 in Bloemfontein, the party is now 108 years old, making it Africa’s oldest surviving party. It has a proud history that is fast coming apart due to corruption. The ANC is quick to tell everyone it is still a liberation movement, even though it has been...