Showing posts with category "mobile"

New features coming to WhatsApp – including ‘stealth mode’

WhatsApp is expected to roll out a host of new features in future updates, including those most requested by users.

Apple ex-corporate law chief admits years of insider trading

The Apple Inc lawyer who was once responsible for enforcing the company’s insider trading policy admitted he used his access to draft SEC filings to personally profit.

MTN working on a plan to solve battery recharging woes during load shedding

As load shedding escalates across the country, MTN South Africa says it is working around the clock to protect customers’ connectivity, with an aggressive rollout of batteries, generators, and alte...

Privacy changes coming to WhatsApp – but there are still questions in South Africa

Meta-owned messaging service WhatsApp announced several new privacy-related changes in recent weeks, but the app is still not aligned with South Africa’s laws, says Chanique Rautenbach of Barnard A...

Phone and SIM card change planned for South Africa

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has proposed tying the biometric data of South Africans to their SIM cards in a move to clamp down on fraudulent activity.

Cell C points to critical milestone in its financial restructuring

Blue Label Telecoms Tuesday (21 June) published a note on SENS, updating shareholders on mobile operator Cell C’s bond process – crucial to its financial restructuring.

New case in South Africa deals with a worker fired for a WhatsApp message – here’s what you should know

With South African business and employees growing increasingly reliant on WhatsApp as a means of communication, it has become increasingly common for labour disputes to arise around the messaging p...

Meta working on other devices for the wrist

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc has halted the development of a smartwatch with dual cameras and is instead working on other devices for the wrist, according to a person with knowledge o...

These WhatsApp messages can land you in trouble at work in South Africa

As more South Africans work from home or shift to a hybrid working model, employers and employees are increasingly using messaging services such as WhatsApp to stay in contact. However, these servi...

All you need to know about Apple’s latest updates

Apple Inc unveiled a flurry of new software features and services at its Worldwide Developers Conference, including an updated iPhone lock screen, multitasking features for the iPad and a pay-later...

Musk’s ‘buyer’s remorse’ won’t get him out of Twitter deal

Elon Musk formally and forcefully revived his assertion that Twitter Inc has a serious bot problem, and threatened to walk away from his deal to buy the company if the social network doesn’t do mor...

Nokia boss predicts when we will move away from smartphones, and the arrival of 6G

Nokia chief executive officer Pekka Lundmark anticipates 6G will hit the commercial market around 2030, but  believes that the smartphone will not be the most common connectivity interface by then.