Propertybook’s quiet disruption of real estate through the cloud & other services
The property market has become something of the wild west in the last decade or so. This is in part due to the popularity of social media marketing and housing…
A report shows Facebook can read your WhatsApp messages
One of WhatsApp’s most touted features is end-to-end encryption. It is often claimed that WhatsApp messages are encrypted at the source and only decrypted once they reach their destination and…
You can now top up your ZINARA toll gate card via ZIPIT
With Intercity travel now open to everyone after the President announced that the country will be moving to a level 2 lockdown. The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) has rolled…
WhatsApp is finally working on turning voice notes into text
WhatsApp is finally working on voice note transcriptions according to a report by WABetaInfo. This is a welcome development because although you can technically do this via a third-party app,…
This Ecocash horror story shows how systems can fail you
Earlier this week I wrote about the need to make banks and Zimbabwe’s financial institutions accountable for some of the losses that people suffer through hacking and fraud incidents. There…
eVOD no longer accepts Zimbabwe numbers, here is how you can still sign up
About two weeks ago eMedia, the guys behind eTV channels and OpenView HD launched their own streaming platform eVOD. The platform has both free and premium tiers. During the early…
Netflix resumes its crackdown on password sharing
In March of this year, seems like forever ago, to be honest, we learnt that Netflix was now prodding those who shared accounts to get separate accounts. Several people who…
Buying Chicken Inn, Pizza Inn & more from the diaspora with Wa-Faya
I am sure we are all familiar with Gift Vouchers. At some point, you may have come across them even in passing be they for popular services like Apple Music/iTunes…
Google to ban “Sugar Daddy” apps from the Play Store
In another case of something that I didn’t know was a thing, Sugar Daddy apps have been banned by Google from its Play Store. This new shift came by way…
Telegram video calls can now have 1000 viewers
Telegram has thrown out a doozy with its latest update because 1000 people can now participate in a group video call. Now this is obviously to outdo perennial competitor WhatsApp,…