Stanbic launches virtual assistant facility
Stanbic Bank has launched a virtual assistant/a chatbot, aptly named “Stan”, set to shorten the response time for customer queries as part of the bank’s digitisation drive. The chatbot, Stan,…
Netflix is testing a sleep timer for your late night binges
Have you ever binged on a TV show so much that you fell asleep mid-episode? The last you want is for the show to keep on playing indefinitely, potentially exposing…
Edgars is now selling on WhatsApp & online
Edgars Zimbabwe is now making the shift to online and WhatsApp merchandise sales. This is something that isn’t too surprising because the pandemic forced many businesses to push their products…
EcoCash in Covid-19 prevention plea, urges customers to use safe selfcare platforms
ECOCASH, the country’s largest mobile money platform, has urged customers to use digital selfcare platforms for daily transactions in order to help stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The…
Boost for Sasai users as super App offers ‘Sasai Watch’ and ‘Sasai Moments’ for FREE over festive period
CASSAVA Fintech International (CFI), developers of the all-in-one Sasai super App, have unveiled a Christmas promotion offering Sasai Watch and Sasai Moments for free over the entire festive period, until…
Minister calls for digital content in local languages
The Minister of Information, Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services has said digital inclusion can only thrive where communities identify with the available digital content, especially in their mother tongue.…
YouTube, Gmail and other Google services are down
Gmail and other Google services are down. The outage started about 15 minutes ago as far as we can tell. Users cannot access their Gmail accounts, Google Docs, Drive and…
Microsoft Teams Will Stop Working on Internet Explorer 11 Today, Microsoft 365 Apps Support Will End August 2021
Microsoft initially made the announcement in August and said that support for Microsoft Edge Legacy will stop in March 2021. Microsoft Teams will stop working on Internet Explorer 11 (IE…
FINSEC has approved Fronteras as a qualified investor on GEM Portal
The Financial Securities Exchange (FINSEC) has approved Fronteras Novastra Investment Holdings as a qualified investor on the GEM Portal. Before we jump into the details, let’s do a little bit…
WhatsApp finally makes it easier for users to delete files taking up space
This week, WhatsApp is rolling out a new storage management solution that will be found inside the messaging app. For a while now WhatsApp has had a storage tab within…