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Viber launches full end-to-end Encryption and ‘Hidden Chats’

April 19, 2016

Viber, one of the world’s leading messaging apps with more than 711 million unique users worldwide, today announces complete end-to-end encryption across all devices…

The Viber Experience

April 7, 2014

Tired of using actual airtime to make your calls or send messages? Want to try out a free way to do this? Then get…

Zambia to possibly have a social media tax

August 14, 2018

In some rather disturbing news there is another tax about to be implemented on top of the taxes we already pay on other taxes….

WhatsApp announces video calling on iOS, Android and Windows phones

November 15, 2016

WhatsApp video calling was enabled in the beta version of the app but today the Facebook-owned platform will activate for all users on iOS,…

Fourth Mobile Operator? We already have that

July 22, 2016

Zambia now has a fourth mobile operator. Contentious? Let me make my case for stating the obvious. Zambia has 3 licensed mobile cellular operators as…

Video calling added to BBM on Android and iOS

May 4, 2016

Yup, BlackBerry are still in the smartphone fight for Android and iOS, more specifically in the social messenger ring battling the likes of Skype, Viber,…

Last week’s Tech Trends – April 18th to 22nd, 2016

April 24, 2016

Here are all the stories we shared last week: The Apple app store is dead The App mall (store) is dead; time to re-invent…

Google is looking to replace the SMS with RCS

February 24, 2016

There is no arguing the Short Message Service is a dead technology that has only been kept alive by provider networks and mobile advertisers…

WeChat launched WeChat Out for cheaper calls to mobile and landlines globally

January 6, 2016

WeChat has launched a new feature on its app called WeChat Out that allows users make calls to mobile and landline numbers around the…

Number of users of popular social media sites globally right now

August 12, 2015

Social media is growing these days, and almost everyone is on it, for whatever purposes. Here are the number of users of social media as…

WhatsApp introduces voice calling (VoIP) on Windows phones

June 24, 2015

Source: Tech News Today Finally Windows phone owners can make voice calls on WhatsApp, after it had already slowed rolled out the extra feature…

Last Week’s Tech Trends: What You Missed

May 4, 2015

As a new week begins let’s recap some of the biggest tech stories that made waves last week starting with this one: 1. Social…

Coming Soon: Video Calls On Facebook Messenger

April 29, 2015

The VoIP world is at it, trying to push for products that rival every competitor out there on the technology scene, and Facebook is…

Whatsapp Voice Call Feature For Android Slowly Rolled Out

February 4, 2015

Whatsapp had promised a voice call feature within the app and India seems to be the first country with users who have access as reported by FirstPost….

Stickers now Available for Facebook Comments, Group Chats and Event Posts

October 14, 2014

Previously you could only use stickers on Facebook in the Messenger app but Facebook yesterday rolled them out to comments, groups, and event comments…

Phone Calls: Age of Extinction

September 18, 2014

When did you last make a phone call? With airtime, not free minutes? For how long? What was the call about? With the rise…

Get a life, get a Gig, Show your Swag or Get 100% Back- The Zambian battle of the bundles

July 31, 2014

The battle for the youthful mobile user took on yet another twist. We break it down for you as to whether you should “Get…

Pros and Cons of 4G/LTE connectivity in Zambia

July 28, 2014

In a country such as Zambia where internet is generally either hanging on EDGE or 3G, which are not user friendly for the large…