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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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Smartphone survey results: Zimbabwe’s most used & preferred phones

    Following last week’s intense verbal fencing we are pleased to announce that the jury is back and we have the results. Now before I start to gloat and tell you I told you so here is a summary of the results:

  • Terms and conditions apply?

    Ever since I could write I have been asked to append my signature to so many countless documents I have lost count. From the Post Office Savings Bank’s little green book when I was a kid to my current lease agreement.

  • Microsoft wakes up to new Africa, reacts with youth empowerment initiative

    To Microsoft Africa has traditionally been a place to sell its enterprise software products. Through local partners yes, but the continent was primarily a place to push products to. I imagine they were not making much owing chiefly to the piracy of its products on the market and so far it looks their concern about…

  • Microsoft Office Coming to Ubuntu?

    Since everyone is too afraid or partisan to say it I just have to be brave and say it for myself and all mankind. LibreOffice (OpenOffice.org if you want to play that game) is the single greatest let down of the Linux desktop.

  • Is Flash dead?

    As all web developers know, they do not develop for themselves. These days there are more and more things to consider when developing a website: Google rankings, target audience, mobile device compatibility etc. And now you have had to add to the list, should I use flash or HTML5?

  • Is Firefox winning the browser war?

    The other day I received a tweet that made me fall off my chair, it claimed Chrome had overtaken Internet Explorer as the world’s most used browser. After regaining my […]

  • SMS, USSD and the mobile web: Zimbabwe is not that country

    It was just a few months ago, sitting with the CEO who had moved back into the country after working as a successful starter-up in the US. The interview part hadn’t started and I was shaking a bit (he had come to pick me up in a classy vehicle and drove me to his classy…

  • Alpha Media’s NewsDay website down. Malware compromise

    We received a tip this morning that the NewsDay website, www.newsday.co.zw, may have been hacked. Web browsers currently report that malware (malicious software) has been detected on the site and that visitors are at risk of malware infection if they open the website.

  • Global roundup – this week’s top stories

    Nokia releases N9 On 21 June, Nokia released its latest MeeGo-based smartphone, the N9. The N9 is Nokia’s first pure touch smartphone and it runs on Meego 1.2. The phone spots a curved glass 3.9 inch AMOLED display, a 8megapixel camera and comes with storage capacities of 16GB and 64GB.

  • Global roundup – this week’s top stories

    Part of our objective as Techzim is to provide our readers with relevant local and regional tech information. We believe this is what sets us apart as an information source. In addition, we have decided to start providing a summary of global tech news once at the end of each week. Starting today, we will…

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