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,…
Google Meet now enforces group call length limit for free Gmail users
In light of COVID-19 driving all communication online, free Google Meet users with personal Gmail accounts could take advantage of group calls without a duration limit over the past year.…
You can now download Linux Mint 20.2, here is what’s new
Last week the Linux Mint team rolled out Linux Mint 20.2 which is based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS hence the version which is 20.x. This iteration of Mint is nicknamed…
Opportunities presented by Zimbabwe’s rollout of a National Electronic Health Record system
Since February 2015, the Ministry of Health and Child Care with help of funding partners has been designing, developing, and testing an electronic health record (EHR) system, named “Impilo”. This…
Old Mutual has brought investment and insurance to USSD & WhatsApp
Old Mutual yesterday announced the launch of a USSD and WhatsApp platform called MyOldMutual. I have to hand it to Old Mutual for the production, it’s no Apple event but…
FBC POS, card, USSD, internet banking and call centre are all down
FBC holdings has said in a tweet that it is facing challenges with a number of its banking platforms: Dear Valued Customer We advise that you may experience intermittent service…
Econet has finally zero-rated its create your own bundle app YoMix
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has zero-rated one of its more interesting products YoMix. I am sure that you have at some point heard of YoMix or you might be one of…
No data, no problem because BancABC has zero-rated its app
BancABC has become the latest entry into the zero-rate revolution. The bank announced this morning that as long as you have an Econet line you won’t need data to access…
Innovative clinic uses WhatsApp chatbot to serve and screen patients
You are all probably sick of me repeating the familiar refrain that when it comes to Southern Africa at least, WhatsApp is the internet. This is thanks in part to…
WhatsApp to introduce flash calls as a way of verification
Those who have had issues when it comes to verifying/logging into their WhatsApp after completing an install already know that there are two ways to verify your WhatsApp installation. There…