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Apple has unveiled its latest high-end smartwatch: the Apple Watch Series 6

Apple has unveiled its latest high-end smartwatch: the Apple Watch Series 6

The new watch, which Apple showed off at its annual hardware event on Tuesday, marked a departure from Apple’s typical lineup. Rather than simply offering one watch and discounting older models, Apple debuted two watches: one premium version, the Series 6, and one lower-cost version, the Apple Watch SE.  The higher-end Series 6 has several new...

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Virtual Events Platform Airmeet Raised 12 Million to Fund their Growth

Virtual Events Platform Airmeet Raised 12 Million to Fund their Growth

Airmeet,  a startup that offers a platform to host virtual events, said on Tt has raised $12 million in a new financing round as the Bangalore-headquartered firm demonstrates accelerating growth in its user base. Sequoia Capital India  led the $12 million Series A financing round in one-year-old Airmeet. Redpoint Ventures and existing investors Accel India,  Venture Highway, Global Founders...

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How the 5G network will upend the marketing world

How the 5G network will upend the marketing world

If the jump from 3G to 4G is any indication, it’s clear that 5G is going to make wireless connections faster than ever. But how will it affect the marketing world? In this article, we’ll put the 5G network under the microscope. Let’s start with the basics. What exactly is the 5G network? 5G is...

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City of Johannesburg Residents now have access to 500MB free Wi-Fi per day

City of Johannesburg Residents now have access to 500MB free Wi-Fi per day

The City of Johannesburg has relaunched its free WiFi project, which comprises 84 active Joburg Free WiFi hotspots across the city. “Today we are re-launching the free #JoburgWiFi hotspots roll-out. This is after the free WiFi roll-out took a backseat in the past four years,” tweeted the City of Johannesburg. The project provides Johannesburg residents with 500MB of data...

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South African app is helping more than 1,000 churches migrate online – and it comes with ‘digital tithing’

South African app is helping more than 1,000 churches migrate online – and it comes with ‘digital tithing’

“A few months ago, I became frustrated by the way we, as church leaders, handle general administration, communication, and growth. I found that simply running a church communication strategy through WhatsApp and outdated Facebook pages, along with an incomplete and broken website, were not conducive to building the Kingdom effectively,” Duncan says.eDisciples wants to help...

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China is thinking to end TikTok’s US operations rather than see them sold

China is thinking to end TikTok’s US operations rather than see them sold

The controversial push to force Chinese tech unicorn ByteDance to divest part or all of its smash-hit TikTok  social media service to a U.S.-based company could be in doubt after a report today indicated that China’s government may oppose the transaction. According to reporting by Reuters, the Chinese government may prefer TikTok to simply shutter its U.S. operations...

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Twitter Introduced new feature to help prevent suicide in South Africa

Twitter Introduced new feature to help prevent suicide in South Africa

Twitter has rolled out a new feature in South Africa to prompt those with suicidal thoughts to reach out for help. Local Twitter users who are searching for terms associated with suicide or self-harm, will receive a large notification encouraging them to contact the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG). Twitter deployed a similar...

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Security risks exposed at Marriott, British Airways, and easyJet

Security risks exposed at Marriott, British Airways, and easyJet

An investigation by Which? has revealed that hundreds of cyber security risks were found on numerous travel firms’ websites, potentially putting customers’ data at risk. Security vulnerabilities were found on Marriott (MAR), easyJet (EZJ.L), British Airways (IAG.L), Lastminute.com (LMN.SW), and American Airlines (AAL) websites. Out of the hundreds of vulnerabilities found on these companies’ websites,...

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Samsung Newly-Uncovered Patent Suggests See-Through Phone Screens

Samsung Newly-Uncovered Patent Suggests See-Through Phone Screens

First spotted by tech blog LetsGoDigital, Samsung filed a patent for transparent phone displays back in January. The tech giant issued the document in Korea, seeking to protect its “invention relate[d] generally to a transparent display device.” Ranging from folding phones to pop-up cameras, Samsung has experimented with an array of technical experiments leading up to this see-through breakthrough. Of course, transparent phones...

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Zoom skyrockets 38% after reporting blockbuster earnings

Zoom skyrockets 38% after reporting blockbuster earnings

The company said in a press release that revenue was up 355% from the same quarter a year ago, fueled by adding new users and expanding across existing customers. At the end of the second quarter, Zoom had 370,200 customers with more than 10 employees, a 458% jump on the year.  Zoom also had 988 customers that...

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