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Lendme Zimbabwe introduces airtime eVouchers

2012 May 16 | 899 Views
Lendme, the mobile airtime credit startup, was officially launched this week and will allow users in Zimbabwe to borrow airtime. Before launch, users could only register accounts. Lendme has now int...

by L.S.M Kabweza

General Motors to pull $10M paid Ads from Facebook - saying they don't work

2012 May 16 | 489 Views
General Motors is planning to pull $10 million in paid advertising from Facebook, after deciding that paid ads on the site have little impact on consumers' car purchases, according to a GM official. ...

by Staff reporter

Apple to drop Google Maps in the upcoming mobile platform iOS 6

2012 May 16 | 374 Views
Apple will drop Google Maps from its upcoming mobile platform iOS 6 in favor of its own mapping system, it was reported on Friday.The application design is said to be fairly similar to the current Goo...

by Moyo Roy

Telecel slashes data bundle prices, offers 50 percent discounts

2012 May 14 | 726 Views
TELECEL Zimbabwe has slashed the cost of its data bundles, making them the cheapest on the market. With effect from today, Telecel subscribers will be able to purchase data bundles from 55 megabytes ...

by Business Reporter

Zimbabwe to decide on Blackberry use

2012 May 13 | 1882 Views
Zimbabweans remain uncertain about whether authorities will allow them to use BlackBerry phones.This is after the Post and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) continued dilly-...

by Staff reporter

Facebook to start charging as it introduces the App Center

2012 May 10 | 1732 Views
The social media giant, Facebook on Wednesday announced the App Center, a new place for people to find social apps. The App Center gives developers an additional way to grow their apps and creates o...

by Moyo Roy

Samsung unveils new-generation premium TV

2012 May 10 | 816 Views
Seoul - South Korea's Samsung Electronics on Thursday unveiled its new-generation premium television as global manufacturers seek to drive slowing sales with lucrative models.The world's top TV maker...

by Moyo Roy

Google to introduce driverless cars

2012 May 08 | 840 Views
Driverless cars will soon be a reality on the roads of Nevada after the state approved America's first self-driven vehicle licence.The first to hit the highway will be a Toyota Prius modified by searc...

by Staff reporter

Yahoo shareholder demand company board fires CEO

2012 May 08 | 435 Views
A Yahoo shareholder on Friday demanded the company's board fire chief executive officer Scott Thompson over his false resume by Monday noon.In a letter to Yahoo board, Daniel Loeb, managing partner of...

by Staff reporter

TelOne fibre optic project complete

2012 May 06 | 730 Views
BULAWAYO - TelOne says it has successfully completed the Harare to Bulawayo optic fibre project, a development that is set to improve service delivery. "We have just finished, and work is current...

by Staff reporter

Suspected criminals who got themselves caught via Facebook

2012 May 04 | 1483 Views
1, Setting up deadly human traps along hiking trails Two Utah men were arrested April 21 for setting crude, potentially deadly medieval-style booby traps along a popular hiking trail outside of Provo...

by Moyo Roy

Microsoft and Barnes & Noble announces an e-book venture

2012 May 02 | 387 Views
Microsoft and US book retailer Barnes & Noble on Monday announced an e-book venture to challenge Amazon and Apple in the market.Microsoft will make a 300-million-U.S. dollar investment in the new...

by Moyo Roy

Zimbabwe Online (ZOL) slashes tariffs

2012 May 02 | 901 Views
Internet services provider Zimbabwe Online has slashed tariffs to levels being charged in the region. ZOL offers Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) spot where anyone with a Wi-Fi capable device such as a lapto...

by Staff reporter

Microsoft sues two Chinese IT companies for about 1.59 million U.S. dollars

2012 April 29 | 1518 Views
Two Chinese IT companies were brought to court on Thursday for using a number of pirated Microsoft software packages in their offices, and the U.S. company is seeking at least 10 million yuan (1.59 mi...

by Moyo Roy

Cyber crime on the rise in Zimbabwe - CID

2012 April 24 | 2095 Views
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) spokesperson Detective Inspector Augustine Zimbili told the state media that cyber crime was on the increase as some people were continually losing money to...

by staff reporter

Thousands of computer users may lose internet in July

2012 April 21 | 3013 Views
Washington - For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing internet connections this summer.Unknown to most of them, their problem began when inte...

by AP

Smart-device swiping likely to gain widespread acceptance by 2020: study

2012 April 20 | 1215 Views
By 2020, smart-device swiping will have gained mainstream acceptance as a method of payment by owners of smartphone and other devices, nearly eliminating the need in most cases for cash or credit card...

by Moyo Roy

Google’s co-founder criticises major rivals Facebook and Apple

2012 April 17 | 1336 Views
Google’s co-founder Sergey Brin was yesterday quoted as saying the rise of 'walled garden' like Facebook and Apple, which tightly control what software can be released on their platforms, were res...

by Moyo Roy

Hacker jailed for two years, eight months

2012 April 14 | 1411 Views
London - A member of the international computer hacking group Anonymous was jailed for two years, eight months on Friday for breaking into the website of Britain's biggest abortion service provider.Ja...

by Staff reporter

World's largest solar power plant begins operation in Saudi Arabian

2012 April 13 | 1248 Views
The world's largest solar power plant, designed and manufactured by Austrian companies, began operation in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh recently after six months of trial operation, Austrian Pres...

by Moyo Roy

ZITF website Hacked, a few days before 2012 annual exhibition

2012 April 13 | 1702 Views
The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Company which is currently in preparing for its 2012 annual exhibition has had its website hacked by Crashbandicot. The company has managed to take d...

by Moyo Roy

Facebook acquires Instagram for $1 billion

2012 April 10 | 1133 Views
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday delivered announced via a post on his social-networking site that Facebook will acquire the smart phone app company, Instagram for $1 billion in cash and s...

by Moyo Roy

Hackers targeting Macs with virus

2012 April 08 | 1736 Views
San Francisco - The computer security industry buzzed with warnings that more than a half-million Macintosh computers may have been infected with a virus targeting Apple machines.Flashback Trojan malw...

by Ndou Paul

ICT readiness is still low in Sub-Saharan Africa - Report

2012 April 06 | 880 Views
The 11th annual Global Information Technology Report released on Wednesday reports that digital divide still remains as the ICT readiness is still low in Sub-Saharan Africa.Sweden ranked first due to ...

by Bhebhe Mandla

Yahoo lays off 2000 employees

2012 April 05 | 713 Views
Yahoo on Wednesday announced to lay off 2,000 employees, or about 14 percent of the company's workforce."Today's actions are an important next step toward a bold, new Yahoo -- smaller, nimbler, more p...

by Moyo Roy

Another flying car takes off

2012 April 05 | 835 Views
THE HAGUE, Holland - We've just told you about a US company testing its new street-legal plane called the Transition. Now a Dutch company hopes to get its share of airspace with a new model designed ...

by AFP

Flying car completes its first flight

2012 April 04 | 1133 Views
Flying cars aren't just science fiction anymore.Woburn, Mass.-based Terrafugia Inc. said Monday that its prototype flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal ...

by Moyo Roy

Goodyear Road Safety Advice

2012 April 03 | 613 Views
PACKING THE CAR: SAFETY FIRST! Whether you're taking a short trip to the seaside, simply going from the airport to the hotel or are about to set off on your annual summer holiday, getting the car pac...

by Lize Hayward

Google to sell tablets direct to consumers

2012 March 30 | 586 Views
Google is planning an online store to sell tablet computers directly to consumers, U.S. media reported on Thursday.The Google online store, expected to be similar to the ones of Apple and Amazon, woul...

by Moyo Roy

PowerTel expands mobile broadband coverage

2012 March 28 | 605 Views
PowerTel mobile broadband coverage is expected to cover all major towns by mid this year, TechZim revealed today.According to TechZim, Willard Nyagwande the Sales and Marketing Manager of PowerTel h...

by Staff reporter

Yahoo sues social network giant! Facebook

2012 March 27 | 581 Views
BEIJING - Yahoo on Monday filed a lawsuit against Facebook, claiming that the social network company has infringed ten of its patents. The patents in dispute cover areas including advertising, ...

by Moyo Roy

Hard time in the US - China iPad smuggling game

2012 March 26 | 570 Views
Early on the morning of March 16, Wong Tat joined a line of about 100 people waiting for the launch of the new iPad in a chilly rain outside an Apple store on the outskirts of San Francisco.When the d...

by Moyo Roy

Facebook under fire for deleting fan page with gay men kissing

2012 March 26 | 721 Views
The online social network giant, Facebook is under fire for deleting a fan page because it featured a photograph of two gay men kissing.The social networking site reportedly removed a Spanish gay art...

by Moyo Roy

Wildlife conservation groups successfully collar nine elephants in Kenya

2012 March 24 | 547 Views
Wildlife conservation groups on Wednesday completed a three-day operation, successfully collaring nine elephants in the world-famous national parks in Kenya.The nine collared elephants, six male and t...

by Moyo Roy

Chevrolet's All-New Trailblazer SUV Makes World Debut in Thailand

2012 March 24 | 822 Views
Bangkok - The Trailblazer, Chevrolet's tough new "haul-anything, go-anywhere" SUV, made its world debut today at a special event ahead of The 33rd Bangkok International Motor Show in Thailand.First ...

by Ruth Mugugu

Scientists identify genetic mechanisms involved in abnormal early brain development in young autism patients

2012 March 23 | 585 Views
US scientists have identified in young autism patients genetic mechanisms involved in abnormal early brain development and overgrowth that occurs in the disorder, according to a study published Thur...

by Moyo Roy

New iPad - complaints of running too hot starts to pile up

2012 March 21 | 620 Views
Complaints about Apple's third generation iPad that are running too hot started to pile up online on Tuesday as some independent tests showed the latest tablet runs 10 degrees Fahrenheit (around 5 de...

by Moyo Roy

Zimbabwe police join cyber warfare

2012 March 20 | 604 Views
The Computer society of Zimbabwe has taken lead in finding solutions to our cyber crime ravaged society but this time, they have asked the Criminal Investigation Department (C.I.D) Serious Fraud's inp...

by Toneo Rutsito

Zimbabwe has faster internet speed - survey

2012 March 20 | 655 Views
Zimbabwe is among the top countries on the continent with the fastest growing Information and Communication Technology sectors, a recent survey has revealed.According to Ookla, a global leader in bro...

by Staff reporter

Ghana has fastest broadband internet speeds in Africa

2012 March 18 | 620 Views
According to latest statistics from US-based Ookla’s NetIndex, Ghana has emerged as having the fastest broadband internet speeds in Africa followed by Kenya.The report was released by Ookla, a glob...

by Staff Reporter

Wandering minds are 'sharper': study

2012 March 18 | 543 Views
A study has found that people who appear to be constantly distracted have more “working memory”, giving them the ability to hold a lot of information in their heads and manipulate it mentally.Chi...

by Staff reporter

Parents and security experts complain about the 'Most Beautiful Teen' contest on Facebook

2012 March 16 | 719 Views
A controversial Facebook page is soliciting pictures from teenagers to decide, who, on Facebook is the "most beautiful teenager in the world."The page, which has more than 98,000 likes, has solicite...

by Moyo Roy

New iPad HD to go on sale Friday: Apple

2012 March 15 | 626 Views
Apple Inc on Wednesday made an official announcement that the third-generation iPad will arrive at Apple's retail stores and its online store on Friday in the United States and nine additional countr...

by Moyo Roy

Eating red meat can increase the risk of premature death - Study

2012 March 13 | 619 Views
Regularly eating red meat, processed or unprocessed, can increase the risk of premature death, scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health said in Monday’s online Archives of Internal Medic...

by Moyo Roy

Ugliest animals around world

2012 March 13 | 723 Views
Here are photos of some of the ugliest animals on earth: ...

by Moyo Roy

Aquiva Wireless to launch VoIP services by April

2012 March 12 | 579 Views
One of Zimbabwe's licensed Internet Access Providers (IAP), Aquiva Wireless, will be launching VoIP services by April this year. We got the news from the company this week that they are finalizing int...

by L S M Kabweza

Video of a German grandpa using an iPad as a chopping board - gone viral

2012 March 12 | 809 Views
A German skit show's suggestion for the perfect use for an iPad has gone viral.The thirty-second sketch from Knaller Frauen showing an older man and younger woman cooking in the kitchen has receive...

by Moyo Roy

Four-legged robot 'Cheetah' sets new land speed record: Video

2012 March 06 | 567 Views
A four-legged robot known as the Cheetah lived up to its name on Monday, setting a new land speed record for legged robots by running at 18 mph (29 kph) on a treadmill at a laboratory in Massachusett...

by Moyo Roy

Apple's next iPad to be called iPad HD

2012 March 06 | 585 Views
Apple's next tablet will be called the iPad HD instead of the iPad 3, according to medias reports Tuesday.CNET has learned that a report from Gizmodo last week said the next iPad uses the HD moniker i...

by Moyo Roy

Lake Chivero Heavily Polluted: Research

2012 March 05 | 625 Views
Research carried by the University of Zimbabwe on the levels of Lake Chivero pollution has revealed that the lake and all its subsidiary rivers are subject to stress from heavy pollution of metals, p...