Category: <span>Tech News</span>

The online ecosystem its a land grab as it gives a plenty of opportunities to entrepreneurs who are willing to challenge and change the status quo, in order to realise their dreams. The newly launched food delivery app MyChef, is planning to disrupt the online food delivery market. Their intention is clear and laser focus...

Social media giant Twitter’s already building a competitor to the hot social audio app Clubhouse, but apparently, it’s discussed outright acquiring the company, too. Bloomberg reports today that Twitter held discussions with Clubhouse about purchasing the app for around $4 billion. These conversations have reportedly stalled, and it’s unclear why. It’s also unclear whether Twitter or Clubhouse approached...

Audio-chat app Clubhouse has launched a monetization feature for its creators on the platform. The company adds, “this will be the first of many features that allow creators to get paid directly on Clubhouse.” The users will be able to send payments through the platform, Clubhouse mentioned. The feature to receive payments will initially be...

LG electronics said it will close its loss-making mobile phone business unit worldwide as the once pioneer brand looks to focus its resources in “growth areas” such as electric vehicle components, connected devices, smart homes, robotics, AI and B2B solutions, and platforms and services. The South Korean firm said in a statement that its board of directors...

Taxi-hailing service Bolt has launched its Bolt-food delivery service in Kenya as the country goes into lockdown occasioned by the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The platform said it has already onboarded 200 restaurants including KFC, Big Square, Pizza Mojo, Urban Gourmet Burger, Debonairs Pizza, Steers Ohcha Noodle Bar, The Chef House, Wings Kenya...

The National Treasury has appointed MTN as the new mobile service provider to the government for the next five years. The contract allows for all entities of state to “utilise the contract for mobile communication services, which will further assist with cost containment”. The scale of the government’s requirements is expected to allow MTN to...

Chinese ride-hailing company DiDi Chuxing to start operations in South Africa soon. Founded in 2012, the Beijing based company operates in more than 400 cities in China. It claims to serve over 550 million users in 16 countries across Asia, Europe, Latin America and Australia. This South African expansion (first launch in Cape Town) marks...

Facebook is planning to start its return to in-person work in May, after over a year of working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Bloomberg. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced remote work plans near the start of the pandemic that promised around half of his employees could work remotely in the next five to 10 years,...

TikTok owner ByteDance has hired Xiaomi executive Shou Zi Chew for a newly created role as chief finance officer, in a sign that the tech company is moving towards a much-anticipated initial public offering of one or some of its businesses. ByteDance has been considering whether to go for a standalone public listing for Douyin,...

About a year ago, we reworked the Spotify mobile experience to refresh our Home interface. Since then, Spotify users have been able to access the content they love more quickly and easily—and maybe even discover something new straight from their home screen. But the ease and discovery don’t stop there. This month, we’re announcing a series...