Emirates has introduced 3D seat models on emirates.com, becoming the first airline to introduce web virtual reality (VR) technology on its digital platform. The 3D seat model is a visualisation…
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Zambia has added to its digital banking platform options with the introduction of Leo, UBA’s digital Banker whom customers can use to carry out banking…
In a tweet social ranking site Klout has announced that it’ll shut down. Klout is a social media influencer tool website that allowed users to sign up with their social…
Twitter announced it’s updating the way it appears on its Windows desktop version. As you can see things have been shifted around a bit. The old version looks like this:…
Today launched the 5th annual Digital Dialogue Conference hosted by MultiChoice Africa and I could write tonnes about how beautiful Dubai, where it’s being held, is but let’s focus on…
Social media site Twitter is down right now on both web and mobile versions for many people. My last Twitter update on my feed is from 20 minutes ago but the…
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of the US Congress. He answered more than 500 questions and promised that we would get back on the 40 or so questions…
Technology is advancing everyday and the target consumers of the products we get from these advancements are humans, but just how many access it, and of those, how many are…
Instagram has introduced a new ‘Focus’ feature in the in-app camera. It can be used in both the rear and front-facing camera. Once you aim the camera at yourself/an object/another…
Social messaging app WeChat has just surpassed its 1 billion mark, according to its parent company Tencent’s CEO, Pony Ma. It is the biggest social networking and messenger app in…
he Inclusive Internet Index, commissioned by Facebook and conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit, returns for its second year. Expanded to cover 86 countries, up from 75 in 2017, the…
Facebook has share that it will use facial recognition to help its users do more than just tag their friends but also to: find photos and videos that they were…
Facebook Lists is new status updates option currently been tested with a few users that lets them create, obviously, lists. These can be anything a user has on their to-do…
Celebrating Safer Internet Day (SID) under the connected theme of “Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you”, Facebook today announced a number of partnerships across Africa with over 20 non-governmental…
WhatsApp has launched its new WhatsApp Business app, a free Android app targeting small and medium businesses to help them connect with customers in the following ways: Business Profiles: Help customers with…
Last week, the Zambia Information and Technology Communication Authority (ZICTA) issued a statement on social media usage and ita abuse by Zambians. The statement read: ‘ZICTA has noted that usage…
Twitter has recognised how many users love to tell a story in multiple tweets, aka a thread. These stories may be a coverage of events or just a user’s rants…
Instagram has announced an extra feature to allow users follow their interests by enabling the ‘follow’ of hashtags. Yup, if you search for a particular hashtag, you have the option…
WhatsApp launched a new feature that allows users to share their location, calling it Live Location, and here’s how you use it: Open up a chat with the person who…
There has been hundreds of people online, mostly women, posting the status update ‘Me Too’ over the past few days and you may be wondering why. The ‘Me Too’ movement…
