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Is is true or it’s fake news? How Google can be your friend or enemy
There other things you can do but vigilance is key to making sure the information you are getting from the internet is timely, accurate, up to date, authoritative and relevant.
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Your questions on the Ministry of Education’s online enrolment system for Form 1 places answered here
The Ministry of Education’s online enrolment system for Form 1 boarding school places which went live on the 10th of December 2016 and is set to work only until the […]
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Is this what Econet did after getting sued for 50k?
We decided to take a look at Econet’s website to see if there was any public information on what a data bundle is and how it works and we found […]
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Top 3 cool gadgets for the holidays.
Its that time of the year again where you find no peace thinking of what to get for Christmas. Maybe I could help you with that. Here are 3 gadgets […]
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GOING SOLAR: Understanding Electricity And Consumption…
Last week we looked at how relevant knowledge about basic electrical terms such as Direct Current and Alternating Current communicates with our daily lives. My intention with this series is […]
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Opera Mini is dominating and IE won’t die? Let the stats answer that.
So you have a browser you like to use for whatever reason. Maybe its download resuming capabilities or its data saving features. Either way with the assortment of browsers out […]
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Here are Google’s 5 awesome releases and its 1 big advantage
With these releases, Google has commoditised artificial intelligence and it’s turning it into a core feature of everyday products and services, not just a geek feature that’s great as a party trick.
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5 simple ways to reduce your mobile data consumption
With Zimbabwe having the third most expensive data we all need to come up with cost-effective methods to reduce our consumption and preserve data for when we need it on […]
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Google joins ad fight, looks to punish websites with invasive pop up ads
image credit: marketingland.com Google recently announced that it will be punishing mobile websites that have interstitial ads as of January, 2017. Interstitial ads are ads that show or “pop-up” while […]
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Essential tips to secure your home internet connection
In the course of using my internet connection I discovered that my home internet connection was very insecure because my ISP had not bothered to secure it. This is a warning on how your internet connection might not be as safe as you think and what you need to do to protect yourself.
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How to run Linux in your browser
If one of your resolutions for 2016 is “learn/brush-up on Linux”, but you’re (already) feeling too lazy to set up Virtualbox or a HD partition, rejoice, for you can boot […]
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I will keep my key, thank you
With the rise in the number of cloud storage services, the subsequent fall in prices of the same cloud storage services and the increasing adoption of broadband internet, more and more Zimbabweans are making use of cloud storage services as a backup option. Most people do not take care to encrypt their files on their…
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A quick how-to for scheduling downloads
Most of us are keen on taking advantage of different off-peak packages for broadband, so here’s a run through the steps for scheduling downloads.
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It’s now called Alphabet, not Google: tech giant restructures
In a blog post published yesterday, Larry Page, the CEO of Google announced a restructuring of the tech giant that will see it adopt a new name, Alphabet. This doesn’t mean the name Google is gone completely. Alphabet becomes the holding company under which Google will fall.
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Tengai, the classifieds platform linked to Econet has been hacked by Net Neutrality proponents
Tengai, the new classifieds platform that partnered with Econet Wireless to offer zero-rated access to Econet subscribers, has been hacked by Net Neutrality proponents.