Hardware & Software
Oct 30, 2020
Van Lee Chigwada
Upgrading to Android 11 will break your favourite apps
Google engineers are sometimes like your mother cleaning your room unsolicited. You swear you left your magazines (let’s just call them National Geographic mags but we both know they aren’t) under your pillow. The spot was perfect, quick access for when you need to use them. Now comes the tricky part. You cannot ask your […]

Aug 14, 2020
Edwin Chabuka
Video: Econet Atom 3G Review, Is it better than a 12 year old goat?
This is a review of the KaiOS powered Econet Atom 3G and in this review we take a look at the KaiOS platform and what it has to offer. We also compare it to an iconic feature phone from 2008. Quick NetOne, Econet, And Telecel Airtime Recharge Number to recharge: Airtime amount ($): EcoCash number: […]

Mar 19, 2020
Farai Mudzingwa
Local Startup Hosting Cellphone Repair Lessons
At a time when jobs are extremely hard to come by, Zimbos are doing whatever they can to upskill themselves and become a part of the economy regardless of whether or not that participation is formal or informal. We recently, went to Batanai gardens to attend a mobile phone repair class hosted by Ixar Cellphone […]

Jan 31, 2020
Farai Mudzingwa
Zim Development Studio Edges Towards Half A Million Downloads On The PlayStore; Here’s How They Did It
Age-X Development – a local software company recently announced that they had reached 400 000 installs since inception back in 2016. The special milestone is amazing because once again it shows how the internet can be a powerful tool to reach thousands of people on the globe from your office. We reached out to Van […]

Dec 11, 2019
Farai Mudzingwa
Apple’s iOS 13.3 Allows Parents To Limit Who Their Kids Can Text & Call
Apple’s newly released iOS 13.3 has built-in parental controls giving parents the ability to limit who their children can call, text and facetime (video call). Parents can also manage their children’s contact list. Parents can also apply a different set of limitations on calls and messaging during the child’s permitted screen time and their downtime […]

Nov 11, 2019
Farai Mudzingwa
Chrome Browser Now Has Dark Mode… Sort Of
Back in May, we shared a hack that Google Chrome users on Android could use to access a version of dark mode, but that hack made for a pretty compromised experience as it was forcefully changing the way websites appear. Google Chrome’s latest update now supports a darker theme which comes with less issues than […]

Oct 24, 2019
Farai Mudzingwa
Google’s New Experimental Apps Will Make You Less Addicted To Your Phone
Google recently released a number of new apps under the “wellness experiments” banner and the 3 apps are supposed to improve our relationship with our phones. They’re supposed to make our phones less addictive. I installed 2 of the apps and they’re pretty interesting. Post box helps you minimize distractions, by holding your notifications until […]

Oct 21, 2019
Farai Mudzingwa
Users Of Older iPhone Models Need To Update Their Phones To Avoid This GPS Bug
Apple recently sent out an official warning to users running iPhone 5, iPad 4 and devices released earlier. People running these devices need to update to the latest version or risk some buggy GPS, time and date keeping functionality. Because of the bugs ability to affect date keeping, it becomes more severe in that it […]

Oct 18, 2019
Alvine Chaparadza
Firefox Is The Most Secure Browser- Germany Cyber Security Agency
Germany’s security agency, Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has discovered that Mozilla’s Firefox browser is the most secure browser. However, the survey only compared Firefox with Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge whilst ignoring other popular browsers like Safari,Opera Mini and UC browser. BSI came up with that conclusion after assessing each […]

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