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Kwanele Ngwenya, CEO of the Econet owned bank, steps down
Several reports from yesterday (deleted but the internet doesn’t forget) say that Kwanele Ngwenya, CEO of Econet owned financial institution, Steward Bank, has been forced out. The bank itself confirmed Ngwenya’s leaving in a statement but […] more
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#Humor: What if Google was a guy pedagogic video sensation
Imagine your were this guy and your thankless job was to sit at a desk all day answering all the world’s questions. My 4 year old niece by my elder […] more
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The most important tips for cleaning your LCD screen
Not so long ago, LCD screens were the stuff of legends whose availability was limited to the sets of Sci-Fi movies which we enjoyed through our cathode-ray TV devices.Monitors were […] more
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Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn review: deceptively simple
Just over a week ago Canonical the people behind Ubuntu released its latest iteration of its flag ship operating system nick named Utopic Unicorn. The release also coincided with Ubuntu’s […] more
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How to deal with neighbourhood hackers: tips for securing your Wi-Fi
Recently on a local social media group, I have noticed a trend in the “need” to hack wireless networks in order to steal other people’s PAID FOR internet. Just in […] more
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IFA Berlin 2014: reimagining consumer technologies
Taking place in parallel with our ZOL Startup Challenge meet-up Week, the annual IFA was taking place in Berlin halfway across the world. We may have not been there but […] more
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You can now watch Netflix videos on your Ubuntu desktop
As most of you know I have been an unashamed ambassador and proponent of Ubuntu from the beginning. Sure I have used Fedora and think it’s cool but my love […] more
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Google offers tips to Zim developers
Hypercube Hub recently hosted a quick skills dissemination session for developers with a representative from Google South Africa, Andy Volk. The early morning chat saw the developers present get tips […] more
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Downloading WhatsApp and other apps on your PC
Vendors at various locations in the capital, including Copa Cabana Terminus and Gulf Complex, make a killing selling ( they call it “loading”) music onto people’s phones. Whilst people can […] more
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Yo App: Simple, stupid, silly, useless, fun and popular
To paraphrase the Bible: There is an App for everything under the sun and an App for every activity under heaven. There is an App to App your friends with, […] more
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Huawei Media Pad Youth 2 review: great quality at just the right price
Huawei has started selling the update to their Huawei Youth tablet in Zimbabwe through Econet Wireless, called the Huawei Media Pad Youth 2. The Media Pad Youth 2 joins Huawei’s […] more
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My date with Qiana
We have already taken Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) for a spin and we had nothing but good things to say but then we have always been privy to the latent […] more
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An OS at the height of its powers: Ubuntu 14.04 review
So on Thursday 17 April when the patriotic amongst were preparing for independence day and the religious for the Good Friday mass-or Judgement night 2- the geek in me […] more
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Brace for Heartbleed and change your passwords
Following the buzz that has been created by the exposure of the Heartbleed OpenSSL bug most people appear to have written it off as something that does not necessary affect […] more
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Wait! Have you tried Windows XP in Robolinux?
It saddens me, as it probably does a lot of you, that today will be our last day with Windows XP. The venerable Operating System from Microsoft has defied odds […] more
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Econet Zero in early glitch as some customers report being charged on free sites (update)
Update: We have since tested Econet Zero again and Wikipedia is now working. Econet has also advised that they have fixed the minor glitch. Econet yesterday announced a ground-breaking product […] more
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How an App & SMS can help end ZESA load shedding
Today most of the African continent is in pitch black darkness. literally! The Zimbabwean government, like a number of other African governments, has not – for one brilliant reason or […] more
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Telecel Play: Operator kinda, sort of, launches an online store (update)
So as early as December last year, we got a tip letting us know Telecel had launched an online store called Telecel Play. Brilliant we, finally some local portal to […] more
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2014 Budget: An underwhelming fairytale.
If you somehow missed the memo then you should know that the Zimbabwean economy is sick and the pessimist amongst us have gone further to call it “dead.” With the […] more
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Astro Funbook Review: Does it justify the $399 price tag?
We finally got our hands on an Astro device and we were fortunate enough to be given one of their most expensive devices to review. This is exciting because we […] more
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Smartphone Review: Karbonn Titanium S5 bold and competitive for $329.
The Karbonn smartphone brand is one of the low cost smartphone brands that is getting popular with the Zimbabwean market and their flagship Titanium S5 (at least locally) makes a […] more
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The Motorola G: A phone after my own heart
When it comes to the Android market there are two worlds: the give me your hand and foot Galaxy world with Samsung as the mascot where you are charged a […] more
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Taking Saucy Salamander for a spin
On Thursday 17 October last week the latest release of Ubuntu 13.10- christened Saucy Salamander was released. The distribution- especially this current release- has been rocked by several controversies and […] more
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Take part in the Linux Readers Choice Awards.
For those not in the know now is that time of the year when the Linux Journal, one of the most popular and influential Linux publications since the beginning, has […] more
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Set up your own Wikipedia on your computer
Scenario: Your son asks you “Dad what’s an ornithological specimen?” Gosh you just read something about it today at work on Wikipedia. You only bookmarked the page but you didn’t […] more
